The person who coined the phrase was Tede Matthews, an anti-imperialist, socialist feminist drag queen in San Francisco. It was said in the 1977 documentary Word is Out and was a critique of capitalism’s gender socialization and consumerism. Which RuPaul subsequently commodified.
Gay men have never not been sissies. It’s one of the most beautiful things about them. They have built so much culture and social innovation by rejecting dominant narratives about manhood. We can’t let the push for gay men to assimilate to straight masculinity to dull that shine.
The attacks on reproductive freedom are very connected to the attacks on queer and trans people. In the wake of mass death and economic crisis, there is inevitably a harsh crackdown on sex/gender regulation to ensure the reproduction of labor in the interests of the ruling class.
