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ho·mo·sex·u·al
/ ˌhōməˈsekshoōəl/
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adj.
(of a person) sexually attracted to people of one's own sex.
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involving or characterized by sexual attraction between people of the same sex:
homosexual desire.
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n.
a person who is sexually attracted to people of their own sex.
DERIVATIVES:
ho·mo·sex·u·al·i·ty
/ -ˌsekshoōˈalitē/ n.
ho·mo·sex·u·al·ly
adv.
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Homosexuality: some reflections from India.(Homosexuality: Some Elements for an Ecumenical Discussion)
Magazine article from: The Ecumenical Review; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...symbols and communal rituals. Because homosexuality was never spoken of in this situation...written documentation on the issue of homosexuality in India. Even today few radical groups...behaviour that is out of the ordinary. Homosexuality is condemned as "deviant" and as...
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Homosexuality debates miss real issue
News Wire article from: University Wire; 6/19/1998; ; 625 words
; ...AUSTIN, Texas -- The debate over homosexuality may be the only one in history in which...Miss.) said earlier this week that homosexuality is a sin. An Associated Press article...determined" and adds "Some groups believe homosexuality is a chosen lifestyle and have searched...
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COLUMN: Homosexuality: Genetic or learned?
News Wire article from: University Wire; 5/21/1999; ; 606 words
; ...objections frequently when discussing homosexuality, it is clear that the question of...sparked the debate, claiming that homosexuality is not a pathology and that homosexuals...American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders...
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Death in Venice: The homosexuality enigma
Magazine article from: Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...hypothesis is presented which regards homosexuality neither as an aberration of...parent(s) to offspring. Nor is homosexuality regarded as the regrettable result of accidental circumstances. Homosexuality, it is maintained, is simply...
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ANIMALS Do Do IT.(homosexuality in the animal kingdom)
Magazine article from: Alternatives Journal; 6/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...regard it as natural or unnatural, homosexuality has always occurred in the animal kingdom...the man quoted above, believe that homosexuality does not occur in nature and use this...justify their opinions about human homosexuality. In fact, rarely is homosexuality...
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SPIRITUAL OUTLOOK; Homosexuality and the church
Newspaper article from: Indianapolis Recorder; 9/12/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...the Book of Genesis is the issue of homosexuality. The Christian must approach this...caught in the spiritual bondage of homosexuality, it must seek to apprehend an understanding...subjugate those who need deliverance from homosexuality. Although I have already revealed...
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How denominational resources influence debate about homosexuality in mainline protestant congregations *.(Report)
Magazine article from: Sociology of Religion; 6/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...denominations have been arguing about homosexuality for the past thirty years. While each...reach tenable compromises regarding homosexuality, the issue remains a centrally contentious...Church of Uganda (Banerjee 2004). Homosexuality has also been discussed in church outside...
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Blake and Homosexuality.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Criticism; 3/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...249. $49.95 cloth. In Blake and Homosexuality Christopher Z. Hobson sets out to...s verbal and visual references to homosexuality as "a compact, flexible way to refer...with and defend both female and male homosexuality" (3); and second, that feminist...
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The social construction of homosexuality in Iris Murdoch's fiction.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Studies in the Novel; 12/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...sympathetic and adventurous" treatment of homosexuality (424). A detailed reading of Conradi...basis for Murdoch's sympathy with homosexuality: during her lifetime, the writer...Murdoch also thought deeply about homosexuality from its moral and social perspectives...
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Getting retro and peering ahead: the history of psychoanalysis and homosexuality around the world.(The Mental Health Professions and Homosexuality: International Perspectives)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of Sex Research; 8/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...The Mental Health Professions and Homosexuality: International Perspectives...interested in psychoanalytic thought, homosexuality, and history will enjoy The Mental Health Professions and Homosexuality. This book was previously published...
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homosexuality
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
homosexuality a term created by 19th cent. theorists...sentiment among many Westerners that homosexuality is immoral or pathological. Homosexual...70% of them. The description of homosexuality as an orientation also suggests...
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Homosexuality and Bisexuality
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
Homosexuality and bisexuality Definition Homosexuality is the consistent sexual and emotional attraction, including...to members of both sexes. Description References to homosexuality and bisexuality can be found in recorded history and...
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Homosexuality
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
HOMOSEXUALITY The term homosexuality designates a sexual orientation in which a person of the same...neurosis as the "negative of perversion" (without mentioning homosexuality), this is because he supposes that psychic processes do not...
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"Psychogenesis of a Case of Homosexuality in a Woman, The"
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
...PSYCHOGENESIS OF A CASE OF HOMOSEXUALITY IN A WOMAN, THE" The treatment...The Psychogenesis of a Case of Homosexuality in a Woman" was a short one...about his daughter's overt homosexuality but in particular about a recent...
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Homosexuality and the Churches
Book article from: American Decades
Homosexuality and the Churches Entering the Mainstream...countered traditional definitions of homosexuality. Studies by the UCLA School of Medicine...Biochemistry found evidence that male homosexuality may be inherited, and scientists...
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