And now queer! Opportunities and hurdles of a 'reading beyond the norm' – Station reading with Marlon Brand

What remains of the critical potential and non-normativity of queer authors and texts when they are included in a catalog that literally claims to preserve old norms and define new ones? Or is the canon always already queerer than it might appear at first glance? Moderation: Maciej Bakinowski. Whoever speaks of a “queer canon” invites contradictions. Etymologically, the word “canon” derives from Ancient Greek, where it means guideline or rule; originally even a reed rod, straight stick, or ruler. As “Queer,” however, we tend to describe exactly what is not “straight,” i.e., what deviates from the (heterosexual, cisgender, monogamous, etc.) rule that still determines our society today. Do these two terms not exclude each other?