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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Written in the mid-90s, this book contributed to shifts in the arguments surrounding gay issues. I gained a valuable appreciation of where the gay rights movement has been compared with where it is now. I also gained insight into the philosophical underpinnings of various attitudes towards homosexuals in civil society. I think this is a great read for just about anyone. It offers a sense of perspective and a very coherent argument for the equality of all people under the law. ( ) The passage of 13 years hasn't diminished the quality of the reasoning Sullivan displays here. Nor has it seen a dramatic shift in the four political positions he describes. If anything, his skillful articulation of the strengths and weaknesses of these arguments are that much easier to observe as the debate about gay marriage continues (though the serious discussion about gays in the military has seen comparatively less public discussion). Though this is a book I probably should have read long ago, it was no less satisfying to see these ideas expressed. In fact, this was a pleasure to read, and will likely be a pleasure to re-read in the coming years. no reviews | add a review
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An unprecedented work from the brilliant young editor of The New Republic--who is celebrated also as an incisive defender of the equality of homosexuals--Virtually Normal is an impassioned, reasoned, subtle, and uncompromising political and moral treatise that will set the terms of the homosexuality debate for the foreseeable future. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)306.766Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Culture and Institutions Relations between the sexes, sexualities, love Sexual orientation, gender identity HomosexualityLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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