That's Revolting! by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

And Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity is a beautifully vibrant collection of essays that explores the idea of belonging, with the cultural intersections and issues that we all have to face as we strive to 'pass'. Then, That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation came as a suckerpunch wake-up call to the corporate face of mainstream gay politics and a call to arms for those who are 'outsiders'. Following this, Dangerous Families: Queer Writing on Surviving was billed as 'brutal, raw, cathartic and redemptive' by the San Francisco Chronicle. So far, she's edited four pioneering anthologies, beginning with Tricks and Treats: Sex Workers Write About their Clients. She's an author, editor, activist, sex worker, and gender radical extraordinaire, who describes herself as 'an insomniac with dreams'. One of the notable people behind Gay Shame's creation is Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore.

Here's your culture! Is that bland enough? It challenges a world where your sexuality comes with corporate sponsors, a world where LGBT means assimilating and making yourself 'unthreatening', a world that only allows representation by the likes of Will & Grace and The L Word. Gay Shame has come along to challenge the climate that says you can be gay - just as long as you’re not one of those scary gays. You might wonder what is going on, but Gay Shame is a response to the over-commercialisation and 'safe' agenda that Pride has come to embody, and it questions the politics of assimilation and the loss of LGBT culture that goes with it.

That's Revolting! by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore