GLR November-December 2025

Correspondence

Seems like it would have been perfect for Benemann’s piece. What would it be like to hear it sung by Emerson, Allen, & Man ning’s Minstrels? Allan Weinreb, Rochester, NY To the Editor: Apropos of your article on the “Counter

Face It: There Are LGBT Conserva ti ves To the Editor: In Eli Erlick’s “Making Sense of the Trans Right” [July-Aug. 2025 issue], the author seems amazed that some transgender individuals have conservative politics. I’m friends with a gay man who was not at all surprised when I told him that there was a right-wing extremist group made up of gay men, who pointed out that gay men can be found across the political spectrum. Nor was he surprised when I told him there was an anti-feminist group formed by gay men. There is a tendency for persecuted groups to be politically liberal, but all groups are formed by individuals, and indi viduals do not think identically. Also, each

Two Images Capture the “Counter” Boys To the Editor: I enjoyed William Benemann’s “The As cension of the Retail Queen” [Sept.-Oct. 2025] , but was surprised that the essay wasn’t illustrated with this sheet music cover [shown below] from the period.

Jumpers,” I have a post card [below] that makes fun of their kind. Unfortu nately, it was never used, so there’s no postmark, and we don’t know to whom it was sent or when. My guess is that it’s from late ish in the 19th century. George Glastris, Chicago

individual is a member of var ied demographic groups involv ing gender, class, race/ethnicity, religion, marital status, etc. Some gay males might identify mainly as Native Americans, some women might identify mainly with the poor, some Blacks might identify mainly with other Christians, and some lesbians might identify mainly with other single people. These crosscutting identities and the varied values attached to them are bound to influence political opinions. Regarding that trans woman neo-Nazi, she cannot be crazier than white racism’s entire Nazi fication since it ceased being mainstream. Back in the old

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