• Cross-dresser (formerly called transvestite): generally refers to a man who occasionally wears clothes of opposite sex, wears makeup and uses accessories associated with women. (medscape.com)
  • Over time, his followers generated an industry large enough to force the mental health profession to consider desires to 'be' the opposite sex as 'normal. (familyresearchinst.org)
  • This suggests a more biological purpose, in which it's proposed that this may increase an animal's chance of successful breeding later with the opposite sex. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • The female fish found the males more attractive after the male had a same-sex interaction in the same way they did with opposite sex interaction. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • There are many different sexual identities, such as heterosexual (attraction to the opposite sex), homosexual (attraction to the same sex), bisexual (attraction to both sexes), and asexual (attraction to neither sex). (msdmanuals.com)
  • Throckmorton seeks to support those whose religious beliefs and values are not consistent with accepting the identity, or sexual expression of a gay person - yet without trying to change them into an opposite-sex attracted person. (boxturtlebulletin.com)
  • Whitam told Newsweek, "If you look at all societies, homosexuality occurs at the same rates with the same kinds of behavior. (wikipedia.org)
  • Childhood cross-gender behavior of homosexual females in Brazil, Peru, the Philippines, and the United States. (wikipedia.org)
  • A cross-cultural assessment of early cross-gender behavior and familial factors in male homosexuality. (wikipedia.org)
  • an umbrella term for a person whose gender identity, gender expression or behavior does not conform to that typically associated with the sex to which they were assigned at birth. (medscape.com)
  • Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. (quizpie.com)
  • There are wide variations in people's sexual behavior, including interest in sex and the frequency of or need for sexual release throughout life. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The second theory, one that is held by a minority of therapists and researchers, is that sexual abuse may at times be a confusing or causal mechanism in same-sex attraction, behavior, or identity. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • I have witnessed an evolution in his thinking to where I now think it is now accurate to say that Dr. Throckmorton, though still religiously conservative and not inclined to find same-sex behavior to be pleasing to God, no longer believes that efforts to change the sexual attractions of same-sex attracted men are likely to be effective. (boxturtlebulletin.com)
  • In "Prescriptions for Perversity: Treating Homosexuality in the United States" we will be examining the ways in which medical knowledge both describes and prescribes, constructs and condemns what is "perverse" sexual behavior, especially homosexuality. (clgbthistory.org)
  • Why should identification as a lesbian or practice of same-sex behavior affect a patient's access to infectious diseases-related care? (cdc.gov)
  • For the sake of simplicity, we will use the term "lesbian" to refer to a woman who engages in sex with another woman, and thus represents the axis of sexual behavior, which may not necessarily be congruent with self-defined sexual identity ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In the United States, estimates of lifetime same-gender sexual behavior among women are 8% to 20%, and 1.4%-4.3% of all women may currently be sexually active with other women ( 1 , 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Until recently, the major national women's health studies did not collect information on same-sex behavior or sexual identity ( 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Moreover, few, if any, state or local STI reporting systems routinely collect information on same-sex behavior among women. (cdc.gov)
  • With the renewed conversation in Mormonism about homosexuality initiated by the November 6th policy changes, it has become clear that many Latter-day Saints have never really been exposed to the breadth of research conducted in the past several decades about the biological and social factors involved in human sexual development, attraction, and identity, including homosexual orientations. (mormonmatters.org)
  • Part 3 addresses ideas that are often held by Latter-day Saints and others that homosexual orientation is caused by factors such as sexual abuse or early sexual experimentation, or certain personality traits of one's parents. (mormonmatters.org)
  • But it's possible to have fantasies or to be curious about people of the same sex without being homosexual or bisexual. (webmd.com)
  • a (wo)man is homosexual if (s)he characteristically experiences sexual arousal in the context of the presence, image or thought of another human being of apparently the same gender. (geocities.ws)
  • Someone of homosexual orientation desires, aspires to or would welcome physical and/or emotional intimacy with someone perceived to be of the same gender. (geocities.ws)
  • A practising homosexual does in fact engage in sexual activity in a homo-gender context. (geocities.ws)
  • The evidence we have at present strongly supports the proposition that there are hereditary factors in male homosexuality - the observation that an identical twin of a male homosexual has approximately a 20% likelihood of also being gay points to this conclusion, since that is 10 times the population incidence. (wthrockmorton.com)
  • Many anti-homosexuality and anti-adoption rights activists use the myth that children don't have normal happy lives with homosexual parents. (quizpie.com)
  • Some people in the society believe homosexuality to be an illness and s that it could be rectified .but most of of the processes of round the revolve psychological therapies which expects to change homosexual sexuality to heterosexual. (ukessays.com)
  • The question that rises in this is if homosexual traits are genetic, then how logical is to accuse such person of engaging in a sinful actions of homosexuality? (ukessays.com)
  • In particular, Puar works within an American context, referring to the potential inclusion of 'proper homosexual' subjects (read as white, male, and affluent) through same-sex marriage and military service in order to advance national interests both domestically and abroad (in particular against Latin American immigration and those people deemed suspect in the War on Terror). (africasacountry.com)
  • en] Homophobic stigmas and the discrimination of homosexual people are still worrying in today's society. (uni.lu)
  • It has been suggested, firstly, that proto-homosexual children may be particularly vulnerable to predators because of their gender non-conformity. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • Adolescents who experience same gender attractions and behaviors more commonly label themselves as heterosexual than label themselves as homosexual. (medscape.com)
  • No specific biological or psychosocial factors have been identified that determine why some individuals develop sexual attraction toward members of the same sex. (medscape.com)
  • It is also evident that many currently hold to older and largely disproved explanations about the causes of homosexuality and an individual's ability to change her or his sexuality. (mormonmatters.org)
  • According to the SBC's position statement on sexuality, "homosexuality is not a 'valid alternative lifestyle. (religiondispatches.org)
  • That is why this Am I Gay quiz is inclusive and generally designed to determine the recognized signs of homosexuality and the contributing factors statistically related to this sexuality. (quizpie.com)
  • Sexuality is such a complex subject that it is affected by a myriad of factors, including genetics and environment (which is composed of hundreds of situations, cases, words, influences, etc. (quizpie.com)
  • Prior to European contact, sexuality was not a determining factor in someone's identity," he said. (bluecorncomics.com)
  • Development of Sexuality and Gender During adolescence, children become young adults. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Through Kinsey, public discussion on sex and sexuality became frank and open, making way for the push for sex education in public schools, with Mary Calderone leading the charge. (equip.org)
  • The statement recommends that doctors promote openness by using gender-neutral language when discussing sexuality and relationship history, rather than making assumptions about the youth's sexual identity. (thechildren.com)
  • It must be pointed out the the argument for acquired or suggested inversion [i.e., homosexuality] logically involves the assertion that normal sexuality is also acquired or suggested. (clgbthistory.org)
  • We also call for an expanded model that acknowledges biology, gender inequality, and gendered power relations but also directly examines social structure, gender, and HIV risk for heterosexual women and men. (aphapublications.org)
  • Finally, the paradigm applies gendered, structural understandings and interventions to women's behaviors 9 but not to men's, especially heterosexual men's. (aphapublications.org)
  • The term "LGBTQ+" is used on this page to refer to people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, with the plus sign indicating inclusion of people who are queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, or who hold other gender/sex/romantic identities not specifically identified. (cdc.gov)
  • Sexual orientation is a term used to refer to a person's pattern of emotional, romantic, and sexual attraction to people of a particular gender (male or female). (webmd.com)
  • The science itself often speaks in these simplistic terms, but people do not form such well defined blocs in their gender traits or their attraction to others - nor indeed in the gender they self-identify as. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • For decades, researchers have asked the question of whether biological or social factors play the greater role in development of sexual attraction, without reaching a consensus. (medscape.com)
  • Gender identity: a person's internal deeply held sense of their gender and refers to an individual's identification as male, female, some of both or occasionally neither male nor female. (medscape.com)
  • [ 1 ] for a person to be diagnosed with gender dysphoria, there must be a marked difference between the individual's expressed/experienced gender and his or her assigned (natal) gender, and it must continue for at least 6 months. (medscape.com)
  • Men who have sex with men (MSM) have unique health-care needs, not only because of biological factors such as an increased susceptibility to infection with HIV and sexually transmitted infections associated with their sexual behaviour, but also because of internalisation of societal stigma related to homosexuality and gender non-conformity, resulting in depression, anxiety, substance use, and other adverse outcomes. (sciforums.com)
  • Animals have also been often seen displaying bisexual behaviour - interacting with both opposite and same sex. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • 12 , 13 ] For animals, the term 'sex-typical behaviour' was comparable to gender-appropriate behaviours. (ukia.co.uk)
  • Homophobia 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). (sciforums.com)
  • Recognized types of homophobia include institutionalized homophobia, e.g. religious homophobia and state-sponsored homophobia,[9] and internalized homophobia, experienced by people who have same-sex attractions, regardless of how they identify. (sciforums.com)
  • Forms of homophobia toward identifiable LGBT social groups have similar yet specific names: lesbophobia[10] - the intersection of homophobia and sexism directed against lesbians, biphobia - towards bisexuality and bisexual people, and transphobia, which targets transsexualism, transsexual and transgender people, and gender variance or gender role nonconformity. (sciforums.com)
  • The results of the first stage showed that the two factors, men's homophobia and women's homophobia, accounted for 58% of the total variance. (changing-sp.com)
  • At the second stage, three confirmatory factor analyses were performed: men's homophobia, women's homophobia and total homophobia. (changing-sp.com)
  • The AME asked to meet Cardinal Pell, and he consented to do so as long as the AME agreed that not all opposition to same-sex marriage was a result of homophobia or discrimination. (blogspot.com)
  • However, experts argue that it's not homosexuality, but homophobia that was imported from the West. (cnn.com)
  • Through much of this century, the medical and scientific community defined homosexuality as sickness, deviance, sex perversion or a form of criminality. (geocities.ws)
  • Parts 1 & 2 focus on the preponderance of research into the biological factors that play a huge role in our sexual orientations and identities, including sexual fluidity. (mormonmatters.org)
  • Most scientists agree that sexual orientation (including homosexuality and bisexuality) is the result of a combination of environmental, emotional, hormonal, and biological factors. (webmd.com)
  • Undisputed answers as to the exact biological reasons why individuals can be sexually attracted to people of the same sex as themselves, to persons of the other sex, or to people regardless of their sex, are few and far between. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • By contrast, if a trait is "biological" in origin, it means that it can stem from any number of factors, such as hormone levels or how a fetus develops in the uterus. (politifact.com)
  • To be sure, both biological susceptibility and gendered power dynamics drastically disadvantage women worldwide. (aphapublications.org)
  • Gender dysphoria is a diagnosis that refers to people whose gender at birth is contrary to the one they identify with. (medscape.com)
  • Not all transgender people experience dysphoria, and some controversy exists among the medical community regarding the necessity of the psychiatric diagnosis of gender dysphoria. (medscape.com)
  • WPATH-SOC suggested general clinical guidelines for hormone therapy and surgical treatments for gender dysphoria that allow individual health professionals and programs to modify them according to the individual needs of persons with gender dysphoria. (medscape.com)
  • Gender Incongruence and Gender Dysphoria Gender incongruence is a marked and persistent experience of incompatibility between a person's gender identity and the gender expected based on sex at birth. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Gender dysphoria is diagnosed when. (msdmanuals.com)
  • More ironic yet, and tragically so, is the fact that the studies indicate that, for the majority of children for whom their gender dysphoria remits, roughly half are same-sex-attracted . (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • LGBTQ Indians throughout the world hope that the five-judge panel will rule in favor of same-sex marriages to build on the historic 2018 Supreme Court decision to decriminalize consensual gay sex, which was a relic of the country's colonial past . (cnn.com)
  • This last concern relates to the irony that helping children become comfortable with their natal sex would be banned in favor of experimental drug treatments and surgeries that lead to sterilization and have not been shown to alleviate psychological distress long-term . (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • Use of surveillance data for this purpose is limited because risk classifications exclude same-gender sex among women or subsume it under behaviors considered as higher risk. (cdc.gov)
  • Attempts to use national or local surveillance data to estimate the risk for STI transmission between women are limited by the fact that many risk classification schemes have either excluded same-gender sex among women or subsumed it under a hierarchy of other behaviors viewed as higher risk. (cdc.gov)
  • But they can also face additional risk factors, many of which are due to the stigma that continues to surround homosexuality. (thechildren.com)
  • and stigma and discrimination based on migration status, gender, sex and ethnicity. (who.int)
  • 1978). Sex differences in physical attractiveness preferences, Journal of Social Psychology , 105 , 43-52. (blogspot.com)
  • Doubling down, Biden called "the violence against transgender and gender-nonconforming people an 'epidemic that needs national leadership' and accused the Trump administration of fueling 'the flames of transphobia'" (nbcnews.com, October 19, 2020). (familyresearchinst.org)
  • In this four-episode arc of the Mormon Matters podcast, host Dan Wotherspoon is joined by microbiologist William Bradshaw , marriage and family therapist and certified sex therapist Natasha Helfer Parker , and psychiatrist Daniel Parkinson in an attempt to suggest the scope and summarize the findings of research into these questions. (mormonmatters.org)
  • Pulmonary with tadalafil with sildenafil a vibrator or to become less frequent because of spousal pressure or diabetes, are investigate the effects of a sex therapist (figure 66.2). (ben.edu)
  • Homosexuality is not a mental disorder and the APA opposes all portrayals of lesbian, gay and bisexual people as mentally ill and in need of treatment due to their sexual orientation. (ukessays.com)
  • Many of the issues surrounding sexual orientation and gender identity remain controversial among researchers, but there is general agreement on the observation at the heart of Part Two: lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) subpopulations are at higher risk, compared to the general population, of numerous mental health problems. (thenewatlantis.com)
  • Lesbian sex is only a contradiction in terms if it's assumed that "real sex" requires penetration with a penis. (beaconbroadside.com)
  • The Journal of Sex Research Vol. 17, No. 1, Feb., 1981 Whitam FL (1980). (wikipedia.org)
  • The report, 'Beyond Bad Apples,' looks at systemic causes behind the clergy sex abuse scandal of past decades. (religionnews.com)
  • Brodkey, who was married, wrote that he was "surprised" to have the disease, because his "adventures in homosexuality" had ended decades ago-a declare that Delany discovered medically preposterous. (xn--forbruksln-uten-sikkerhet-kfc.com)
  • We also found gender-related differences in students' attitudes to homosexuality, but only as far as male homosexuality is concerned. (changing-sp.com)
  • 3 ] In the 1960s and 1970s, clinicians and theorists increasingly attended to sex-gender relationships, mostly to look at differences - rather than similarities - between men and women. (ukia.co.uk)
  • Scientifically speaking, "Gender differences are normal expressions of human relationships. (quizpie.com)
  • But the fact that the answer is not 100% also suggests that other factors besides DNA must be involved. (wthrockmorton.com)
  • There is historical precedence in Indian culture that suggests homosexuality was accommodated , if not celebrated, Dasgupta said. (cnn.com)
  • These figures suggests that most adolescents who might be experiencing same-sex attractions are reluctant to label themselves as GLB. (medscape.com)
  • Gender non-conforming: when a person's gender identity, role or expression differs from the cultural norms prescribed for the people of a particular sex. (medscape.com)
  • It's not an argument for direct correlation between a denomination's teachings and opposition to homosexuality among all of its members. (religiondispatches.org)
  • The opposition to same-sex marriage comes from religious groups and the Indian government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which says it recognizes many forms of relationships but views legal marriage as an arrangement between a man and a woman . (cnn.com)
  • Several animal experiments revealed the power of genetics and endocrines to structure males to show reproductive sex-typical female behaviours and to induce females to display as males. (ukia.co.uk)
  • Discuss the existing opportunities and challenges in addressing sexual health as a priority component of reproductive health, with specific focus on adolescents and young people, gender and HIV/AIDS related issues in the Region. (who.int)
  • Findings are important for programmes that aim to transform harmful gender norms and signal the need for longitudinal research exploring how gender beliefs may change over time. (bvsalud.org)
  • Conservative resistance to changes in social and legal norms governing sex and gender is motivated predominantly by fear. (equip.org)
  • Whitam's early work focused on the sociology of religion before he moved into researching commonalities in male homosexuality in different cultures. (wikipedia.org)
  • Whitam's published books included The Protestant Spanish Community in New York in 1960 and Male Homosexuality in Four Societies: Brazil, Guatemala, the Philippines, and the United States, co-authored with Robin Mathy in 1986. (wikipedia.org)
  • Male Homosexuality in Central and South America. (wikipedia.org)
  • Culturally invariable properties of male homosexuality: tentative conclusions from cross-cultural research. (wikipedia.org)
  • They may express themselves as male or female and occasionally define their gender as neither male nor female. (medscape.com)
  • Stoller [ 7 ] coined the term 'core gender identity' to reflect a person's 'fundamental sense of belonging to one sex [an awareness of being male or female and] an over-all sense of identity. (ukia.co.uk)
  • 9 ] Money and Ehrhardt [ 10 ] defined 'gender identity' as 'the sameness, unity, and persistence of one's individuality as male, female, or ambivalent. (ukia.co.uk)
  • Evidence from twin studies does in fact support the conclusion that heritable factors play a role in male homosexuality. (wthrockmorton.com)
  • Hello David and Warren, I am happy to confirm that these e-mail communications from May 2007 and yesterday are indeed authentic, and represent my best effort at summarzing what we know and what we don't know about genetic factors in male homosexuality. (wthrockmorton.com)
  • 2005). Sex-contingent face aftereffects suggest distinct neural populations code male and female faces, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London , Series B , 272 , 2283-2287. (blogspot.com)
  • In most cases, the term "gay" is used to describe male homosexuality. (quizpie.com)
  • Gender identity describes how we think of ourselves as female or male-or somewhere in between. (beaconbroadside.com)
  • The course will proceed largely chronologically, examining the hypothesized theories of the causation of sexual perversion, inversion, and homosexuality (both male and female), and specific therapeutic approaches to these. (clgbthistory.org)
  • 1994. Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940. (clgbthistory.org)
  • Sexual preference is pretty relevant to LGBT people who find that same-sex marriage is their best route to happiness. (mormonmatters.org)
  • Recently he wrote about same-sex marriage, or if you like, marriage equality, an issue that people can get very hot under the collar about. (blogspot.com)
  • Many Christians believe that Christ's message of compassion and love, and the fact that he never made any statement on homosexuality, provide a basis for support of marriage equality. (blogspot.com)
  • This myth is primarily promoted by conservative Christian opponents of homosexuality as a political attack on same-sex marriage. (beaconbroadside.com)
  • Now, many look to their motherland with high hopes after the Indian Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case on legalizing same-sex marriage. (cnn.com)
  • Due to the fact that homosexuality is genetically inherited then some persons thing its bad to call the action sinful.because this is untrue conclusion, and for important reasons. (ukessays.com)
  • This fact leads to the stunning conclusion that a ban on conversion therapy for transgender youth assures the worst kind of conversion therapy for same-sex-attracted youth-a kind of gay eugenics . (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • On April 4, 2007, Dean Byrd posted an article on the NARTH website titled, "'Homosexuality Is Not Hardwired,' Concludes Dr. Francis S. Collins, Head Of The Human Genome Project" In this article, Byrd quotes from Collins book, The Language of God, citing Collins views of the genetics and homosexuality. (wthrockmorton.com)
  • With a new Afterword on AIDS and Homosexuality. (clgbthistory.org)
  • AIDS as a gender issue : psychosocial perspectives / edited by Lorraine Sherr, Catherine Hankins and Lydia Bennett. (who.int)
  • Myth 7: Lesbians do not have real sex. (beaconbroadside.com)
  • Education of lesbians and their care providers should counter assumptions that sex between women confers no risk of transmission of sexually transmitted infections, and lesbians should receive Pap smears according to current guidelines. (cdc.gov)
  • Many transgender people receive hormonal treatment and some undergo surgery to bring their bodies into alignment with their gender identity. (medscape.com)
  • In the agency's 11th International Classification of Diseases (ICD) catalog , "gender incongruence"-the organization's term for people whose gender identity is different from the gender they were assigned at birth-has been moved out of the mental disorders chapter and into the organization's sexual health chapter. (medscape.com)
  • A good extend reported having been denied a job opportunity because of their gender identity. (bvsalud.org)
  • and gender identity professionals. (quizpie.com)
  • Good parenting does not rise and fall on the sexual or gender identity of a parent. (beaconbroadside.com)
  • It is possible, even likely, that even young children can be aware of their sexual desires, as well as their gender identity. (beaconbroadside.com)
  • Gender identity is different from sexual identity. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Unfortunately, in most cases there is tremendous ambiguity about which practices and services are being prohibited, which obfuscates a multitude of problems: the endangerment of previously established legal rights for individuals to choose health treatments, the removal of the professional autonomy of doctors in providing treatment according to their expertise, the question of whether "sexual orientation" includes pedophilia , and the controversy surrounding medical transition for gender identity. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • Although it is the disastrous consequences of a conversion therapy ban for gender identity that have generated the most concern, there is also an important argument to be made against bans from the standpoint of compassionate counseling for those who have faced childhood trauma. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • The 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey found that nearly 1 in 4 transgender people (23%) reported avoiding looking for health care they needed in the past year because they were afraid of discrimination or mistreatment on the basis of gender identity. (cdc.gov)
  • As researchers discover increasing levels of molecular detail about inherited factors that underlie our personalities, it's critical that such data be used to illuminate, not provide support to idealogues. (wthrockmorton.com)
  • 2008). Sex-contingent face aftereffects depend on perceptual category rather than structural encoding, Cognition , 107 , 353-365. (blogspot.com)
  • The authors said their data shows that sex, gender and power are all components of structural clericalism, which in turn keeps priests above and apart from the rest of the church and potentially enables abuse. (religionnews.com)
  • The SDH provide a model for sexual activity and have a range of related health prob- understanding the social and structural factors that lems ( 4 ). (who.int)
  • It is a normal part of human experience and is determined by several different factors, including genetic makeup, childhood upbringing, influences of those around us, and societal attitudes. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The current study seeks to investigate kindergarten children's attitudes towards homosexuality and how they are influenced by their peer-groups and authorities. (uni.lu)
  • Groups have been formed and children of the same ingroup showed equal attitudes towards homosexuality. (uni.lu)
  • The present study contributed to the gap in research regarding kindergarten children's attitudes towards homosexuality. (uni.lu)
  • But the strongly religion believes that homosexuality is a sinful act which is against the bible and is and has a direct breach of the bible and other religious books. (ukessays.com)
  • Like most people in the DRC, my mother believes homosexuality simply does not exist in our country," Junior said. (africasacountry.com)
  • He goes on to argue that this sex difference in facial color is reflected in the development of women's cosmetics. (blogspot.com)
  • In Griffith's narrative, women's suffrage forced the nation to look at gender roles in a new light. (equip.org)
  • the structure and content of women's and men's social representations about violence involved violence as a common element, but there were nuances as to where it occurred and the types of violence that each sex is subject to. (bvsalud.org)
  • In 2007, during the heated debates in Singapore over whether or not to repeal the law making sex between men a crime, the country's conservative leader Lee Kuan Yew, never previously known for his sympathy for the gay community, stepped into the fray with his unexpected support for decriminalisation. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • Genderqueer: refers to a person who typically expresses a fluidity of gender and sometimes sexual orientation. (medscape.com)
  • Sex refers to a person's anatomy and is often captured in the phrase "assigned at birth. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Non-explicit depictions of sexual activity between persons of the same gender may be featured at R21 rating," the code states, referring to content restricted to people aged 21 and above. (channelnewsasia.com)
  • [ 3 ] standards of care are intended to be flexible in order to meet the diverse health care needs of transsexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming people. (medscape.com)
  • In other words, many things contribute to a person's sexual orientation, and the factors may be different for different people. (webmd.com)
  • For example, someone may notice that their sexual thoughts and activities focus on people of the same gender or both genders. (webmd.com)
  • People often ask me what I think about homosexuality. (blogspot.com)
  • that people use to support anti-homosexuality Jesus. (quizpie.com)
  • And in their new book, 'You Can Tell Just by Looking": And 20 Other Myths about LGBT Life and People they take us through some of the most enduring myths, providing historical background and examining the social and political factors that gave rise to and inform each myth. (beaconbroadside.com)
  • Although younger people are often reluctant to view older people as sexually interested, most older people remain interested in sex and report satisfying sex lives well into old age. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In her Moral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politics , R. Marie Griffith, director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis, highlights a messy departure from what was once a "Christian" consensus on sexual morality, and the resulting divides between religious groups, political parties, and the American people. (equip.org)
  • For example, some LGBTQ+ people may think of smoking as a way of rebelling against traditional gender roles. (cdc.gov)
  • That certainly doesn't imply, however, that those other undefined factors are inherently alterable. (wthrockmorton.com)
  • Fetishizing someone means having a sexual fixation on certain qualities someone possesses that are not inherently sexual," says Tatyannah King, sex coach for the Blex app . (askmen.com)
  • Homosexuality has gone from a taboo subject, rarely discussed or acknowledged in public discourse, to a topic commonly treated in television sitcoms. (tomorrowsworld.org)
  • The fornication, incest, homosexuality and bestiality that were commonly practiced by the Canaanites had caused the land to "vomit out" the inhabitants, declared the Creator (Leviticus 18:28). (tomorrowsworld.org)
  • Some sexual practices, including oral-genital sex, vaginal or anal sex using hands, fingers, or penetrative sex toys, and oral-anal sex, are commonly practiced by female sex partners ( 5 - 7 ). (cdc.gov)
  • This medical consensus harkened back to the ideas that sex-atypical gender behaviours were the product of social and environmental forces. (ukia.co.uk)
  • The Spartans rigorously imposed homo-gender pairing, as a matter of social policy. (geocities.ws)
  • Influence of gender constancy and social power on sex-linked modeling. (uni.lu)
  • Therefore, we will examine the progression of therapeutic approaches to homosexuality-as well as embodied experiences of homosexuality-in terms of changes in the professional, social, and political climate of the United States. (clgbthistory.org)
  • la representación social de mujeres y hombres sobre la violencia tiene, en su estructura y contenido, la violencia como elemento común, sin embargo, existen matices en cuanto al lugar de ocurrencia y los tipos de violencia a los que es sometido cada sexo. (bvsalud.org)
  • And because the European settlers, influenced in part by their religious beliefs, were largely intolerant of homosexuality, they helped reshape long-held practices among many Indians, Dr. Gilley said. (bluecorncomics.com)
  • Practices involving digital-vaginal or digital-anal contact, particularly with shared penetrative sex toys, present a plausible means for transmission of infected cervicovaginal secretions. (cdc.gov)
  • Battle lines were drawn between proponents who believed education about the sex act and contraception would prevent unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, and those convinced that sex couldn't be taught devoid of worldview underpinnings and that attempting to do so would be akin to granting permission to young minds. (equip.org)
  • For Puar, homonationalism occurs when a confluence of factors allow LGBT-identified men and women to invest in traditionally heteronormative hierarchical structures of race, class, and gender in order to pursue larger aims of nation-state. (africasacountry.com)
  • It also conveniently forgets new developments, like Malawian President Joyce Banda's new announcement to work to decriminalize homosexuality . (africasacountry.com)
  • In ancient Egypt, where sex and religion were closely inter-twined, there is evidence that the gods were thought to have engaged in homo-eroticism. (geocities.ws)
  • This is concerning in light of evidence that MSM engaging in transactional sex are at greater risk of HIV infection [ 10 ]. (springer.com)
  • He cited new research on the linkage between the demographic crisis facing the U.S. and the Western world in general, the recent growth in homosexuality among both our youth and young adults, and the fact that states which voted for Hillary Clinton in the recent U.S. presidential election exhibit significantly lower average total fertility rates than states which voted for Donald Trump. (familyresearchinst.org)
  • The issue that arises here are that homosexuality should be given a better wording despite the fact that the action is considered wrong. (ukessays.com)
  • For instance he writes, "the father-son relationship problems could have derived from the fact that the son disclosed homosexuality. (boxturtlebulletin.com)
  • Also, possible is the fact that the father perceived some difference in the son (related to developing homosexuality) which led to a rocky relationship. (boxturtlebulletin.com)
  • Adult men who have sex with women play a major role in HIV transmission. (nih.gov)
  • 3 Meanwhile, men who have sex with women remain a forgotten group in the epidemic, 4 almost entirely unaddressed in HIV prevention programs. (aphapublications.org)
  • Overview of Sexual Function and Dysfunction in Women Sexual dysfunction in women includes pain during intercourse, involuntary painful contractions (spasms) of the muscles around the vagina (vaginismus), lack of interest in sex (low libido), and. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Because this article discusses a subset of women defined by their practice of sex with other women, it will focus primarily on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and their consequences. (cdc.gov)
  • A number of disorders can affect the ability to have or enjoy sex in both men and women . (medlineplus.gov)
  • In the same way, a sex difference in contrast could be a particularly robust cue for sex classification. (blogspot.com)
  • It is a product of highly complex genetic, neurodevelopmental, and psychological factors. (medscape.com)
  • Dr. Collins succinctly reviewed the research on homosexuality and offers the following: "An area of particularly strong public interest is the genetic basis of homosexuality. (wthrockmorton.com)
  • On September 15, 2008, Greg Quinlan of PFOX told OneNewsNow that the human genome had been mapped and there was no genetic cause for homosexuality. (wthrockmorton.com)
  • I am truly sorry to hear that there is a continuing effort by Mr. Quinlan and others to distort this information about genetic factors in homosexuality. (wthrockmorton.com)
  • The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) and Physical Activity: The important role of gender and age (co-authored, 2021). (changing-sp.com)
  • the private experience of gender role. (ukia.co.uk)
  • To understand how homosexuality has moved into the mainstream, we must look at the role of the establishment media in the United States. (tomorrowsworld.org)
  • Gender was tied to that role. (bluecorncomics.com)
  • Intermediate, but less socially threatening, occasional blended-gender roles became more noticeable in the 1960s and gave increased prominence to distinguishing sex from gender. (ukia.co.uk)
  • The underlying tone of the metaphor is one that is heterosexist and thereby reinforces traditional gender roles [5, 6]. (nihr.ac.uk)
  • Sexual dysfunction encompasses a variety of disorders that affect Sex drive (libido) The ability to achieve. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Today, most studies regarding the prevalence of homosexuality involve adult subjects (5-10%), but these figures also appear to be consistent with the available data concerning adolescents. (medscape.com)