The article I chose to write about is “The Gay Option”, The author is Stephanie Fairyington. She is a lesbian writer and believes that being gay is a choice and not a predetermined abnormality. She also believes in the politics of choice. Fairyington is the cofounder of and editor of “the slant” a freelance journalist in New York. The author is important because it gives a backstory of what the author life was like, and gives the reader the insight of how the authors personality and style in writing is. The essay was written between the months of May and June of 2010, This is important to give the reader the date of publication, in case of if the reader needed to do a research paper. This is also important because it shows the readers the time frame in which she dealt with the problems of being gay. …show more content…
[ Stephanie Fairyington 51]. She also talks about how other people viewed gays, like in the 1970’s being gay was thought of as a disease that needed repercussion. The author is making a claim of value, she gives off evidence of how many people like her mom believed that homosexuality was a disease and not a choice, and she gives evidence of how gay people are treated and how they should never feel pity for THEIR choice on being gay. The reader can understand how the authors claim is of value because claim of value is the expression of approval or disproval or taste or