Introduction

A punk twist of the profane intensifies the queer politics of "Queer Disco Anthem (QDA)", carving its edges into a bold sexual provocation that is queer in politics and punk in sensibility. Queercore represents a recuperative intervention within queer and media studies. Queercore appeared at the historical moment when "queer" was undergoing its radical reclamation via activism and academia. Queer theory, like queercore itself, has historically had a blind spot when it comes to queers of color. All queercore archives should be considered part of a defiant process of rescuing what others—homophobes, conservative gays and lesbians and elitists—deem unworthy of conservation. Increasingly dispersed and only loosely affiliated, queercore entities nevertheless share a common goal: to articulate and circulate a set of oppositional identities, mediated meanings and social practices for queers to occupy and engage within subcultural space. Queer relishes outlaw mischief and prides itself on resisting boundaries and sedimentation.