Sullivan contends that gay youths coming to terms with being gay usually internalize their homosexuality, try to out-do their straight counterparts i.e. Out jock the jocks, or they flaunt it. I remember the …show more content…
I was able to make several connections to his thoughts on the isolation, the fear of rejection that most gay teens were faced with in Sullivan’s and my own generation. On the other hand raising a gay son helped me see the gay community as it is today, while still not fully accepted the cultural, political and societal views on homosexuals are moving forward, something Sullivan thought would never make a difference. The nature vs. nurture debate may never be decided but in my opinion Sullivan hit pretty close to my own thoughts, while I do believe that some people have the choice as to be gay, most do not. The GLBT movement has come a long way since Sullivan wrote this piece but there is still a ways to go before true equality is