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    legalized in some countries, the concept of homosexuality became a hot issue all over the world. Of course, there are many people who support homosexuality and same-sex marriage when there are also many people who do not. Homosexual activists often argue that they have their own rights to enjoy sexual “freedom” and that their human rights should be protected. In contrast, people who are against homosexuals and same-sex marriage emphasize that homosexuality is unnatural, immoral, and wrong. While…

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    to ring true. Homosexuality, in their eyes, is a sin. It is a sin so far and great that there are individuals who firmly believe that in order to meet their maker and walk through heavens gates, that this homosexuality must be cured. In order for gay and lesbian individuals to be fully released from their unethical thoughts and cured of these ungodly tendencies, they can put themselves through reparative therapy, or more commonly known as conversion therapy. However, if homosexuality is a part…

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    Hooker studied the relationship between homosexuality and psychological development. The test subjects were separated into a group of homosexuals and a group of heterosexuals. Hooker gave the test subjects three different psychological tests: the Rorschach, the Thematic Apperception Test, and the Make-A-Picture-Story Test. Hooker found no significant differences in the results of the tests. Therefor, Hooker concluded that homosexuality was not based on environmental factors because of the…

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    Homosexuality has always been a controversial topic in the United States, especially last year when the law changed for same-sex individuals are now able to get married. I attended a Catholic private school in middle school, in which we learned about God and the Bible. We were taught that people could be gay but that they could not act upon it, but it was best not to be gay because that not what God intended us to be. The idea of being gay was so abstract, I always wonder if a person was born…

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    Sexuality is defined as “the capacity or ability to have sexual feelings” as well as “a person’s sexual orientation or preference in relation to the gender they are attracted to.”(Webster’s Dictionary, 1891) Sexual orientation also refers to a person's sense of identity-based on those attractions, related behaviors, and membership in a community of others who share those attractions.(Michael G. Shively MA & John P. De Cecco PhD 1977) However, sexuality and sexual orientation involve more than…

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    While it is more common today to see homosexuality in society and media, reception to the notion has not always been positive. In the early 1990s more than 33 percent of gay men and lesbians had reported being victims of interpersonal violence, hate crimes, and discrimination due to their sexual orientations (Parrot, 2008). The media has taken on the challenge of combating widespread homophobia, and seeks to portray characters and lifestyles in which its audience/followers can equally identify…

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    Growing up in the latter part of Sullivan’s generation, I can relate to and agree to the majority of his perspectives of what is a homosexual. None the less, I can also relate to the evolving perspectives of homosexuality in today’s generation. Raising a homosexual child in today’s society has provided me with an updated insight into the ever changing homosexual culture. The combination of my experiences, as well as the accompanied sources, has provided me with an understanding of both…

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    Gray has a Master of Arts in Applied Social Psychology. She is works at the University of Guelph in the Department of Psychology. She has written nine publication, with the majority of them concerning the LGBTQ community. Of those nine publications, six were co-written with Serge Desmarais, including “Not All One and the Same: Sexual Identity, Activism, and Collective Self-Esteem” Serge Desmarais is the Associate Vice President of the Department of Psychology at the University of Guelph. His…

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    My school covered all the biological aspects and use of contraceptives in health class; dating, romance, abstinence, date-rape, and homosexuality were covered in a mandatory psychology/sociology class. This comprehensive program was put into effect because of teen pregnancy issues and an outbreak of gonorrhea in the previous years at the…

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    judge and throw stones at those behaviors that we do not assent to. But is this necessarily true, that every behavior that seems strange is fallacious? No. People paint a face at everything at categories everything. We have painted a big face on homosexuality and that has created…

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