Gay Shame is a movement from within the queer communities described as a radical alternative to gay mainstreaming. The movement directly posits an alternative view of gay pride events and activities which have become increasingly commercialized with corporate sponsors as well as the adoption of more sanitized, mainstream agendas to avoid offending supporters and sponsors.[1][2] The Gay Shame movement has grown to embrace radical expression, counter-cultural ideologies, and avant-garde arts and artists.
- ^ Halperin, David M.; Traub, Valerie (2009). Gay Shame. University of Chicago Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-226-31438-9.
- ^ Love, Heather (2007). Feeling Backward: Loss and the Politics of Queer History. Harvard University Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-674-02652-0.