The term gay was originally used, until well into the mid-20th century, primarily to refer to feelings of being “carefree”, “happy”, or “bright and showy”; it had also come to acquire some connotations of “immorality” as early as 1637.
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Gay
February 4th, 2010Sexualization
February 4th, 2010The word had started to acquire associations of immorality by 1637 and was used in the late 17th century with the meaning “addicted to pleasures and dissipations.” This was by extension from the primary meaning of “carefree”: implying “uninhibited by moral constraints.” A gay woman was a prostitute, a gay man a womanizer and a gay house a brothel.
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British therapists still offer treatments to ‘cure’ homosexuality
February 4th, 2010Survey suggests a significant minority of mental health professionals continue to provide treatments to gay men and lesbians despite no evidence they can change orientation and concerns they are harmful
Equality organisation Stonewall said ‘what lesbian and gay people need is equal treatment by society, not misguided treatment by a minority of health professionals.’ Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images
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Treatment of Male Homosexuality
February 4th, 2010It is difficult to accurately label therapeutic approaches to treatment, because there are few purists among us. That is, although we might label what we do as reparative therapy, how we actually intervene may vary from therapist to therapist. The term I most often use for my own work is “gender- affirmative therapy.”
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Homosexuality
February 4th, 2010Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior among members of the same sex. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to “an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions primarily 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
Homosexuality is one of the three main categories of sexual orientation, along with bisexuality and heterosexuality, within the heterosexual-homosexual continuum.
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