Homosexuals and their Struggles Who are we to judge? Well people sometimes judge other people just because... a person is different. What I mean by different is not just the way they look but the way they identify themselves as; and judgments such as "that is nasty, you are gay" or &qu...

Issues/Strengths/Challenges What does it mean to be gay? "I never had any real attraction towards women, but I really knew that I was gay when puberty began. I felt an attraction toward the other boys and I was curious to find out what they were like." P.J. Smith (Personal communication, November 2...

Marion and Arnold: A Comparison and Contrast 1. In On Tidy Endings, Harvey Fierstein writes of the devastation and effects on the people close to Collin Redding when he dies due to complications of AIDS. Marion Redding, the ex-wife of the un-seen Collin Redding, whose character makes the pla...

I. Introduction A gay man remembers his high school years filled with loneliness, fear, and self-hatred. Another man recalls spending every lunch period in a bathroom stall. A lesbian recollects her bottling up all her emotions and silencing all impulsive gestures, terrified of saying or doing a...