4. LGBTIQ struggles and liberation - Olivia

1. The history of capitalism and sexuality: Through an examination of the history of sexuality (before and) under capitalism, we will determine that gender (and sex) as well as sexual identities are historically and socially constructed in a non-neutral way that has everything to do with how power and oppression are structured in society, and that oppression of lgbtiq* identities is anchored in the material base of capitalism and its sexual division of labour.

2. Neoliberalism and crises: We will examine how the struggle around sexual liberation today takes place in an arena characterized by decades of neoliberalism, multiple crises and right wing backlash against hard-won sexual rights but also of growing queer rebellion.

3. Queering the struggle and the left: Building upon the two first parts, we will see that lgbtiq* people constitute political subjects of strategic importance to our struggle for another world, and that true sexual liberation is only possible in a socialist society. This requires broad alliances and a queering of the left and social movements. Lastly we dare to dream and look towards our vision of sexual liberation.

Reading materials

- FI 15th World Congress (2003), ‘On Lesbian/Gay Liberation’,[1], points: 1-2,4,5,6,8-9,13,14,16,17,18,22,24,25,34

- New introduction to Warped. [2]