For one of my found essays I decided to read an article by Allison Benedikt from slate.com. The essay was about John Schwartz (a reporter from the New York Times), his family, and his gay son who attempted suicide. Schwartz's son Joseph came out at school as a thirteen year old and tried to kill himself that night. After years of listening to society's negative attitudes about gay lifestyle and his own self hate he attempted to take his own life. John Schwartz wrote a book called Oddly Normal explaining raising his son knowing he was gay including every detail about his childhood.
Personally I think it is awful how society portrays gay lifestyle. Even if families raise their children in a loving manner that accepts them for who they are society still interferes. Children grow up seeing the hatred people in society have for the homosexual population and it is very sad and discouraging. I hope that in the future people will start being more accepting and understanding. I'm sure there would be less attempted suicides.
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