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“What is a Homosexual?” written by Andrew Sullivan was a powerful article for me for the simple fact that, I have many homosexual friends and growing up with them and watching their struggle to fit in was extremely painful, heartbreaking but and the same time I am the lucky one that they chose to be themselves around. Andrews describes in his article what it was like to be the fifteen-year-old boy in the locker room and realizing for the first time that he is attracted to boys and he had to learn how to conceal how he was feeling in front of his peers. Andrews states, that the first homosexual lesson: that your survival depends upon self-concealment. Andrews Article focus on what it is like growing up in a heterosexual world as a homosexual teenager and how homosexuals learn at a young age how to conceal their sexuality. …show more content…

He was a basketball player, he was nice, funny, dressed extremely well. He was such a gentleman. We dated for about six months, I even let him put his books in my locker. That’s a big deal when you are in high school, or at least it was in my day. Him and I went on a date and after the date, when it was time to drop me off. I got out of the car, he walked me to the door and it was time for a kiss. When I went to kiss him, he immediately turned his head and then walked back to his car left. I stood there dumbfounded, I couldn’t believe he left me hanging. Later that night I called him and asked him if something was wrong, he told me no. Well my feeling was hurt and I broke up with him. I know that is a crappy reason to leave someone but hey I was sixteen at the

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