How Deep House Redefines Queer Love: Inside Jeremy Atherton Lin’s Unforgettable Story
Mr. Lin is at his best when portraying the complexity of the marriage equality movement, both within political and judicial circles, and from thought leaders within the gay community. He reminds us that many queer writers and artists opposed marriage equality for its focus on the heteronormative instead of on the myriad policy issues where all people, not just those of us on the rainbow, could benefit from.
“[Michael] Warner persuasively wrote [in a 1999 article, ‘Normal and Normaller: Beyond Gay Marriage’] that ‘such areas of law as probate, custody, and immigration need far more sweeping reforms than same-sex marriage.’ After the landmark Obergefell decision [in 2015], Warner would describe the marriage movement as propelled by a lack of ‘thinking creatively about other ways that those rights and obligations might be distributed.’”
