Editing Queer Nation (section)

==Activism==
[[File:QN NYC Twitter Profile REV-2.gif|alt=Current Queer Nation NY logo|thumb|Current Queer Nation NY logo, used on its website, Facebook Page, Twitter profile, designed by Ken Woodard.]]
At the time of Russia's recently approved anti-gay laws, Queer Nation protested the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sochi, Russia]].<ref name="Entertainment Weekly Sochi">{{cite news| url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/10/29/olympians-sochi-boycott-queer-nation/ |title=Olympians face call to boycott -- and explain why they'll compete|newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Mandy|last=Bierly|date=October 29, 2013|access-date=July 13, 2019}}</ref><ref name="NYT Stoli">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/world/europe/facing-fury-over-antigay-law-stoli-says-russian-not-really.html |title=Facing Fury Over Antigay Law, Stoli Says 'Russian? Not Really' - NYTimes.com|newspaper=The New York Times |date=8 September 2013 |last1=Higgins |first1=Andrew }}</ref>

=== Early actions ===
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Here are some of [https://queernationny.org/history Queer Nation's first actions]:
* '''April 20, 1990'''
Queer Nation members show up en masse at Macy's department store where Olympic gold medallist [[Greg Louganis]] is promoting a new swimsuit line. Queers arrive with WHEATIES cereal boxes with swimmer's picture pasted on front, to recall the time the cereal maker rejected Louganis as a spokesperson, ostensibly because he is gay.
* '''April 26, 1990'''
Responding to the 120% increase in violence against queers, Queer Nationals climb the billboard on the roof of Badlands, a Greenwich Village bar and hangs a 40-foot banner that reads: "Dykes and Fags Bash Back!"
* '''April 28, 1990'''
A pipe bomb explodes in Uncle Charlie's, a Greenwich Village gay bar, injuring three.  In protest, Queer Nation mobilizes 1000 queers in a matter of hours.  Angry marchers fill the streets, carrying the banner "Dykes and Fags Bash Back."
* '''May 12, 1990'''
The inauguration of  "Queer Shopping Network."  Members of Queer Nation travel from New York City to the Newport Mall in Jersey City with leaflets offering information about queers, safe sex tips, and a list of famous queers throughout history.  The leaflets are titled "We're here, we're queer and we'd like to say hello!"<ref>{{Cite book|title=Fear of a queer planet : queer politics and social theory|editor-last=Warner|editor-first=Michael|date=1993-01-01|publisher=University of Minnesota Press|oclc=28634756}}</ref>
* '''June 1990'''

Members of Queer Nation circulate the pamphlet "[[Queers Read This]]" at the [[NYC Pride March|New York Gay Pride Parade]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kadlec |first=Jeanna |title=Where Does The Word "Queer" Come From? |url=https://www.nylon.com/articles/why-do-we-use-the-word-queer |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]] |date=30 June 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
* '''August, 1990'''
A boycott of the music group [[Snap!]] was arranged by members of Queer Nation after the lead singer, [[Turbo B|Turbo Harris]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8186389.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019170846/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8186389.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-10-19 |title=Gay Activists Call for Snap Boycott|work= The Boston Globe |location=Boston, MA }}</ref> was accused of assaulting Boston club owner, Dennis Moreau.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://articles.philly.com/1990-09-01/entertainment/25877112_1_lesbian-anti-violence-project-crimes-against-gay-people-homosexual-acts | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019170846/http://articles.philly.com/1990-09-01/entertainment/25877112_1_lesbian-anti-violence-project-crimes-against-gay-people-homosexual-acts | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 19, 2015 |title=Gay-bashing Finds A Home In Rap, Metal - Philly.com}}</ref>