ouble ▁With ▁Normal ▁was ▁sometimes ▁constru ed ▁as ▁a ▁straightforward ▁response ▁to ▁Andrew ▁S ull ivan ' s ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁V irt ually ▁Normal . ▁David ▁Bell , ▁in ▁Contempor ary ▁Soci ology , ▁accordingly ▁character ized ▁The ▁Tr ouble ▁with ▁Normal ▁as ▁a ▁move ▁in ▁the ▁" ass im ilation ist ▁deb ates ", ▁over ▁the ▁extent ▁to ▁which ▁gay ▁people ▁should ▁asp ire ▁to ▁' normal ity ', ▁that ▁character ized ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 0 s ▁gay ▁rights ▁activ ism . ▁In ▁these ▁deb ates ▁Warner ▁was ▁r anged ▁against ▁Andrew ▁S ull ivan ▁and ▁Larry ▁K ram er , ▁who ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁most ▁radical ▁goals ▁the ▁movement ▁could ▁seek ▁were ▁the ▁accept ance ▁of ▁gay ▁life ▁into ▁the ▁political ▁and ▁cultural ▁main stream , ▁through ▁rights ▁like ▁marriage . ▁Warner ▁ins isted ▁that , ▁on ▁the ▁contrary , ▁que er ▁people ▁were ▁ide ally ▁position ed ▁to ▁critique ▁and ▁challenge ▁main stream ▁institutions ▁and ▁should ▁not ▁sett le ▁for ▁mere ▁toler ance . ▁The ▁debate ▁was ▁imp ass ioned ; ▁Warner ▁told ▁the ▁Guardian ▁that ▁" This ▁F ift ies ▁version ▁of ▁how ▁gay ▁life ▁should ▁be ▁that ▁we ' ve ▁been ▁handed ▁is ▁actually ▁not ▁making ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁people ▁happy ", ▁while ▁S ull ivan ▁asked ▁" What ▁could ▁be ▁more ▁b oring ▁than ▁to ▁still ▁be ▁referring ▁to ▁yourself ▁as ▁" que er " ?" ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁the ▁Library ▁Journal ▁described