Whitman

I found Whitman’s poems very interesting – For my research paper, I am looking at the different ways that a passage in the Bible is interpreted. I found that this really helped me with interpreting Whitman’s poems. Whitman’s poems are filled with double meanings and can be interpreted in many different ways.

Matthew Shepard…

Hey guys–I was reading the news and came across this article–I know that we’ve discussed teh Matthew Shepard case before so thought some of you might be interested in reading more about it….here’s the link :
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16116604/site/newsweek/

Random Information :)

So the end of the semester is coming to an end and of course I’m slacking in the blogs (not too bad hehe), but anyway, a couple weeks ago in my psychology class we were discussing homosexuality and I learned about some new, very interesting studies that have been done to prove the biological aspect of homosexuality.  In a 1991 study done by LeVay (who is in fact a homosexual himself), he studied the area of the brain known as the hypothalamus.  In the hypothalamus, there appears to be a cluster, known as the INAH3 cluster, that is related to sexual orientation.  In homosexuals, the cluster is smaller than in heterosexuals.  Critics argued that the size of the cluster could be related to the fact that most of the homosexuals tested also had AIDS.  Interestingly enough, over half of the heterosexuals tested also had AIDS.  Another study, done by Bailey, in which he surveyed 167 gay men, their twins, and their adopted brothers.  The results were: 52% of identical twins (of the gay brother) were also gay, 22% of fraternal twins (of the gay brother) were also gay, and 11% of adopted brothers of the gay brother were gay.  Even though there isn’t a lot of strong biological evidence, I think these studies are very interesting and say a lot.

Ok, so my poem today was “Scented Herbage of My Breast”, and it was really confusing but in my group we decided that the scented herbage was really love, and that the love he has, whether it was heterosexual or homosexual, was growing out of his chest (his heart) and would never die, similar to leaves. However, unlike leaves, love doesn’t die in winter, but love will continue to survive after the person who shared the love died.

MTV’s Real World

On tonights episode of The Real World, a white guy and a black guy got into a heated argument about the N-word…and that’s aonther converstaion. After all was said and done, the white guy called the black guy a N-word. What makes this situation interesting is the fact that the white man is gay and has tried to educate another black man in the Real World house about his sexuality. This situation directly relates to my topic, because I am studying how although gays, as a whole, are oppressed; but they oppress one another, racially. The fact that this guy probably has heard all kind of ‘sexual slurs’ throughout his life, one would think he wouldn’ t use them for races.

Gayness is a disease

Here is a YouTube movie about homosexuals and pedophiles. It’s kind of amuzing and disgusting at the same time. It is around 10 minutes long. It is a movie done in the 1960′s to show boys they should be careful around people they don’t know. I always thought you should stay away from creepy nice people no matter what. In this video all the creepy nice people are made out to have a disease called homosexuality. This is exactly what has helped the idea that homosexaulity is a disease and that homosexuals are evil people. Enjoy!

Gay gene

I think the research going into finding a gay gene is interesting, and has the potential to clear up a lot of things.  However, I am very opposed to the idea of tampering with a gay gene in order to have a straight kid.  This completely overrules mother nature, which, in my opinion, is taking science way too far.   It’s a hard line to draw, because I think that this type of strategy could be very effective in preventing a babies from having types of diseases.   I’m not sure exactly when it crosses the line, but altering a “gay” gene in an unborn baby is definitely across the line. 

The Gay Gene

I think that this class has been very interesting and fun. The video made me wonder if people do find a way to prevent homosexuality would people use this information for the wrong reasons. I think that nature should not be interfered by humans. If people decided to make everyone homosexual I think that population would lower substantially. I also think that people can believe that homosexuality is wrong but they should not judge others for what others believe or feel. People should not say how others should lead their life. Also I thought that our peer conferences were very helpful. I got a lot of good feedback and helpful information. I have loved this class and will miss all the people in it.

              love kelly

Homosexuality in animals

I just watched Craig’s video, which provided some viable explanations to why animals may engage in homosexual practice.  I did not know much about this topic, so I thought the video was interesting.  I found the guy’s voice on the video to be kind of creepy though.

The Gay Gene Video

I do not think that finding a “gay gene” is a bad thing, and I do not believe that finding it is homophobic, rather it is finding something that is part of the human race. As humans, we are inherently interested in learning about who we are, where we are from, why we are the way we are… There is much scientific research that occurs that, in some ways, are extremely unnecessary to learn (such as how the earth looked before the continents separated–I think that information is completely pointless), but as humans we like to know what is/was occurring on our planet and with its inhabitants. However, how we use the information that we find can consequently be damaging to the gay community, and so we must be careful what actions we take once this information has been found.