Homo/mentum of the “Status Queer”: A Critical Look at the LGBT Movement (2015)

This chapter takes stock of the LGBTQ movement in the US, circa 2015. It evaluates the progress made and identifies ongoing threats to the movement. “Homo/mentum” is addressed along five dimensions: existential, legal and legislative, cultural, religious, and political. The chapter ends with an articulation of a vision of the future of the movement that moves beyond marriage and toward social justice, is focused more on inequality than equality, takes a progressive and organized stand against political and religious repression, and is LGBT-led, not LGBT-centered.