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Contents:
- THE TOLERANCE TRAP REVIEW – WHAT HAPPENED TO THE KICK-ASS GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT?
- KICK ASS GROUP FOR GAY MEN
THE TOLERANCE TRAP REVIEW – WHAT HAPPENED TO THE KICK-ASS GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT?
<p>Is marriage really the summ of aspiratn for the 'gay natn'? Angry radilism should not have turned to a whisper of gratu, argu this ll to arms om Suzanna Danuta Walters. By <strong>Julie Bl</strong></p> * kick ass gay *
Whether you are lbian, gay or straight, Suzanna Walters's new book should make you wonr how the once kick-ass gay rights movement beme so meek and humble.
Walters, an Amerin amic and polil activist, v you to qutn the very basis of ntemporary liberal thkg on gay rights the than four s after s loud and unpromisg begng the US and the UK, the battle for gay equaly is largely won – or is acrdg to the majory of lawmakers and LGBT activists and anisatns. We tolerate bad we and a borg the "gay gene" bate, equal marriage, g out and genr nonnformy, Walters's book terrogat pretty much every popular assumptn about lbian and gay culture, tearg through both liberal and nservative shibboleths about the state of the gay natn today.
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The ia that we are livg a post-gay society is pulled apart wh humour and a ltle anger. "Most gays and their alli believe that gay is the new black: hip, happeng, embraced.
" There is no qutn that lbians and gays are more visible the days, she says, but why n we still easily unt the celebri who have e out? Few major Hollywood movi have had gay storyl the last 15 years.
Acrdg to popular opn, accs to marriage and the ary are the great priz of gay rights and "once we have achieved the goals we will have moved to a post-gay Ameri". A portn of the book is voted to what has bee a faiar party le wh the gay muny and wir society – on the existence of a "gay gene".