Being born in South Central Los Angeles, I was taught that homosexuality is wrong. In the predominately black community if anyone was gay, there were two options; one hide your identity so that you won’t be harassed, two you are open about your sexual identity, but face the risk of harassment from your local community members and be looked down upon. One of the reasons why people are pushed to be straight is that it’s essential to push young boys to become proper men for wives, due to the amount of black men incarcerated. With the lack of fathers in the household, sons developed feminine traits from their own mothers, which can lead them to be gay. Also boys fail to learn to respect women because they’re no fathers to properly discipline them.
