Through testing, scientific researchers have found a link between biology and homosexuality. ... Another study conducted by Bailey and Pillard found that of gay men who had a twin or adopted brother, 52% of the identical twins, 22% of fraternal twins, and only 11% of the adoptive brothers were gay. ... Based on the research I have done on the nature vs. nurture issue, I am still convinced that both factors must come in to play to shape our uniqueness. ... I am not convinced that we have discovered every symptom of every disorder, and I am not sure we ever will. ... I do not have an answer for ...

• Word Count: 1595
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I am currently pursuing higher education as I have done in the past. ... My nephew goes to a suburban, mostly white, primarily middle-class and affluent school that teaches largely to tests while valuing less and less the language of a child's inner world. ... I could not even tell you today whether there was a gay youth organization, a disability activist group or even a band of neo-Nazis at Syracuse University in the late 1970's. ... My point is that I did not see it because I didn't seek out that information. I didn't seek out that information because I was never taught ...

• Word Count: 905
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I am Joseph Orosz, a one-time broadcast journalist in Hungary. ... I am a kind of traveller from the East to the West who finally disembarked in a safe harbor. ... This is because I am not a certain celebrated Hungarian political analyst with full armament to juxtapose apples and pears in order to arrive at a conclusion that both of them are fruit. ... Seeing how the freedom of speech and opinion, the tolerance of a multicultural country are being under pressure, I am unable to avoid the political and cultural phenomena oozing into the classroom. ... Given my experience gained in Hungary, ...

• Word Count: 1709
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

- Emma, I had not thought it possible- (page 367). ... This is seen when Murray (her best friend's boyfriend) tells Cher that Christian is homosexual- "He's gay- and Cher responds through a voice over "I suppose it wasn't meant to be, I mean he does dress better than I do. What would I bring to the relationship?... It is also reflected when she (Cher) fails her driving test and she exclaims through the voice over once again- "I can't believe I failed. I failed something I could not talk my way out of- and when Tai insults her- "Why am I even listening to you to begin with- ...

• Word Count: 1742
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate