Andrew Sullivan's Views On Homosexuality

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Growing up in the latter part of Sullivan’s generation, I can relate to and agree to the majority of his perspectives of what is a homosexual. None the less, I can also relate to the evolving perspectives of homosexuality in today’s generation. Raising a homosexual child in today’s society has provided me with an updated insight into the ever changing homosexual culture. The combination of my experiences, as well as the accompanied sources, has provided me with an understanding of both perspectives represented within the materials. In relation to Sullivan’s excerpt, What is a Homosexual, I was able to make a connection to the topics of nature versus nature as well as how individuals learn to come to terms at a young age with their homosexuality. Along with the connections I was able to relate to, I found discrepancies within Sullivant’s views on the political, cultural and societal fundamental beliefs would never change.
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
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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

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