Against Equality

Against Equality

The A.E. logo is a riff on the HRC logo signifying a greater than.
Motto	Reinvigorating the queer political imagination
Formation	October 2009
Website	www.againstequality.org

Founded in 2009, Against Equality (A.E.) is an online archive of writings and arts that critique mainstream gay and lesbian politics. A.E. currently focuses on issues regarding the institution of marriage, the U.S. military, and the prison-industrial complex via hate crime law.

Against Equality is an anti-capitalist collective of radical queer and trans writers, thinkers, and artists. A.E. maintains an online archive of written work and cultural references. A.E. has also self-published three anthologies that highlight work from the three sections of their online archive. These three anthologies were combined into a single book and was published by AK Press in April 2014.

A.E. published its first book in the fall of 2010. Against Equality: Queer Critiques of Gay Marriage contains essays and op-ed pieces by prominent queer thinkers, including Kate Bornstein, Eric A. Stanley, Dean Spade, Craig Willse, Kenyon Farrow, Kate Raphael, Deeg, John D'Emilio, Ryan Conrad, Yasmin Nair, MJ Kaufman, Katie Miles, and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore.Against Equality: Queer Critiques of Gay Marriage ranked sixth on AK Press Distribution's Top 10 of 2010 list.

A.E published the second book, Against Equality: Don’t Ask to Fight Their Wars, in the fall of 2011 and contains a collection of essays and illustrations critiquing the mainstream gay and lesbian politics and its uncritical approach to Don't ask, don't tell. Contributors include Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Kenyon Farrow, Cecilia Cissell Lucas, Yasmin Nair, Erica Meiners, Therese Quinn, Tamara K. Nopper, Larry Goldsmith, Jamal Rashad Jones, Bill Andriette, and illustrator Mr. Fish.