Michael Warner, one of our most brilliant social critics, argues that gay marriage and other moves toward normalcy are bad not just for the gays but for everyone. In place of sexual status quo, Warner offers a vision of true sexual autonomy that will forever change the way we think about sex, shame, and identity.

Michael Warner is Professor of English and American Studies at Yale University. He is the editor of American Sermons: The Pilgrims to Martin Luther King and Fear of a Queer Planet. He also writes for The Nation, the Advocate, the Village Voice, and other periodicals.

Read More by Michael Warner:

• The Letters of the Republic: Publication and the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century America