I think it’s relevant that Gandalf wasn’t a lead role and Ian McKellen is overwhelmingly cast in non-sexualized parts. So, he’s not much of a counter-example.

I agree that same-gender marriage is focused on in the movement largely because marriage is most typical of the middle and upper socioeconomic classes. However you want to define a ‘radical change’ though, I see same-gender marriage as being radically transformative of the institution of marriage and its associated gendered phenomena. If the act of [...]