d prove by thesis that most teenage boys become homosexuals because of how they are nurtured in society.Recently the number of homosexual people has increased.(Basso, 214) This does not mean that more people are becoming homosexuals. The reason that this number is increasing is that people are becoming more open about their sexuality.(IBID) Many guess that about 10 percent of teenagers are homosexuals.(Nardo, 64) A recent study estimated that 3 to 5 percent of men are gay.(IBID) This study is not totally accurate because many people do not want others to know that they are homosexuals. A safe estimation of gay teenagers would be as few as 50 to 60 and as many as 250 out of 2,500 students.(IBID, 65) Also, 5 percent of heterosexual men say that they have had interest in homosexual activity or that they have had some type of physical relation with a man.(Family Doctor) 92% of heterosexual men say that they have not had a homosexual experience past the age of 12.(IBID)Even with the Gay Rights Activists, homosexuals are still treated poorly.(Nardo, 70) For example: the case of Matthew Shepard. Matthew was a college student at the University of Wyoming. The 21 year old homosexual man fought for gay rights while he was in college.(www3) One night, fellow students of UW lured him into a campus bar by telling Shepard that they were gay. Shepard proceeded to talk to them about gay rights. Finally when the boys left the bar they told Shepard "Guess what. We're not gay. And you're gonna get jacked."(www3) They then drove him to a remote area where they tied him to a fence and beat him into a coma. After that they left him tied to the fence in the freezing cold, naked. He was discovered 18 hours later by a man passing by on a bicycle. When he was found he was still in a coma and had suffered hypothermia. He died 5 days later. The two men who beat Matthew were charged with murder. In their testimony they claimed that Shepard ...
