Conversation about same-sex attraction.  It really helped me to gain a different perspective on the reasons that can occur. Before I think I kind of did not understand a lot about it and was quick to judge. We heard some personal stories of kids in our class had brothers or sisters who had this problem.  I learned to look at people and not judge or say why they are gay or lesbian.  It also helped me to gain a perspective of those in our church who deal with this.  Many of them do not want to live the lifestyle, which presents many problems for them.

We also learned about the factors that play a role in your sexual orientation.  There is too many to say that one thing causes us to go different ways. Things like: family, environment, natural born attributes, confusion, bullying and labeling, and many other things.  We learned about a thing called neurotic to exotic, meaning, that a person may have natural born attributes that are like the other sex.  These are not a bad thing but in fact can be a good thing; however, others look at them and label them as homosexual and so the person starts to believe it and act on it.

Next time somebody is being teased about how they act, think about what  you are doing.