Abstract

This essay investigates a critical moment of advocacy in San Francisco’s queer history: when police raided the Council on Religion and the Homosexual (CRH) New Year’s Day fundraiser. In response, CRH engaged in what I term coalitional fronting. The coalition’s privileged members acted as its public face, placing clergy, lawyers, and straight couples at center stage in its contestation with the police. Doing so allowed the group to cultivate privileged forms of ethos to rebuke police actions that would not have been possible if queer organizations acted alone. CRH’s coalitional fronting provided cover to queer members and enabled the cultivation of queer community and political power via other anonymous means. By unpacking the group’s advocacy efforts, this manuscript enriches rhetorical scholarship’s understanding of the connections among inventional resources, privilege, allyship, and coalitional politics.

摘要

这篇文章调查了旧金山同性恋历史上倡导的关键时刻：警察突袭了宗教委员会和同性恋 (CRH) 元旦筹款活动。作为回应，CRH 参与了我所说的联盟前沿。该联盟的特权成员充当了它的公众形象，将神职人员、律师和异性恋夫妇置于与警方竞争的中心位置。这样做使该团体能够培养特权形式的精神谴责如果酷儿组织单独行动是不可能发生的警察行动。CRH 的联合阵线为酷儿成员提供了掩护，并通过其他匿名方式培养了酷儿社区和政治权力。通过解开该组织的宣传工作，这份手稿丰富了修辞学对发明资源、特权、盟友和联盟政治之间联系的理解。