Queers Read This

*Queers Read This* is an anonymous activist pamphlet distributed at the New York Pride March in 1990 during the AIDS crisis. Written in a confrontational collective voice, it addresses anti-gay violence, social hostility, and the politics of assimilation.

The pamphlet was written anonymously by a collective of queer activists, though it is often associated with the direct-action group ACT UP New York. The authors chose to remain nameless to emphasize a unified, collective political message rather than individual authorship.

The leaflet was distributed to protest the commercialization and mainstream assimilation of the LGBTQ+ movement during the height of the AIDS epidemic. It urged queer individuals to embrace their anger, demand public visibility, and fight back against systemic violence.

The pamphlet addresses themes of public visibility, assimilation, anti-gay violence, and intense political anger. It famously argues that "straight privilege" oppresses queer people and calls for radical, unapologetic queer liberation.