Guest column by Ian Jeong, Cody Smith and Sean Collins | When they try to "explain" away the gay
(11/05/16 12:57am)
This week Jeremiah Keenan reminded the Penn community of the question on whether people are really born gay or not (he forgot to mention other identities often roped with gayness like the L-B-T-Q-I-A of the queer alphabet). It came to us as a surprise because this issue seemed settled with the release of Lady Gaga’s iconic 2011 single, "Born This Way." He attacks the central theme of her song, which is that “It doesn't matter if you love him or capital H-I-M … 'Cause you were born this way, baby." Now that Keenan has opened the question again, we would like to suggest some additional considerations.