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New York : Vintage Books, 1996.
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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.
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LibraryThing member kijabi1
How should Christians respond to homosexuals' public presence?
LibraryThing member TrgLlyLibrarian
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
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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. Show Less
LibraryThing member jwhenderson
This anthology of essays on the politics of homosexuality struck a chord with me personally, so I found the prologue to be quite insightful. I had expected the book's overall argument to be more compelling, but it wasn't.
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Lambda Literary Award (Nominee — 1995)
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x, 227 p.; 21 cm
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9780679746140
Other editions
Virtually normal : an argument about homosexuality by Andrew Sullivan (Paper Book)
Virtually normal : an argument about homosexuality by Andrew Sullivan (Paper Book)
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