MORE ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
We need to understand Along
with bisexuality and heterosexuality, homosexuality is also one of the three
main categories of sexual orientation.
The most common terms
used for homosexual people are lesbians for female and gay for males, though
gay is generally used to refer both homosexual males and females.
Many gay and lesbian
people are in committed same sex relationships, though only recently have
census forms, political norms facilitated their visibility and enumeration.
These relationships are
similar to heterosexual relationships in terms of emotional, psychological and
sexual aspect. homosexual relationships have been admired and condemned ,
throughout recorded history, depending on the form they took and the culture in
which they occurred. Since the end of 19th century, there have been
a global movement towards increased visibility, recognition and legal rights
for homosexual people, including the right to marriage, and civil unions,
adoption and parenting, employment, military service, equal access to health
care and the introduction to anti-bullying legislations
against gay minors.