Louise Capener’s Reviews > The End of the Gay Rights Revolution: How Hubris and Overreach Threaten Gay Freedom > Status Update

“Most gay people were not rebels because they were gay. Rather they were gay and had thereby had the role of rebel foisted on them by a society that regarded their sexuality as placing them beyond the pale. Queer radicals might enjoy the sense of being rebels…But, for most gay people, the problem with society’s treatment of homosexuality was that it imposed the role of rebel, whether they wanted it or not.”