BASH BACK.

I'm kind of obsessed with radical queer group, Bash Back. For those not in the know, the kids of Bash Back have been in existence for just over a year and have thus far done a lot of stuff, some of it fucking rad and some of it a little unfocused. I don't necessarily agree with all of their politics. For instance, they're against marriage... for anyone. That said, I've often said in the wake of Prop 8 that gay liberation needs more aggressive tactics. Let us not forget that our movement began with a riot.

The mainstream gay groups (if such a thing exists) criticized Bash Back for vandalizing a Mormon temple in Utah, saying that they don't condone the destruction of property. Um, why not? The Mormons spear headed and funded one of the most large scale attacks against our community in recent memory and damaged a hell of a lot more than property in the process. I was only kidding when I suggested in my play, I Wanna Destroy You, that the queers of Los Angeles should have torched that city after Prop 8. I'm not for hurting anybody, but I am for destroying the heteronormative cultural narrative and gaining civil rights that I'm owed.

This week a Bash Back activist was arrested for breaking in the windows of a Democratic Headquarters' window. It seemed like they were focused on posters advertising health care reform. That seems a lot less focused to me. I get protesting the Democrats and Barack Obama, who have repeatedly shown that they don't give two shits about the LGBT, but why health care? Or was the intention to actually protest the Democrat's themselves? I'm not sure. A little clearer next time, kids.

Anway, the kids of Bash Back are going on my list of glamorous political people along with The Weathermen and The Black Panthers. Let's all bash back!