Homosexuality
Homosexuality from Ancient Greek ὁμός, meaning "same", and Latin sexus, meaning "sex" is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. Today it is often used to describe the mainstream teleiophile gay community, excluding male boylovers. As an orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectionate, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same sex. "It also refers to an individual's sense of personal and social identity based on those attractions, behaviors expressing them, and membership in a community of others who share them."[1][2][3]
Up until the late twentieth century, ephebophiles and hebephilies were not typically differentiated from teleiophile homosexuals. It was only with the advent of the Gay Rights Movement in the late twentieth century that due to extreme pressure from the radical feminist lesbian faction that pederasts were excluded.[4] [5] Though male boylovers are by definition homosexual, most boylovers, especially younger BLs, no longer identify as being part of that subculture. [6]
References
- ↑ Wikipedia:Homosexuality
- ↑ "Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, and Bisexuality", APAHelpCenter.org, http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/sexual-orientation.aspx, retrieved on 30 March 2010
- ↑ Case No. S147999 in the Supreme Court of the State of California, In re Marriage Cases Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding No. 4365(...) - APA California Amicus Brief — As Filed (PDF). Retrieved on 21 December 2010.
- ↑ The early homosexual rights movement (1864'1935) Thorstad and Lauritsen, of (New York: Times Change Press, 1974).
- ↑ The International (Lesbian and) Gay Association and the question of pedophilia: Tracking the demise of gay liberation ideals by David Paternotte
- ↑ Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures (Wikipedia)
