This special issue of the 'Radical History Review' presents a selection of essays of scholars and activists who engage with critique of the so called 'homonormativity'. The authors demonstrate that the politics of 'homonormativity' does not contest dominant heteronormative assumptions and institutions but upholds and sustains them. They examine the historical processes that have normalized queerness over the past few decades. They ask what the mainstreaming of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender)/queer cultures and political activism will mean for queer futures.