![]() So, therefore, that is the reason that I use gay guerrilla, in hopes that I might be one, if called upon to be one. And, you know, if there is a cause - and if it is a great cause - those who belong to that cause will sacrifice their blood, because, without blood, there is no cause. That’s why I use that word guerrilla: it means a guerrilla is someone who is, in any case, sacrificing his life for a point of view. You see, I feel that - at this point, I don’t feel that gay guerrillas can really match with ‘Afghani’ guerrillas or ‘PLO’ guerrillas, but let us hope in the future that they might, you see. Composer Note From Julius Eastmans remarks to the audience before the premieres of Crazy Nigger, Evil Nigger, and Gay Guerrilla in January 1980 during his. I don’t feel that ‘gaydom’ has - does have - that strength, so therefore, I use that word in the hopes that they will. And in the case of guerrilla: that glorifies gay - that is to say, there aren’t many gay guerrillas. “Now the reason I use Gay Guerrilla - G U E R R I L L A, that one - is because these names - let me put a little subsystem here - these names: either I glorify them or they glorify me. ![]() Indeed, very little previous scholarship on Eastman exists: only in the last few years has that started to change. From Julius Eastman’s remarks to the audience before the premieres of Crazy Nigger, Evil Nigger, and Gay Guerrilla in January 1980 during his composer-residency at Northwestern University: 2 Gay Guerrilla: Julius Eastman and His Music is the first book devoted to Eastman.
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