"Society's Need For A Queer Solution"

The second reading starts out with a person talking to there male friend who is nervous to tell the truth about his homosexuality. He gives them his journal which explains how though he is sexually attracted to males he is still just like everybody else so he became more understanding of his sexual prefrences. The authour expresses her total dumbfoundedness on the subject. She proceeds to say how before that point in her life she was continually praticipating in gay jokes, and generalizations. She asks the question why do we seperate gays from the society. The answer because they aren't part of the mainstream. The essay compares Ellen Degeneres and her coming out and how the show "Friends". Ellen lost alot of ratings after coming out compared to "Friends" because she advocated homosexuallity. "Friends" on the other hand made jokes of two women who were raising a child. Later they talk about Will & Grace and how different a homosexual acts compared to a heterosexual. For example Jack acts like the stereotypical homosexual male. Judith Lorber talks about gender and how it is assigned using genitalia. It differentiates masculine and feminine. The essay compares Will and Nathan one missing the world series the other trying on tight jeans. The essay compares how homosexuality is portrayed and how people tend to react to the way it is being portrayed. Personnally I thought the reading was intresting yet it's arguments weren't strong enough.