"Brokeback Mountain challenges sexual norms"

Excellent opinion piece on Brokeback Mountain by Zach Zaragoza in the University of Nevada/Las Vegas' Rebel Yell. His conclusion:

"Brokeback Mountain" is about challenges. Not only the challenges that are evident between the two gay cowboys, but the challenges placed on the people sitting in the audience. Never before have contemporary attitudes about sexuality been challenged as effectively as they have in this movie. Challenge yourself to see this movie, not because of the Golden Globes that it has won or the larger societal issues it deals with, but because, in the end, after watching the film you focus less on the two gay
cowboys and instead on the heartbreaking love that they desperately wanted to share.