Atmospheres of Violence

Advances in LGBTQ rights in the recent past—marriage equality, the repeal of Don''t Ask, Don''t Tell, and the expansion of hate crimes legislation—have been accompanied by a rise in attacks against trans, queer and/or gender-nonconforming people of color. In Atmospheres of Violence, theorist and organizer Eric A. Stanley shows how this seeming contradiction reveals the central role of racialized a...