Human Rights Campaign HQ Glamdalized By Queers Against Assimilation
HRC headquarters was rocked by an act of glamdalism last night by a crew of radical queer and allied folks armed with pink and black paint and glitter grenades. Beside the front entrance and the inscribed mission statement now reads a tag, “Quit leaving queers behind.”
the most recent large Bash Back! action is a good example of using alternative tactics in the pursuit of militant action. In this case the "glamdalism" included glitter grenades (probably glitter and glue in lightbulb or water balloon) along with paint bombs. their actions often take on performative aspects as is a strong tradition in resistance movements. In a Memphis, Tenn action a hearse and coffin were sent to the home of an officer alleged to be a part of the beating death of a Memphis transgendered person. Past actions have taken the tone of a radicalized be in staging a queer kiss-in in the large Mount Hope megachurch outside Lansing, MI in '08.
Often in modern resistance movements large symbolic actions and events are staged to disrupt or draw attention to events an issues using a tactical presence that relates directly to the performance art traditions of happenings and be-in's. The tactic of occupying space and opening it up to free expression is a practice that has seen the participation of many groups such as Reclaim the Streets out of the UK and europe in the 90s leading today into the tactics of bashback! funk the war and other groups and actions.
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