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Sexual Orientation Planned Parenthood
1,377 words... 3, the American Psychiatric Association classified homosexuality as sexual deviation along with other disorders such as fetishism and pedophilia (Zuriff. 1997, p. 2). Mental health professionals were classifying homosexuals as mentally ill because most of the research that was done involved lesbian and gay men in therapy. The research was biased because the research never included lesbian and gay men that were not in therapy. However, as Zuriff points out (1997), when the non-patient homosex...
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Dismantling The Homosexual Panic Defense
1,118 words... d excitement and to feel strong. " On the other hand, peer dynamic assailants commit assaults "to prove their toughness and heterosexuality to their friends. " Dr. Franklins conclusions suggest that the likelihood of gay panic is rather low. Murders of homosexuals are more likely to be extreme hate crimes based on these motivating factors. Unfortunately, jurors are still accepting this defense of temporary insanity due to gay panic. Such cases are travesties of our justice system. Just two y...
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York Columbia University United States Government
2,083 words... tics researcher at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. Ebers is attempting to duplicate Hamer's findings by conducting a similar study. Ebers claims that he has not drawn a similar conclusion. The ORI investigation was triggered by the report of a woman formerly a junior member of Hamer's lab, in which she questioned the methods of Hamer's research (Science, 1995). Whether or not homosexuality is hereditary brings up many issues, one of which is the Defense of Marriage Act ...
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Civil Rights Movement Lesbians And Gay Men
1,636 wordsNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION LAW VOL. 1, ISSUE 1 Mary Sylla, editor () A (Personal) Essay on Same-Sex Marriage Barbara J. Cox Professor California Western School of Law Very little since Stonewall, and the break from accepting the status quo that those riots symbolize, has challenged the lesbian and gay community as much as the debate we have had over the past several years on whether seeking the right to marry should be the focus of our community's efforts, political influence, and fi...
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Mother And A Father Gays And Lesbians
1,587 wordsUsually a persons beliefs come from what kind of upbringing they have had. And in the case of whether or not it is right for homosexuals to adopt comes those beliefs. Most think it is totally immoral for a homosexual person to adopt because it is not the traditional family. The traditional family refers to the idea of a husband, a wife, and their dependent children, whose relationships are traditionally recognized by law (CQ researcher, 782). Today, fewer and fewer American households are tradit...
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Dont Ask Dont Lesbians And Gay Men
1,244 wordsThe subject of Gays in the military has been debated over many times by many people. When dealing with whether or not gays should be allowed in the military the simple question of, Do they want to be in the military? , must be answered. After this question is answered you The answer to the question, Do gays want to be in the military? , is an unquestioned yes. Gays would be proud and determined to protect this beautiful country in which we live. I personally am confused as to why there is even a...
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1,721 wordsA wide variety of groups that reflect on gay rights and their popular opinions are truly consequential from these many assemblage. The only major nostalgia that homosexuals yearn for is to have the same rights as heterosexuals, homosexuals want nothing more or nothing less. Homosexuals are a growing minority with nearly a million gays and lesbians identifying themselves as members of same-sex couples in the 2000 census. Exception of that the gay population is much larger, since the census didnt ...
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Man And A Woman Homosexual Couples
1,657 wordsQuestion I First Article WHETHER THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSSETTS SHOULD RECOGNIZE GAY MARRIAGES? We proceed thus to the First Article: - Objection 1. It seems that the Bible, Eastern Orthodox Christians, Roman Catholics, the majority of Protestants, and most major cultures are opposed to gay marriages. Marriage, as defined by the Code of Canon Law, is the matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life and which is ordered by it...
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Gay Or Lesbian Gays And Lesbians
1,520 wordsWhat is homosexuality? Homosexuality is the manifestation of sexual desire toward a member of one's own sex or the erotic activity with a member of the same sex. (The Greek word homos means "the same"). A lesbian is a female homosexual. More recently the term "gay" has come into popular use to refer to both sexes who are homosexuals. Dr. Strauss's definition fails to differentiate between homosexual orientation (i. e. same sex feelings of attraction) and homosexual behavior (i. e. sexual activit...
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Heterosexual Couples Civil Unions
1,110 words... orts that while very few of even the most devoted gay and lesbian couples questioned believe that marriage will empower their personal relationships, nearly half of the experimental partners who actually scorn traditional marriage (and even gay commitment ceremonies) will nonetheless get married. Why? For the financial and legal benefits of marriage. And Stiers's study implies that many militant gays and lesbians who desire to see marriage forbidden (and multiple sexual unions justified) pla...
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One Man And One Woman Allowed To Marry
1,009 wordsShould gay marriages be legal? Clearly we as a nation are undecided on this issue. 36 states have passed legislation banning gay marriages, yet the state of Vermont recently passed a law that allows homosexual couples the right to participate in civil unions. Some other states are also debating whether or not to allow these couples to marry. Unfortunately, the dispute has left the United States homosexual community in an awkward position. There are some people who think that gay people have no r...
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Gay Or Lesbian Lesbian Or Gay
1,694 wordsSexual Identity In our progressive society we can talk about who we are, what we like and dislike. But when it comes to our sexual orientation especially if we are not heterosexual, we may find it difficult to talk about it freely, despite a fact that today there is a large number of gay communities, where you can meet people who have a lot in common with you and who might help you in your difficulties. Thirty years ago being gay or lesbian, was much harder than it is today. You could not see a ...
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1,290 wordsGays in the Military The subject of Gays in the military has been debated over many times by many people. When dealing with whether or not gays should be allowed in the military the simple question of, Do they want to be in the military? , must be answered. After this question is answered you can begin analyzing the problem. The answer to the question, Do gays want to be in the military? , is an unquestioned yes. Gays would be proud and determined to protect this beautiful country in which we li...
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Identical Twins Sexual Attraction
770 wordsDoes A Gay Gene exist? Two possible ways the genetic material for homosexuality may be transmitted J. Michael Bailey of Northwestern U. and Richard C. Pillard of Boston U. did a study on 161 gay men. Each had at least one identical twin or fraternal twin or adopted brother. Fifty two percent of the identical twins were also homosexual, as compared with twenty two percent of the fraternal twins and eleven percent of the adopted brothers. Similar studies have been done by Dean Hammer and others wi...
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Domestic Violence Wife Beating
6,084 wordsDomestic Violence in Lesbian Relationships (This was written as the final paper for the class Dynamics and Impact of Domestic Violence, ALDAC 295 at Bellevue Community College, November 26, 1990. ) by Night Owl? Night Owl 1990 This paper is an attempt to examine domestic violence in lesbian relationships, and the modern response to it, in a social and historical context. I chose to examine domestic violence within lesbian relationships in an attempt to look at violence in relationships outside t...
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Hate Crimes Matthew Shepard
1,383 wordsEverybody grows up as a kid in different environments, but they all are treated the same in terms of their gender. In society today, baby boys are wrapped with blue clothing, and baby girls are wrapped with pink clothing. Boys play with trucks, and girls play with dolls. These are some examples of how our society has carried on a tradition of putting different sexes in gender roles. If people do not follow these roles, they are considered abnormal. These people of diversity then become discrimin...
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Gay And Lesbian Gays And Lesbians
1,736 wordsDespite Homosexuality Homosexuality in America Despite the United States? progress toward homosexual liberation in the past few years, anti-gay and lesbian attitudes are still showing their ugly faces. Violence towards homosexuals is on the rise, conversion groups are popping up everywhere, conflict over homosexuality innateness is high, religious and personal discrimination is rampant: all this in a time when more and more gays and lesbians are? coming out? and their coming out at younger ages....
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Sexual Preference Homosexual Relationships
1,546 wordsHomosexuality is most simply defined as the tendency to be sexually attracted to members of one? s own sex. On a more personal level it is? a feeling and a state of mind it? s where most of your emotional, social and physical needs are met, ? (Gwinn, 3). Homosexuality is innate, it is perfectly natural, and it is okay. Homosexuality has been present in some form in nearly every culture presently known. In some societies, it was practiced only in secret, in others it was condoned or even encourag...
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Civil Rights Movement Lesbians And Gay Men
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