The Rainbow Ain't Never Been Enuf: On the Myth of LGBTQ+ Solidarity (Hardcover)

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by Kaila Adia Story

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Description

A queer Black feminist debunks the myth of rainbow solidarity, repositioning Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ people at the forefront of queer pasts, presents, and futures.
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Your favorite Black queer studies professor Kaila Adia Story says the rainbow ain’t never been enough in this introduction to the current state of queer intersectionality, or lack thereof.

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Story argues that to be queer is to be political, and the carefully glittered façade of solidarity in the pride movement veils dangerous neoliberal ideals of apolitical queer embodiment. The rainbow as a symbol of communal solidarity is a hollow offering when cis white LGBTQ people are allowed to opt out of divesting from white supremacy, misogyny, and transphobia.

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The Rainbow Ain’t Never Been Enuf fills a necessary gap in our understanding of how racism, transphobia, and antiblackness operate in liberal spaces.

About the Author

Kaila Adia Story, PhD is an associate professor in the Departments of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Pan-African Studies, as well as the Audre ‪Lorde Endowed Chair at the University of Louisville.

Product Details

Category: Queer Studies

Language: English

Format/Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: New

ISBN-10: 0807004650

ISBN-13: 978-0807004654

Publisher: Beacon Press

Date Published: May 13, 2025

Pages: 224

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