AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: More Sex, Please: "That was then. These days, rather than challenging the idea of sexual normality of any sort, we merely want to tweak its definition so that we're considered appropriate too. The current political triumphalism of right-wing 'values' has sparked a lot of soul-searching among gay politicos. One of the more remarkable things this inward look has produced is a joint statement of purpose, signed in January by 22 national gay groups, representing a broad range of issues and identities within the community. It's a powerful affirmation of political unity, but it is also a distressing reminder of what we all agree on: The libido's off limits. The word sex appears in the document only when framed by marriage or disease.

Our movement, the statement boldly declares, 'opens America's eyes to the true family values that LGBT couples, parents and families are living and demonstrating every day.' So much for fun at the YMCA.

We've sacrificed sexual pluralism on the altar of civil rights. "

(Via AlterNet.)