Homocore Subculture

Being accepted and loved by a community is a vital part to healthy human experience. Without human interaction, people fall apart mentally and physically over time. The search for those who share the same values can be exhausting when those ideals are regarded as abnormal, and people feel forced to bottle their feelings up and act ‘normal’. This concept applies to all people, and is one of the interlocking reasons queercore was founded by lesbians. Forming accepting and welcoming communities for not only the founders but for others who may have felt ostracized is one of the key reasons homocore and queercore began. Once one finds other queer people, they have the opportunity to gain confidence, make friends, and possibly begin to date. It provides a unique culture since it is difficult to be gay within modern society. Many threats loom over those who are queer, from being removed from a household or job

As previously mentioned, the search for community was one of the interlocking reasons. Other reasons include the nature of the punk genre itself. Queercore has its roots in the “antichrist antics and gender-fucked histrionics” from across the globe (Ciminelli and Knox 58). Raucous rebellion against the very standards of sexuality was also one of the driving forces. Another basic reason was the manner in which major labels and the music industry worked, which was characterized by Wilson as “…machinery…” and ‘…insincerity…” ( qtd. in Ciminelli and Hoffman 52). In conclusion, queercore was founded for a number of reasons that all related to one another. The purposes behind each person may have varied, but there was an overall longing for an accepting culture, not just for themselves, but for others in need. How can one state that queers are abnormal when they are demonstrating the kindness and needs of any straight person, when they too have their own stories and