Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality
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Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality is a 1995 non-fiction book by Andrew Sullivan that presents a political and philosophical case for gay rights and the social normalization of homosexuality.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18945127 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality Context triple: [Andrew Sullivan, notableWork, Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality]
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Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality is Sigmund Freud’s foundational 1905 work that outlines his psychoanalytic theories of psychosexual development, infantile sexuality, and the structure of sexual drives.
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Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence is Adrienne Rich’s influential feminist essay that critiques heterosexuality as a political institution and argues for the recognition of lesbian existence and resistance.
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C.
The Evolution of Human Sexuality
The Evolution of Human Sexuality is a landmark 1979 book by anthropologist Donald Symons that applies evolutionary theory to explain the origins and functions of human sexual behavior.
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D.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) is a 1972 comedy film directed by and starring Woody Allen, consisting of a series of humorous vignettes loosely based on a sex-advice book of the same name.
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majority opinion in Bowers v. Hardwick
The majority opinion in Bowers v. Hardwick is the 1986 U.S. Supreme Court decision, authored by Justice Byron White, that upheld the constitutionality of a Georgia law criminalizing consensual homosexual sodomy, later overturned by Lawrence v. Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality Target entity description: Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality is a 1995 non-fiction book by Andrew Sullivan that presents a political and philosophical case for gay rights and the social normalization of homosexuality.
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A.
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality is Sigmund Freud’s foundational 1905 work that outlines his psychoanalytic theories of psychosexual development, infantile sexuality, and the structure of sexual drives.
-
B.
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence is Adrienne Rich’s influential feminist essay that critiques heterosexuality as a political institution and argues for the recognition of lesbian existence and resistance.
-
C.
The Evolution of Human Sexuality
The Evolution of Human Sexuality is a landmark 1979 book by anthropologist Donald Symons that applies evolutionary theory to explain the origins and functions of human sexual behavior.
-
D.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) is a 1972 comedy film directed by and starring Woody Allen, consisting of a series of humorous vignettes loosely based on a sex-advice book of the same name.
-
E.
majority opinion in Bowers v. Hardwick
The majority opinion in Bowers v. Hardwick is the 1986 U.S. Supreme Court decision, authored by Justice Byron White, that upheld the constitutionality of a Georgia law criminalizing consensual homosexual sodomy, later overturned by Lawrence v. Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
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