traight. Gordon said that he knew when he was between 5 and 7 years old that he was different from others.(Nardo, 66) Richard is also a seventeen year old boy who is homosexual. He remembers that when he was around eight or nine he felt different. When he and his friends were little they used to think that girls were disgusting, but then his friends started to like girls and he did not. He then felt his attraction for boys. He was scared to tell his friends because they were very discriminating towards gay people. He did eventually tell a guidance counselor and his parents who accepted it very well.(IBID, 67)Jerry is a sixteen year old boy who is also homosexual. When Jerry told his guidance counselor, he did not take the news well. The guidance counselor did not know what to do accept do research. When Jerry told his parents he was kicked out of his house. Jerry's parents had raised him just like any other parents had.(IBID , 68)Greg is a 1988 graduate from Fairfax High; he went through a project where the school had teacher training, counseling for students, and discussions on gay issues in the classroom. This helped him no longer feel different, but just like everyone else. Greg was able to be accepted by the people at the school due to the program that helped others learn more about homosexuals and how they are different from others.(IBID 72)The Johnson family has two kids, one boy and one girl. The socializing process is applied to their family situation to how mother nurturing habits will affect homosexuality. If the mother provides more physical nurturing to her girl than to her boy as expected by a heterosexual society then they will be likely to become heterosexual. If a mother provides more physical nurturing to her boy than to her girl then both children will have a greater chance of growing up to be homosexuals. Children can feel like members of the opposite sex when they are treated in that manner.(Thio, 212)...
