Wages Due Lesbians

Over the years WDL and now Queer Strike has fought for:
- lesbian mothers’ right to have and to keep our children
- asylum from homophobia for women escaping violence and discrimination in their country of origin
- decriminalization of sex work – making the case for “sexual outlaws” against police brutality and discrimination, and for women’s financial independence
- justice for rape survivors, and victims of police brutality,
- recognition of the work of dealing with homophobia/transphobia
- anti-racism and other discrimination in the queer movement
- measuring and valuing all unwaged work, in the home, on the land and in the community
- a Care Income for everyone caring for people and planet

And against:
- discrimination in jobs, housing, benefits . . .
- the corporatization of “Pride” – we’ve always said Pride was a Protest, not a Party!
- co-option of queers into the military – from the time of the Iraq war we said
“No Pride in the Slaughter of others”; supported gay military refuseniks and whistleblowers, especially Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning
- pinkwashing of Israeli Apartheid and occupation of Palestine– we protested the involvement in the LGBTIQ movement of NGOs and others who have taken money from Israel which is trying to present itself as a progressive, gay-friendly state, while it’s actually an apartheid state. Given the continuing genocide in Gaza, as we write, this is a matter of life and death.