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The article presents tips on items or things to consider in conducting queer activism in the U.S. Art supplies for banners, posters, fliers, signs, stencils, effigies, and anything else one might need at a protest. Wheat paste can be made very easily with flour and water--just mix one part flour to three parts water, stir until blended, and then heat on the stove until it thickens. After it cools, use a wide paintbrush to apply one layer of paste under the flier and one on top. When this dries it is as good as wallpaper paste. Neighborhood beautification tools. This is where numbers one, two, and three all come together. American flags, rainbow flags, or hybrids of the two. There is no need to buy these, since there are so many in public spaces waiting to be liberated. And there is nothing like a burning flag to get a demonstration started off right. A complicated critical analysis and a dedication to challenging all hierarchies of race, class, gender, sexuality, age, and ability. When in doubt, remember that marriage and the military need to be abolished, whatever the mainstream gay groups are saying is probably garbage, and community means taking care of people, not arresting them for getting in the way of gentrification.