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You're Gay!: What are you going to do about
it? Deny it? Hide it? Repress it? Suppress it? Try to change it? Walk
in it in ways that are hurtful? Beat yourself up about it? Or, celebrate
it? Kind of sounds like a choice doesn't it? Yes, in many ways it
is. |
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Homophobia
and Invisibility: The widespread societal
aversion of homosexuals and homosexuality results in fear of exposure,
as exposure could mean the loss of employment, friends, child custody,
and social status, as well as the risk of physical assault. Consequently,
most GLBT people would rather preserve the secrecy of their queerness.
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Internal Homophobia: Internalized homophobia.
We have all heard the words before, but how many of us are aware that
we suffer from it? Do you think you are over it? From the youngest
of ages, we have been immersed in a society that scorns the odd and
encourages the average. No matter how loving our family may be, society
sends a very clear message -- be like everyone else -- be heterosexual. |
Articles
on Homosexuality |
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| - The
Science of Sexual Orientation: There are few
issues as hotly contested - and as poorly understood - as the question
of what makes a person gay or straight. It's not only a political,
social, and religious question but also a scientific question, one
that might someday have an actual, provable answer. |
| - What
Makes People Gay: While post-birth development
may well play a supporting role, the roots of homosexuality, at least
in men, appear to be in place by the time a child is born. After spending
years sifting through all the available data, British researchers
Glenn Wilson and Qazi Rahman come to an even bolder conclusion in
their forthcoming book Born Gay: The Psychobiology of Sex Orientation,
in which they write: "Sexual orientation is something we are
born with and not `acquired' from our social environment." |
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Love
That Dare Not Squeak Its Name: Roy and
Silo, two chinstrap penguins at the Central Park Zoo in Manhattan,
are completely devoted to each other. For nearly six years now,
they have been inseparable. They exhibit what in penguin parlance
is called "ecstatic behavior": that is, they entwine their
necks, they vocalize to each other, they have sex. Silo and Roy
are, to anthropomorphize a bit, gay penguins. When offered female
companionship, they have adamantly refused it. And the females aren't
interested in them, either.
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- Scent
of a Woman: Sex pheromones, the chemicals
some scientists believe waft off the body to help attract sexual partners,
are processed differently in the brain depending on our sexuality.
Using a brain scanning technique called positron emission tomography,
scientists found that a potent chemical lurking in male sweat causes
a rush of electrical activity in the brains of straight women and
gay men, while lesbians and straight men treat it like any other common
odor. |
