Matthew Vines's New York Times essay argues that "queer" endangers gay rights. Drawing on David Halperin's account of gayness as identity, culture, and desire, I argue that the problem is not queerness. It's a politics that trades the dignity of others for approval.
June 3, 2026
My mother used to say I was "born in a jar with one eye." This is the story of the boy in that jar — bullied, converted, ordained, undone and remade by Chicago's North Side — who finally learned that gayness was the best thing about him.
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.
July 7, 2026
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