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Northeastern University Sociology Professor Suzanna Walters writes that she has problem with the notion that homosexuality is something that gay people just can’t help. While liberal allies of the LGBT movement preach that gays should be accepted because they’re “born this way,” Walters has a problem with this perspective. She maintains that using the “born-this-way” approach to gay liberation reduces the LGBT movement to one that will be happy with “tolerance” or “acceptance” by mainstream American society. But is tolerance something worth fighting for? In asking to be tolerated, aren’t gay rights advocates simply asking society to tolerate the LGBT community like one tolerates anything that is uncomfortable or undesirable? <\/p>\n