Anti-Fascist Action (
AFA) is a non-hierarchical, autonomous network of political groups whose goal is to
smash fascism and other forms of
oppression. The two-flags
Antifa logo is inspired by the original logo of the
Antifaschistische Aktion a militant
anti-fascist organization in
Germany that existed from 1932 to 1933. It remains a widely used symbol of militant anti-
fascism. The
black flag represents
anarchism and the red flags represent
communists, both united against
fascism.
Anti-Fascist Action was refounded in the UK in 1985 by a wide range of
anti-racist and
anti-fascist organizations. It was active in fighting far-right organizations, particularly the National Front and
… Read more British National Party. It was notable in significantly reducing
fascist street activity in Britain in the 1990s.
AFA had what they called a "twin-track" strategy: the physical confrontation of
fascists on the streets and ideological struggle against
fascism in working-class communities. Today, the
Anti-Fascist Action is a global movement with local sections in many
different countries.
Queer is an umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities who are not heterosexual or are not cisgender. Beginning in the late 1980s,
queer activists, such as the members of
Queer Nation, began to reclaim the word as a deliberately provocative and politically
radical alternative to the more assimilationist branches of the
LGBT community. In the 21st century,
queer became increasingly used to describe a broad spectrum of non-normative sexual and gender identities and politics. Academic disciplines such as
queer theory and
queer studies share a general opposition to binarism, normativity, and a perceived lack of
intersectionality, some of them only tangentially connected to the
LGBT… Read more movement.
Queer arts,
queer cultural groups, and
queer political groups are examples of modern expressions of
queer identities.
LGBTQ an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and
queer. It functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity. It may refer to anyone who is non-heterosexual or non-cisgender, instead of exclusively to people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or
transgender. Other common variants also exist, such as
LGBTQIA+, with the I standing for "intersex" and A standing for "asexual" or "aromantic". Longer acronyms also exists, such as LGBTTQQIAAP (lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, transsexual,
queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, ally, pansexual). Various flags represent specific identities within the
LGBT movement, from sexual or romantic orientations,
… Read more to gender identities or expressions, to sexual characteristics.
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