Kelley, Amy2019-07-032019-07-032009https://hdl.handle.net/11299/204056In this essay, I look at four GLBT/Queer activist organizations in the Twin Cities, as a snapshot of the Queer Movement as it is occurring locally. I view these organizations through the lenses of persuasion and rhetoric, because communication and communicative actions are the life blood of social movements. I then examine where these four organizations fall on the life-cycle or timeline of social movements, to find where the Queer Movement is on this timeline. In the introduction and conclusion, I discuss culture in a wider sense to demonstrate the cultural implications of social movements, and of the Queer Movement in particular. Concluding, I posit a few predictions for the future of the Queer Movement in the Twin Cities and the United States, drawn from my examination of these four organizations.enCollege of Liberal ArtsSumma Cum LaudeIndividually Designed Interdepartmental MajorThesis or Dissertation