Personal Narrative: What Makes Someone Gay?

I have never been a fan of the phrase “You couldn’t understand”-especially when it was directed at me. As a young girl, I loved asking questions, as many kids do, until the dreaded words were said to me directly. “What makes someone gay?” I asked my Mom. I had heard the word tossed around before, but I wasn’t quite sure what it meant. “Where did you hear that! Don’t ask me that again. You couldn’t understand.” After that, I never asked many questions. I had this idea that I would figure most answers out eventually-on my own. So that’s exactly what I did. I kept questions to myself, while at the same time searching for a way to find out answers to questions I was too shy to ask.
When I was about thirteen years old, I learned about the scientific method. I was taught that in order to prove something you must experiment and one simple, organized way to do it, was using the
scientific method. The first thing I wanted to prove was the truth of what happens when you fall in love and if it can justify the genuineness of both straight and gay couples.
Question: Are gay couples different than straight couples in the ways that matter?
Hypothesis: I believe they aren’t because people fall in love the same way and it’s something completely out of anyone’s control.
Experimental Procedure:
Fall in love. Analysis: It took a long time, but it happened.
Eventually, I embarrassingly fell in love. It wasn’t gradual, or voluntary - it just happened. Those “butterflies in your tummy” when you like someone are not some exaggerated, over the top, cliche’d, made up feeling. They’re real! In the most figurative sense, of course. Then I asked myself, “How did I know I was ‘in love’?” Well, my palms became clammier than ever, I had a smile on my face whenever this person was present (in reality AND in my head) - which by the way I had no control over - and I did everything in my power to “bump” into the person whenever I had the chance. It was the single greatest feeling; I fell in love and I had no choice in the matter. What I did get to choose, though, was whether to pursue this feeling or completely ignore it. Conclusion: You can’t choose who you fall in love with. And if homosexual couples are wrong, then so is love in general. The only people who know the realness of their relationship is them. And as long as they’re content, everyone else’s opinions become insignificant and
meaningless. I know that this isn’t entirely accurate and there are definitely some holes that need to be fixed, but for a thirteen year old girl, I was proud. Ever since then I have grown to love the scientific method and the many ways smart people support and contradict each other’s thoughts on a wide range of topics and I realized this is something I wanted to do. I enjoy asking questions, constantly learning, and having complex conversations about everything, especially the things that matter most. Science and social issues are two distinct subjects that shouldn’t be separated from one another. Science is a great invention that can help prove and bring light to issues that the majority see as debatable. Issues like sexual orientation and love should not be speculations, assumptions or controversial topics, but rather facts and theories. I plan to pursue physics and applied mathematics in college as an undergraduate and gradually work my way through the social sciences as well. I’m a passionate, dedicated student and I know that once I start my heart on something, I can’t be stopped, which I know will supplement my college education perfectly.