Editing Queer Nation (section)

{{short description|LGBTQ activist organization}}

{{Infobox organization
| name = Queer Nation
| image = Queer Nation logo.svg
| caption = Logo by Alan MacDonald and Patrick Lilley from 1992
| abbreviation = 
| motto = 
| formation = March 1990
| extinction = <!-- date of extinction, optional -->
| type = [[direct action]]
| status = <!-- ad hoc, treaty, foundation, etc -->
| purpose = Elimination of [[homophobia]] and increase [[LGBT]] visibility
| headquarters = 
| region_served = 
| website = http://queernationny.org/
}}

'''Queer Nation''' is an [[LGBTQ]] activist organization founded in March 1990 in [[New York City]], by [[HIV/AIDS]] [[Activism|activists]] from [[AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power|ACT UP]].<ref name="qtheory">{{citation |title=Queer Theory/sociology |first=Steven |last=Seidman |author-link=Steven Seidman |page=414 |publisher=Blackwell Publishing |isbn=1-55786-740-2 |year=1997 }}</ref> The four founders were outraged at the escalation of [[Violence against LGBT people|anti-gay violence]] on the streets and prejudice in the arts and media. The group is known for its confrontational tactics, its slogans, and the practice of [[outing]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Stryker |first=Susan |author-link=Susan Stryker |title=Queer Nation |url=http://www.glbtqarchive.com/ssh/queer_nation_S.pdf |journal=Reprinted from GLBTQ}}</ref>