Sep 18, 2021, 9:06 PMFrom at least the 1970s through the mid-1990s leather, drag, and trans people were commonly lumped together as forms of sexual deviance which hurt the cause of lesbian and gay rights--both by religious conservatives and by more normative gay people.
https://aphyr.com/posts/358-a-history-of-leather-at-pride-1965-1995#reaction-3
Sep 18, 2021, 9:06 PMDuring the Lesbian Sex Wars, anti-porn feminists developed a critique of BDSM as fundamentally degrading to women and inimical to lesbian feminism. That rhetorical framework provided a powerful tool for conservatives who moved to censor SM and queer art.
https://aphyr.com/posts/358-a-history-of-leather-at-pride-1965-1995#obscenity-laws
Sep 18, 2021, 9:17 PMFor anyone who asked for a reading list: I got you. https://aphyr.com/posts/358-a-history-of-leather-at-pride-1965-1995#further-reading
Sep 18, 2021, 9:25 PMHonestly unsure whether I'm gonna get dogpiled for this or not. Should be interesting once it starts percolating into the more stigmaphobic parts of queer twitter.
Sep 19, 2021, 4:38 PMThere's an EPUB now too, for those of you on phones/tablets/e-readers etc.
Sep 19, 2021, 6:23 PMOh Jesus fucking Christ it's top ten on HN now.
This isn't FOR you.
