A report on Homosexuality
Romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender.
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Sexual orientation
20 linksEnduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or to both sexes or more than one gender.
Enduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or to both sexes or more than one gender.
These attractions are generally subsumed under heterosexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality, while asexuality (the lack of sexual attraction to others) is sometimes identified as the fourth category.
Homophobia
11 linksHomophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT).
Bisexuality
8 linksRomantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender.
Romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender.
The term bisexuality is mainly used in the context of human attraction to denote romantic or sexual feelings toward both men and women, and the concept is one of the three main classifications of sexual orientation along with heterosexuality and homosexuality, all of which exist on the heterosexual–homosexual continuum.
Gay
8 linksGay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual.
Human sexuality
7 linksWay people experience and express themselves sexually.
Way people experience and express themselves sexually.
This is further supported by cross-cultural evidence, because cultures that are very tolerant of homosexuality do not have significantly higher rates of it.
LGBT
8 linksInitialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.
Initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.
The first widely used term, homosexual, now a term used primarily in scientific contexts, has at times carried negative connotations in the United States.
Heterosexuality
6 linksRomantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between people of the opposite sex or gender.
Romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between people of the opposite sex or gender.
Along with bisexuality and homosexuality, heterosexuality is one of the three main categories of sexual orientation within the heterosexual–homosexual continuum.
Transgender
6 linksTransgender people have a gender identity or gender expression that differs from the sex that they were assigned at birth.
Transgender people have a gender identity or gender expression that differs from the sex that they were assigned at birth.
Transgender people may identify as heterosexual (straight), homosexual (gay or lesbian), bisexual, asexual, or otherwise, or may decline to label their sexual orientation.