Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality And Gender Identity

As a society in the 21st century, we are still confused and dazed about what should be determined as a gender based. One should not be discriminated based on his or her sexual orientation, because his or her religious belief taught him or her to not believe in something that seemed out of the norm, or that having multiple identities is problematic. Gender identity and sexual orientation are two different aspects of why they are not the same. These are the findings as to why our orientation and gender are complex.
Key Words: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Heterosexual, Homosexual, Self-Concept

Today’s society is becoming more accepted of homosexuality. Society, not as a whole but as a part, likes to place everyone in a certain category and is not very accepting if one goes on to do things out of the norm and out of script of who they are supposed to be. It is important to realize that homosexuality is not a privilege in our society. Most religious views about homosexuality are negative and are seen as a stigma. Sexual orientation comes in multiple …show more content…
Those who are capable of change are because they are willing to expand their horizons to learn more. We categorize things to make us feel like we are normal but in a sense, that is limiting our abilities to know more. Orientation is complicated yet flexible, that ‘cannot always fit into normative’ and also binary categories (Simula and Better, 2015). Our “Handbook of self and Identity’ by Leary and Tangney has mentioned that the self and identity are mental concepts, it is something that is ripens early (p.75). There are limitations to research if sexual orientation can be classified as a gender because there is not enough evidence to determine if orientation is gender based. However, we can keep in mind that even if it is not a gender identity, we still have to respect a person’s internal