I saw a video by Kat Blaque today. Here it is: Does Polyamory Make You Queer?
A feminist video mentioning polyamory? Yay!
No reading list? Not yay!
But, taking the video seriously.
In my opinion, polyamorous civil rights are 30-50 years, or more, behind trans* and LGB civil rights. I take issue with this! I care the most about the civil rights and the broader societal acceptance of diversity in all its non-abusive forms. Such as: The colour of the sky at different places and times of the day, different expressions of intimacy and sexuality that all involved parties enthusiastically consent to, different shaped holes that bugs eat out of leaves. But not: sorting humans into boxes based on their personal preferences, or superficial differences, to decide which box is entitled to or deserving of resources. (Footnote: I think race is an excellent example of this kind of boxing people into arbitrary groups. And these two books offer an excellent recount of why this is so problematic for race specifically. Bonilla-Silva, E. (2014). Racism without racists: Color-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in America (Fourth edition). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Roberts, D. (2011). Fatal invention: How science, politics, and big business re-create race in the twenty-first century. New Press. )
