Dear Christian —

I’m sending this from our national Queer Socialists Working Group (QSWG). Right now, they’re working on more programming for LGBTQIA+ DSA members. If you’re a DSA member who identifies as queer, you can sign up to join the QSWG here. Read on for more details!

In solidarity,

Maria Svart
DSA National Director

The only way we can take on the capitalist class is if queer socialists and their comrades show up for one another, and join together in the fight for a truly free society — free of discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race/ethnicity, citizenship, religion, or HIV status.

Most queer people are working class and ready to fight for Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and Housing for All. We must make DSA a welcoming organization for all LGBTQIA+ members and recruit more queer people to our movement.

We would like to invite all members of DSA who identify as queer to join the national Queer Socialists Working Group (QSWG).

The goals of the Queer Socialists Working Group are:

1. Develop perspectives on queer oppression/resistance and class struggle through collective political education. 
2. Recruit queer people to DSA.
3. Connect queer comrades in discussion from DSA chapters across the United States. 

The QSWG meets once every two months via video conference to discuss group readings, and maintains an email discussion group on topics of interest to queer DSA members. Sunday, 8/2 at 4pm ET/3pm CT/2pm MT/1pm PT, we’ll discuss “Capitalism and Gay Identity” with author and DSA member John D’Emilio. Fill out our QSWG form for call information.

Over the next year we will be discussing a wide range of topics, including the history of Stonewall and ACT UP; queer health and housing issues; and queer workers and the labor movement. Join us!

You can contact the QSWG by emailing us at [email protected].

In Solidarity,

Danya Lagos-Brown
Luke Thibault

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