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One of the more intriguing - and most Lacanian - slogans that appeared in Paris in May 1968 declared 'Il est interdit d'interdire' - 'It is forbidden to forbid'. In this follow-up to our recent Resonance 104.4fm show about the insurrections, Juliet Jacques talks to curator/writer Paul Clinton about his 'Forbidden to Forbid' exhibition, how May '68 launched a decade of queer radicalism, the tensions within its gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender elements, and its eventual collapse amidst the HIV/AIDS crisis and the decline of the wider French left. SELECTED REFERENCES MICHEL FOUCAULT, History of Sexuality vols. I-IV (1976-84) GUY HOCQUENGHEM, Homosexual Desire (1972) - https://libcom.org/files/Hocquenghem%20-%20Homosexual%20Desire.pdf Ixe (dir. Lionel Soukaz, 1980) - http://ubu.com/film/soukaz_ixe.html PIERRE KLOSSOWSKI, La Monnaie vivante (1970) - https://frieze.com/article/illicit-trade Race d'Ep (dir. Lionel Soukaz & Guy Hocquenghem, 1979) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJvcrubBS5g Oreet Ashery - '