Gay America (Pgs. 128-160)

Summary: In the final section of Gay America, written by Linas Alsenas, there was a range of topics. None of the topics left the general idea of homosexual, but these topics seemed to be completely different although similar. There were topics about a man named Father Mycal Judge who was seen as the 'hero for the Gays' because he had died during 9/11 and was openly homosexual. Another topic that was talked about was the idea of homosexuality becoming legal. In a court case known as Lawrence vs. Texas, sodomy laws had become unconstitutional, making homosexuality legal. The idea of sodomy was discriminated against by many books and laws, only becoming legal recently, in 2003. Although the topic of homosexuality was not lost throughout this final section, the sub topics presented were different and more controversial than the other topics raised in Gay America.
Quote: "It was long before the press acknowledged the fact that Judge was a gay man."(Alsenas 144).
Reaction: This book was interesting to me because I did not know much about the Gay community. Linas Alsenas portrayed the gay community for even the most simplistic people, like myself, could understand. Before reading this book, I knew absolutely nothing about the gay community and how they came to be. Alsenas made sure to highlight the most important if not all the events in the homosexual history. I learned a lot about group of people in this one book than I did in any other book. The gay community has done a lot for America, being proven by what Mychal Judge did duting 9/11. The fact that America does not give the homosexual community more credit, is not fair to them, and should be changed.