September 28, 2026
That’s NOT it. On why gayness is not only a sexual orientation.
On Real Time with Bill Maher, James Kirchick said gayness is only a sexual orientation. David Halperin's *How to Be Gay* shows why that's a fantasy, not history.
Articles for category: Queer Lesbian & Gay Studies
Gay Desire: A Second Chance For Gay Theology
Tony Hoshaw is writing a book, in public, entitled Gay Desire: A Second Chance for Gay Theology. Building on David M. Halperin's book, How To Be Gay, Tony argues that the proper ground for gay theology is gay desire, not a theory of androgyny.
February 23, 2026
Why I Unsubscribed from Andrew Sullivan’s *The Weekly Dish*
Andrew Sullivan gets a few things right: public support for trans freedom has narrowed, and winning elections matters. But when you strip away his reasonable concessions, what remains is not political argument — it is projection. This post applies John Rawls's concept of public reason to Sullivan's anti-trans screeds and finds them wanting. Sullivan's fantasy of gay kids being forced to transition by evil doctors is not a basis for public policy. It is a private obsession dressed up as political commentary. And the real world keeps telling him so.
July 6, 2025
Against (Virtually) Normal: Law, Politics, and the Trans/Queer Body
Andrew Sullivan follows the SCOTUS majority, naturalizing a conservative theology of sex while masquerading it as liberal neutrality.
April 29, 2025
Gender Politics & the Indoctrination of Boys
Democrats fight to secure and defend a boy's right to become a man who desires like a woman/mother. That's the maternal politics we need.
October 23, 2024
It’s a Fem: Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew
In this essay, I argue that Mary is a figure of the Spirit of God. Matthew defines the Spirit in and through Mary, described in and through a tradition of maternal rebellion and survival. Matthew's Jesus, who is of Mary, of the Spirit, incarnates a non-standard, "feminine" messianism. And we will, too—if we are of Jesus.
June 17, 2024
Possessed by “Demons”
A sermon based on the Gospel of John 19:25-29 (FYI: the word “home” is NOT in the Greek text): * As Jesus is dying on the cross, the disciple he loves—the boy he loves—the one, we are told, who is responsible for the Gospel of John, is on his mind. In the final moments of Jesus’ life, his beloved’s future is his ultimate concern. We don’t know the identity of the man Jesus loved, but what we do know is that he is the only disciple Jesus is explicitly said to have loved. We also know that he is the
