During the 4th week we talked about gender roles and same  sex attraction. We learned that there are actual differences between men and woman which I think is critical to realize. Men and woman are equal, but they are different. We talked about a few difference that appear while kids are younger, which reminded me of a story my mom told me a few years ago. There was someone in her old ward who wanted their kids to be raised the same. They let their little boy just play with the same toys as the girl, and he only watched movies that the sister wanted to watched. One day while the parents were in the room they saw their young son take a barbie, bent it over, pointed it at his sister and yelled, BANG BANG. The fact is there are just differences between men and woman.
Something else we talked about was how Gay people often say they were "born gay". This in fact, is rarely true. Often times when, people who consider themselves Gay, if you look at their background, they ether didn't have a father, or just lacked a fatherly influence. As they get older, they naturally want that influence in their life. So they attach onto men who have that authority and influence. The young man is often confused, seeing that he attaches to this man so easy. The conclusion that he could come to is that he is Gay. The fact is, that isn't true, he is just naturally looking for that fatherly influence. I think the last important thing I learned is not to treat to exclude these people who have gender differences  I think it is really easy for us, especially as Mormons, to think, that they aren't good people. These guys are great people, who are basically juts confused and in need of interaction.