Introduction

"Two boys sit at the back of the school bus holding hands. Both are quiet, but the bus echoes with the same loud whispers that follow the boys everywhere they go. That is so gay! God says that's wrong! It's gross! The whispers hurt the boys, but they continue to suffer in silence and nobody is willing to speak up for them for fear of going against the crowd. In Dr.Seuss' Horton Hears A Who, an elephant called Horton discovers a city on a speck of dust inhabited by a species of very small persons, the Who's. No other animal believe in the city and scorn Horton, thinking he has gone insane. But he strives to protect the tiny population even as the animals try to thwart him because he realizes the Who's cannot speak up for themselves and 'a person's a person, no matter how small.' Today, homosexuality is attacked by many groups such as the church, media, and businesses, similar to the attacks made on Who-ville by the animals in Horton Hears A Who. If someone were to speak up for these individuals, like Horton did for the Who's, people like the two boys might not have to sit at the back of the bus, but at the front accepted as part of society now matter how different they may be."

Sheri has finally written down the introduction, and hopes Jessica and Alyssa are able to edit. She will have her paragraph posted soon as well.