Far from celebrating Gay Rights victory, defending the gains, staying vigilant, but winding down as a movement that had achieved its core objectives — including the end of H.I.V. in the United States as an unstoppable plague — gay and lesbian rights groups did the opposite. Swayed by the broader liberal shift to the “social justice” left, they radicalized.

 

How the Gay Rights Movement Radicalized, and Lost Its Way

By Andrew Sullivan

Mr. Sullivan, an early advocate for gay marriage, writes The Weekly Dish on Substack.