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Wiese, Werner. "Homossexualismo - Uma abordagem bíblico-teológica." Vox Scripturae Revista Teológica Internacional XVIII, no. 1 (June 1, 2010): 9–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.25188/flt-voxscript(eissn2447-7443)vxviii.n1.p9-46.ww.
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Alves de Carvalho, Marcos Roberto, Jocelaine Martins Da Silveira, and Alexandre Dittrich. "Tratamento dado ao tema “Homossexualidade” em artigos do Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis: Uma Revisão Crítica." Revista Brasileira de Análise do Comportamento 7, no. 2 (December 26, 2013): 72. http://dx.doi.org/10.18542/rebac.v7i2.1451.
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O presente estudo analisa de que maneira o tema “homossexualidade” foi tratado no periódico Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA) no período de 1968 até 2010. Foram selecionados dez artigos que atenderam ao critério de inclusão por tratar do tema homossexualidade ou assunto correlato. Os artigos foram selecionados por meio de busca informatizada nos títulos, utilizando os termos: gay, LGB, LGBT, homosexual, homosexuality, homosexualism, bisexual, bisexuality, bisexualism, transexual, transexuality,transexualism, transvessm, transvestic, lesbianism, lesbian, sexuality, sexual, sex, gender, male, female. Em seguida, foram classificados utilizando-se a unidade de análise “visão da homossexualidade como desvio ou não”. Verificou-se que cinco artigos apresentaram uma visão da homossexualidade como desvio, dois não a consideraram assim e, em três, o tema não foi mencionado ou o posicionamento não ficara claro. Os resultados permitiram discutir a suscetibilidade das práticas da comunidade de clínicos a condições históricas e valores sociais vigentes. Palavras-chave: homossexualidade, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, análise comportamental clínica, tratamento comportamental de desvios sexuais.
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Almeida Castro, Nelma Lina, Sandra Martins de Brito Carvalho, Cristina Paula Pereira, Maria Neide De Almeida, Patricia Coelho de Almeida, Leandro Rachel Arguello, Antonio Carlos Dorsa, et al. "What We Know About the Genetic Determinants of Human Homosexuality? A Short Review Communication." International Journal for Innovation Education and Research 9, no. 3 (March 1, 2021): 124–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol9.iss3.2978.
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“Homosexualism”, “sexual orientation disorder”, “egodistonic homosexuality”, “unspecified sexual disorder”, “sexual maturity disorder” and “sexual relationship disorder”. Since 1948, these have been, throughout the history of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DCM) and the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), the terms used by the scientific community to categorize the homoaffective spectrum until in 2017, in the face of strong social and academic demand, their complete disengagement from any terminology that categorizes them as physical and/or mental illness. On the other hand, some areas of science have contributed substantially to a better understanding of this subject, such as genetics and epigenetics. Today, although the scientific community still offers some points of resistance, especially in more conservative countries, it is a consensus that since the implementation of the genome project there has been a considerable methodological expansion that has opened new possibilities of studies that have allowed this advance.
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Dimovski, Darko. "Homosexualism in the European Court of Human Rights case law." Bezbednost, Beograd 62, no. 2 (2020): 82–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/bezbednost2002082d.
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El-Sharif, Ahmad. "Addressing the Question of Homophobia in Jordanian Public Discourse." International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature 6, no. 1 (November 19, 2016): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.6n.1p.47.
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This article investigates the question of homosexuality, homosexuals, and homophobia in the Jordanian public debate in the aftermath of an LGBTQIA meeting that was held secretly in Amman in May 2015. The main purpose of the article is to demonstrate the constituents and arguments which reproduce the public discourse on anti-homosexuality and anti-homosexuals and homophobia in Jordan. This purpose is reached by analysing 35 journal articles written in Standard Arabic in Jordanian public and open-access media. The analysis involves the qualitative analysis of the argument, processes, and themes used to represent homosexuality and homosexuals by the discourse producers. The analysis reveals that the question of homosexuality and homosexuals in Jordan can be addressed in terms of seven angles: the public anti-homosexuality and anti-homosexuals’ calls, the (Islamic) religious argument, protecting and reinforcing law and order, the argument of (homo)sexually-transmitted diseases, the calls of pro-homosexuality and pro-homosexuals and LGBTQIA’s rights activists, the homosexuals’ own self-representation, and the neutral scientific account and representation.Keywords: Jordan, homosexuality, homosexuals, homophobia, LGBTQIA, discourse analysis
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Toroczkai, Ciprian Iulian. "Homosexuality from a Contemporary Orthodox Perspective." Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu 8, no. 3 (December 1, 2016): 401–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ress-2016-0029.
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Abstract Homosexuality, from an Orthodox perspective, falls in the category of sins that cry to Heaven for vengeance. The condemnation root of this sin has its basis into certain scriptural texts. However, the theological and the pastoral approach of homosexuality within the Orthodox Church is a taboo subject. On the one hand, the works and the studies which clarify how to relate to homosexuals within a parish are missing; on the other hand, the homosexuals’ testimonies and the problems that they are face with, as members of the Orthodox Church, are also missing. The current study reviews certain more important Orthodox contributions on the theme of homosexuality, namely the challenges and the possible responses which it raises.
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Brill, Norman Q. "Is Homosexuality Normal?" Journal of Psychiatry & Law 26, no. 2 (June 1998): 219–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009318539802600204.
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In 1973 the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its list of diagnoses, thereby implying that it is a normal variant of sexual behavior. Since then, when homosexuals have sought professional help for emotional problems, psychiatrists have tended increasingly to assist them to believe that their emotional discomfort is the result of society's bias and intolerance and to accept and enjoy their preference for individuals of the same sex. The World Health Organization, however, still includes homosexuality as a medical diagnosis in the International Classification of Diseases. Normally, a child can be expected to develop into an adult with its genetically determined sex. When a boy who is physically and hormonally normal develops a preference for sex with another male, it is an indication that something is amiss. A pathologic family environment is often present in the family of homosexuals. Yet not all boys exposed to a pathologic family during early development become homosexuals. Because of this, the role of disturbed relationships in causing homosexuality is questioned. However, psychoanalyses of male homosexuals have convincingly revealed the existence of a fear of heterosexuality in individuals with genetically predisposed personalities.
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Cameron, Paul, and Kirk Cameron. "Does Incest Cause Homosexuality?" Psychological Reports 76, no. 2 (April 1995): 611–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1995.76.2.611.
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A random sample of 5,182 adults from 6 U.S. metropolitan areas were questioned about incestuous sexual relationships during childhood. Incest was disproportionately reported by both male and female bisexuals and homosexuals. 148 gays (7.7% of the sample) reported 14 (50%) of same-sex, and 7 (22%) of opposite-sex incestuous experiences, and 20 (69%) of same-sex and 2 (3%) of opposite-sex sexual experiences with other relatives. 88 lesbians (3% of the sample) reported 2 (33%) of same-sex incest and 7 (9%) of opposite-sex incest and 1 (17%) of same-sex and 10 (13%) of opposite-sex sexual experiences with other relatives. 12% of 98 male homosexuals vs 0.8% of 1,224 male heterosexuals with a brother reported brother-brother incest. These findings are consonant with those of other studies in which disproportionately more incest by homosexuals was reported. As opposed to an evolutionary genetic hypothesis, these data support the alternative that homosexuality may be learned, since homosexuals do not produce children at sustainable levels and the incidence of homosexuality varies as a function of various social factors. Incest cannot be excluded as a significant basis for homosexuality.
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Dayringer, Richard. "Homosexuality Reconsidered." Journal of Pastoral Care 50, no. 1 (March 1996): 57–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002234099605000107.
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Reviews a brief history of homosexuality as recorded in the Hebrew Bible, the Christian scriptures, and some of the writings of the church fathers. Notes a sample of current psychological and theological perspectives regarding homosexuality. Offers a personal view regarding homosexuality and suggests that the same ethical norms should be applied to homosexuals to heterosexual behavior.
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Maureira, Fernando, Natalia Escobar, Elizabeth Flores, Marcelo Hadweh Briceño, Patricia González, Franklin Castillo, Sebastián Peña, and Jacqueline Páez. "Incidencia de los conocimientos biológicos de la homosexualidad y transexualidad sobre la homofobia y transfobia en estudiantes de educación física de Chile (Incidence of the biological knowledge of homosexuality and transsexuality on homophobia and tran." Retos 43 (September 28, 2021): 1016–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.47197/retos.v43i0.90463.
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Introducción: Diversos estudios relacionan variables como la edad, sexo, nivel socioeconómico, religión, etc. con los niveles de homofobia y transfobia. El objetivo de la presente investigación fue determinar la incidencia de algunas variables sociodemográficas y de los conocimientos biológicos sobre la homosexualidad y transexualidad sobre los niveles de homofobia y transfobia en estudiantes de Educación Física de Chile. Método: se aplicó una encuesta sociodemográfica, la escala de homofobia EHF-10, la escala de actitudes negativas hacia personas trans y el cuestionario de conocimientos biológicos de la homosexualidad y transexualidad a 463 estudiantes de Pedagogía en Educación Física de seis universidades de Chile. Resultados: los niveles de homofobia y transfobia son bajos en la muestra, siendo la convivencia con amigos/as o conocidos/as homosexuales, bisexuales y trans, y las creencias religiosas los factores que más inciden en dichas actitudes negativas. Se observó una relación negativa y baja entre conocimientos biológicos de homosexualidad y transexualidad y los niveles de homofobia y transfobia. Conclusión: la muestra presenta bajos niveles de homofobia y transfobia. También se observan bajos valores de conocimientos biológicos de la homosexualidad y transexualidad, con una relación baja y negativa entre dichos conocimientos y las actitudes negativas hacia personas homosexuales y trans.
Abstract. Introduction: Various studies relate variables such as age, sex, socioeconomic level, religion, etc. with levels of homophobia and transphobia. The aim of this research is to determine the incidence of some sociodemographic variables and biological knowledge about homosexuality and transsexuality on the levels of homophobia and transphobia in physical education students in Chile. Method: a sociodemographic survey was applied, the scale of homophobia EHF-10, the scale of negative attitudes towards trans people and the questionnaire of biological knowledge of homosexuality and transsexuality to 463 students of Pedagogy in Physical Education from six universities in Chile. Results: The levels of homophobia and transphobia are low in the sample, being the coexistence with friends/ or known/ homosexual, bisexual and trans, and the religious beliefs the factors that most affect those negative attitudes. A negative and low relationship was observed between biological knowledge of homosexuality and transsexuality and levels of homophobia and transphobia. Conclusion: The sample has low levels of homophobia and transphobia. There are also low biological knowledge values of homosexuality and transsexuality, with a low and negative relationship between such knowledge and negative attitudes towards homosexuals and transgender people.
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Thanh Nguyen, Toan, Kenichi Kimura, and Yasuko Morinaga. "Homonegative Attitudes and their Correlates Among Vietnamese College Students." Psychological Reports 118, no. 3 (June 2016): 849–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0033294115627526.
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This study investigated sex differences in homonegativity and their correlates among 197 Vietnamese college students (males = 49, females = 148, M = 20.9 years, SD = 2.9) in Ho Chi Minh City. The survey included Vietnamese-language versions of four scales measuring attitudes toward homosexuality (ATHS), traditional masculinity ideology, knowledge of homosexuality, and contact experiences with homosexuals. An exploratory factor analysis indicated a 3-factor structure for the ATHS: Homonegativity, Tolerance, and Positive Images. Male respondents reported significantly higher scores on homonegativity. Traditional masculinity ideology was positively related to females’ homonegativity, but negatively correlated with tolerant attitudes of both males and females. Knowledge about homosexuality was negatively correlated with homonegativity. Media contact with homosexuals was negatively correlated with males’ homonegativity, but positively correlated with both females and males’ tolerant attitudes. Results suggest that future research develop a new scale to measure Vietnamese’s homonegativity and that media contact as well as ample and accurate knowledge about homosexuality can alter homonegativity.
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Wahyuni, Budhy. "Homoseksualitas: Tinjauan Kesehatan Reproduksi." Musãwa Jurnal Studi Gender dan Islam 2, no. 1 (March 30, 2003): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.14421/musawa.2003.21.61-69.
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The issue of homosexuality brings about various viewpoints that are controversial from any aspect. In terms of health, for example, many people link homosexuality as being the cause of the spread of HIV/AIDS, even though homosexuals themselves do not accept this accusation. In this article, Budi Wahyuni endeavours to look more "fairly" at this issue. According to her, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases are caused by unsafe sexual practices. Among those sexual acts vulnerable to the spread of sexually trans mitted diseases are oral sex, anal sex and masturbation, whether they are done by homosexuals or heterosexuals.
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Bhugra, Dinesh. "Homosexuals' attitudes to male homosexuality— survey." Sexual and Marital Therapy 3, no. 2 (July 1988): 197–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02674658808407710.
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Zhong, Jingwei. "A Highlight of Same-sex Ethics in Baldwin’s Novels." Journal of Language Teaching and Research 7, no. 5 (September 1, 2016): 1051. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/jltr.0705.29.
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Homosexuality occupies an important place in Baldwin’s novels. The paper interprets the desire, dilemma, frustration and the final fruition in same-sex, especially in male homosexuals. In Baldwin’s eye, love between the homosexuals can also be a way out to solve the race conflicts. He believes that homosexuality is a natural and normal behavior like heterosexuality. His intention is to try to break the existing duality relations that are generally considered to be reasonable, and to rebuild the harmonious sex relations without the differentiation of gender. His writing of the real life of homosexual is rather helpful to demonstrate the development and change of the life and ideas of that special group in that generation.
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WU, Fei. "也談同性戀與婚姻." International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine 16, no. 2 (January 1, 2018): 73–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.24112/ijccpm.161650.
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LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract in English only.Xianglong Zhang’s position on same-sex marriage is tolerance with reservations. He contends that Confucianism does not affirm or deny homosexuality as ancient Greek culture or Christianity did, because it regards homosexuality and same-sex marriage as two completely separate issues. By distinguishing marriage from homosexuality, the Confucian view proposed by Zhang neither violates the freedom of homosexuals nor affects the order of marriage and family. It can provide a more sensible perspective for people to understand the relationship between homosexuality and marriage in today’s world.DOWNLOAD HISTORY | This article has been downloaded 192 times in Digital Commons before migrating into this platform.
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TÁVORA, Lara Gurgel Fernandes, Elodie Bomfim HYPPOLITO, José Napoleão Monte da CRUZ, Nyvia Maria Barroso PORTELA, Samuel Montenegro PEREIRA, and Camila Monteiro VERAS. "HEPATITIS B, C AND HIV CO-INFECTIONS SEROPREVALENCE IN A NORTHEAST BRAZILIAN CENTER." Arquivos de Gastroenterologia 50, no. 4 (December 2013): 277–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0004-28032013000400007.
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ContextThe occurrence of HIV and hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) virus associations is of great concern since co-infected patients respond poorly to antiviral treatment and usually progress to chronic and more complicated hepatic disease. In Brazil, these co-infections prevalence is not well known since published data are few and sometimes demonstrate conflicting results. Also, a significant number of co-infected individuals are HBV/HCV asymptomatic carriers, leading to under notification.ObjectivesThe present study aimed to determine the prevalence of the HBV and HCV infection in a recently diagnosed HIV population in the state of Ceará/Brazil.MethodsRetrospective cohort, with >18yo patients diagnosed HIV+ from 2008-2010. First year medical attention information was collected.ResultsA total of 1.291 HIV+ patients were included. HBV serologies were collected in 52% (23% had previous hepatitis B, 3.7% were co-infected) and HCV in 25.4% (1.5% had previous hepatitis C, 5.4% co-infection). The majority of HBV/HIV patients referred multiple sexual partners/year, 28% homosexualism and 20% bisexualism. In the HCV/HIV group 38.8% individuals had > one sexual partner/year and 22.2% used intravenous drugs.ConclusionThe study reinforce the need for better training healthcare workers and providing laboratory support for a prompt hepatitis diagnosis and adequate medical management to avoid complications and decrease viral spread.
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Sánchez del Pulgar Legido, Rosa María. "Homosexualidad latente en el cine del siglo XX = Homosexuality hidden on Cinema of the XX century." FEMERIS: Revista Multidisciplinar de Estudios de Género 2, no. 2 (July 31, 2017): 99. http://dx.doi.org/10.20318/femeris.2017.3760.
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Resumen. Desde el principio del siglo XX en los Estados Unidos y Europa, las personas vivían su homosexualidad a escondidas por temor a las leyes que la castigaban; el cine pues, les representa del mismo modo creando una subcultura en la que pueden ser ellos mismos.La cinematografía clásica y los años posteriores se componen de numerosos filmes cargados de representaciones homosexuales de manera oculta. Interpretados desde una lectura queer, conoceremos las mil maneras de sugerir a los gais y a las lesbianas en la gran pantalla, descubriendo así la verdadera condición sexual de muchos personajes.La modalidad latente sugiere la homosexualidad sin llegar a expresarla explícitamente. Los filmes se producían y leían en clave heterosexual, pero a lo largo de todo el largometraje hay un subtexto homosexual.Este estudio atiende a la presencia de personajes gais y lesbianas, principales o secundarios; en los que su homosexualidad es latente por imposición de la censura. A fin de lograr una reflexión crítica sobre sus características y evolución, se estudian también algunos ejemplos claves de representación semilatente y explícita.El objetivo principal es conocer las razones de la censura y responder a cómo se podía ofrecer un relato con componentes homosexuales sin que ésta se percatara. La intención es analizar el contenido de esos filmes, la evolución de los roles y los significados que se han vinculado a cada uno de ellos y encontrar las relaciones en el discurso latente.Palabras clave: homosexualidad, representación latente, cine, LGBTI, gay, lesbiana.Abstract. From the beginning of the XX century in the United States and Europe people lived their homosexuality hidden for fear of the laws that punished it. The cinema represents them in the same way by creating a subculture where homosexuals can be themselves.Classical cinematography and beyond are composed of numerous films loaded with homosexual representations hidden. Interpreted from a ‘queer’ reading we know the thousand ways of suggesting gays and lesbians on the big screen, exposing the true sexual condition of many characters. Latent homosexuality suggests mode without explicitly express it. The films were produced and read in straight key but throughout the film there is a homosexual subtext.Gay statements had to be clear enough but care enough to avoid arousing the suspicion of the censors whonsometimes omitted so many movie scenes that were lacking a logical narrative.It pays attention the presence of gays and lesbians, major or minor characters, which their latent homosexuality is imposing by censorship.The main objective is to understand the reasons of censorship and respond to how they could offer a story with homosexual components without noticing it. The intention is to analyze the content of these films, the evolution of the roles and the meanings have been linked to each of them and find relationships in the latent discourse.Keywords: homosexuality, latent representation, cinema, LGBTI, gay, lesbian.
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Koeswinarno, Koeswinarno. "Aspek-Aspek Kritis Dunia "Kaum Ketiga"." Musãwa Jurnal Studi Gender dan Islam 2, no. 1 (March 30, 2003): 71. http://dx.doi.org/10.14421/musawa.2003.21.71-85.
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Nowadays in some advanced countries homosexuality is being given increasing social acknowledgement compared to previous times. Here in Indonesia there are a small number of homosexuals who have started to open up socially. This article analyses the tendencies of "other homosexuals" - that is, transvestites and transsexuals, and tries to understand their world from the inside. Up to now the majority of society still tends to negatively stereotype them, making their life marginalized, even though socially they are far more open compared to homosexuals. For this reason we need to face the issue of transvestites with a perspective of wisdom.
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Hlaďo, Petr. "Postoje univerzitních studentů pedagogicky orientovaných studijních programů k homosexualitě měřené na škále Homosexuality Attitude Scale." Pedagogická orientace 25, no. 3 (July 19, 2015): 438–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/pedor2015-3-438.
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Cílem studie je zhodnotit postoje studentů pedagogicky orientovaných studijních programů k homosexualitě a zjistit, čím jsou ovlivněny. V příspěvku je argumentován význam tématu v rámci pedagogiky, podán přehled závěrů vybraných českých a zahraničních výzkumů vztahujících se k problematice postojů heterosexuálů k homosexualitě. Dále jsou prezentovány cíle, metodologie a poznatky z vlastního výzkumného šetření. V závěru jsou prezentována doporučení pro pregraduální vzdělávání budoucích pedagogů a podány návrhy pro další výzkum. Cílem výzkumu bylo zjistit postoje studentů pedagogicky orientovaných studijních programů k homosexualitě. Použitým výzkumným nástrojem byl dotazník Kiteové a Deauxové – Homosexuality Attitude Scale (Cronbachovo alfa = 0,91). Sběr dat proběhl v říjnu a listopadu 2014. Výběrový soubor je tvořen 1 140 respondenty. Studenti pedagogických studijních programů mají v průměrném hodnocení k homosexualitě poměrně pozitivní postoje (průměrné skóre HAS = 88,77 z teoretického rozmezí 12–105, nižší hodnota indikuje negativnější postoj k homosexualitě). Signifikantně negativnější postoje k homosexualitě byly zjištěny u mužů, studentů nižších ročníků studia a příslušníků římsko-katolické či jiné církve nebo náboženské společnosti. Z poznatků vyplývá potřeba formování postojů budoucích pedagogů k homosexualitě kombinací kognitivně-afektivních intervencí v rámci formálního vzdělávání.
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Lama, Bhaskar. "Homosexuality and Indian Civil Society: Reading Mahesh Dattani After Decriminalization of Section-377." Indian Journal of Gender Studies 27, no. 3 (September 15, 2020): 349–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0971521520938978.
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The Indian Supreme Court in the Navtej Singh Johar vs Union of India judgement (6th September 2018), decriminalized homosexuality. However, the space cleared by the legal judgement cannot be immediately availed of by those affected by it because legally determined/defined space doesn’t necessarily become social space. This essay looks at the formation of this social space and the perception of homosexuality in civil society. It will examine the impediments of communication that homosexuals encounter in the heteronormative world, and the ensuing misunderstandings regarding homosexuality. It argues that a proper medium is necessary to provide communication in a social space that would then treat homosexuality as ‘normal’. I argue that Mahesh Dattani’s plays enable the imagination and the construction of such an accepting civil society.
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Chin, Matthew. "Antihomosexuality and Nationalist Critique in Late Colonial Jamaica." Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism 24, no. 3 (November 1, 2020): 81–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/07990537-8749794.
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This essay examines discourses of homosexuality in late colonial Jamaica through an analysis of the 1951 Police Enquiry, which leveraged accusations of homosexuality among Jamaica’s foreign police officers as a key component of its investigative work. With information from Jamaican state records, news media, literature, and social science studies, the essay argues that the inquiry mobilized divergent discourses of homosexuality across the Atlantic to enact an anticolonial nationalist form of sexual regulation. The inquiry drew not only from Jamaican figurations of homosexuality as the preserve of wealthy white foreign men but also from the Wolfenden Committee proceedings that led to the decriminalization of homosexuality in England and from the “Lavender Scare” that purged homosexuals from federal government employment in the United States. Despite its failing to reform Jamaica’s police force, the inquiry nevertheless foregrounds how sexual regulation operates through the interconnected workings of race, class, gender, and nation.
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Pratarelli, Marc E., and Jennifer S. Donaldson. "Immediate Effects of Written Material on Attitudes toward Homosexuality." Psychological Reports 81, no. 3_suppl (December 1997): 1411–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1997.81.3f.1411.
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This study examined whether attitudes toward homosexuals were affected by educational material containing information about the biological determinants of sexual orientation. This study utilized a normed two-alternative inventory on which participants were asked to rate matched items on a 5-point scale. In the first session participants completed one version involving interactions with homosexual individuals. One week later, participants, randomly assigned to one of three groups, filled out the matched alternative form after reading a summary that presented either a biological or environmental basis for homosexuality or an unrelated article. Analysis confirmed previous research that the 40 men had more negative attitudes toward homosexuals than the 40 women but that different types of explanations for homosexuality had no over-all influence on attitudes. More importantly, an item analysis extended our previous understanding of sex differences in that physical proximity to the homosexual individual was the strongest factor associated with attitude change.
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Burn, Ian. "The Relationship between Prejudice and Wage Penalties for Gay Men in the United States." ILR Review 73, no. 3 (July 30, 2019): 650–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0019793919864891.
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This article estimates the empirical relationship between prejudicial attitudes toward homosexuality and the wages of gay men in the United States. It combines data on prejudicial attitudes toward homosexuality from the General Social Survey with data on wages from the U.S. Decennial Censuses and American Community Surveys—both aggregated to the state level. The author finds that a one standard deviation increase in the share of individuals in a state who are prejudiced toward homosexuals is correlated with a decrease in the wages of gay men of between 2.7% and 4.0%. The results also suggest that the prejudice of managers is responsible for this correlation. The author finds that a one standard deviation increase in the share of the managers in a state who are prejudiced toward homosexuals is associated with a 1.9% decrease in the wages of gay men. The author finds no evidence that the wage penalty for gay men is correlated with the prejudice of customers or co-workers.
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Jackowiak, Adrianna. "Poetyka (nie)wyrażalnego pożądania, czyli zarys historii powie- ści gejowskiej w Polsce na tle socjologiczno-kulturowym." Studia Europaea Gnesnensia, no. 10 (January 1, 2014): 169–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/seg.2014.10.9.
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The aim of the paper is to show the history of Polish gay novel and explain the very term. However, the essence of the research problem is not the history itself, but drawing attention to the need of adopting a multidimensional perspective in the deliberations concerning homosexuality in general (including gay novel). An interdisciplinary approach to the issue enables one to make observations concerning the impact of social and political realities on literature, while at the same time to analyse a work of art as a statement in public debate on homosexuality and homosexuals.
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Clark, Edward. "The Construction of Homosexuality in New Zealand Judicial Writing." Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 37, no. 2 (July 1, 2006): 199. http://dx.doi.org/10.26686/vuwlr.v37i2.5567.
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This article examines the language used by New Zealand judges to describe homosexuality. It analyses the use of such language in judgments delivered after the decriminalisation of homosexual intercourse in 1986, examining the effect that judicial language has on rights claims made by homosexuals. The article argues that a significant number of judges are careless or ill-informed in the language they use to refer to homosexuality and that the language used reinforces and repeats a number of negative stereotypes about homosexuality, constructing it as inferior to a heterosexual norm. This article criticises such careless or prejudiced language as incompatible with New Zealand’s human rights commitments and argues that this language constitutes a barrier to the full enjoyment of citizenship by homosexual New Zealanders.
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Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy, and J. Hsu Minna. "India's homosexual discrimination and health consequences." Revista de Saúde Pública 41, no. 4 (August 2007): 657–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0034-89102006005000036.
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A large number of countries worldwide have legalized homosexual rights. But for 147 years, since when India was a British colony, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code defines homosexuality as a crime, punishable by imprisonment. This outdated law violates the fundamental rights of homosexuals in India. Despite the fact that literature drawn from Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, and modern fiction testify to the presence of same-sex love in various forms, homosexuality is still considered a taboo subject in India, by both the society and the government. In the present article, the continuation of the outdated colonial-era homosexuality law and its impact on the underprivileged homosexual society in India is discussed, as well as consequences to this group's health in relation to HIV infection.
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Calland, V., T. Worden, B. Williams, M. C. Hayes-Allen, and L. Rose. "Doctors and homosexuality Homosexuals deserve better from doctors." BMJ 308, no. 6941 (May 28, 1994): 1439. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.308.6941.1439a.
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Cameron, Paul, and Kirk Cameron. "Children of Homosexual Parents Report Childhood Difficulties." Psychological Reports 90, no. 1 (February 2002): 71–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2002.90.1.71.
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Referenced as both supporting and weakening the case for parenting by homosexuals, 57 life-story narratives of children with homosexual parents published by Rafkin in 1990 and Saffron in 1996 were subjected to content analysis. Children mentioned one or more problems or concerns in 48 (92%) of 52 families. Of the 213 scored problems, 201 (94%) were attributed to the homosexual parent(s). Older daughters in at least 8 (27%) of 30 families and older sons in at least 2 (20%) of 10 families described themselves as homosexual or bisexual. These findings are inconsistent with propositions that children of homosexuals do not differ appreciably from those who live with married parents or that children of homosexuals are not more apt to engage in homosexuality.
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Bovan, James, and Robert J. Craig. "Validity of Projective Drawing Indices of Male Homosexuality." Psychological Reports 90, no. 1 (February 2002): 175–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2002.90.1.175.
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We investigated the hypothesis that certain signs in the Draw-A-Person projective technique reflect male homosexuality. Human figure drawings from 88 gay and 88 heterosexual men, with no clinical psychological symptoms, were submitted to trained raters who were blind to the purpose of this research. The raters independently judged whether 21 signs, previously referenced in the literature as suggestive of male homosexuality, were present in the figure drawings. Only two signs, hair and hips, differentiated between groups. Results were interpreted in the light of changing social attitudes towards homosexuals and methodological problems of prior studies.
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Crespo-Fernández, Eliecer, and Carmen Luján-García. "Anglicisms and word axiology in homosexual language." Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics 30, no. 1 (November 23, 2017): 74–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/resla.30.1.04cre.
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Abstract Among those areas linked to the forbidden, homosexuality has traditionally met one of the strongest interdictions. Given the taboo nature of homosexuality, it is our purpose in this paper to gain an insight into the axiological values that anglicisms present in the Spanish homosexual vocabulary. The analysis of the different types of anglicisms in a sample of 253 English borrowings reveals that pure anglicisms (including clippings and initialisms) are the most frequently used, followed by pseudoanglicisms. Calques, hybrids and adapted anglicisms are used less often to refer to homosexuality. The research carried out reveals that anglicized units perform different X-phemistic functions in homosexual discourse: not only that of softening or avoiding the use of a taboo term in Spanish but also displaying in-group solidarity or referring to homosexuality disparagingly. Homosexual-related anglicisms promote innovative uses of the Spanish language and provide evidence of a special kind of language used by homosexuals.
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Gedzi, Victor Selorme, Kwakye Siaw Ahenkora, and Yunus Dumbe. "Homosexuality in Ghana: Perspectives of Science, Social Learning Theory and Religion." Oguaa Journal of Religion and Human Values 5, no. 1 (January 1, 2019): 18–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.47963/ojorhv.v5i1.337.
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The study discusses homosexuality in Ghana. It has analyzed the interdisciplinary views of science, the social learning theory and religion on the phenomenon. The approach is mainly qualitative involving both individual and group interviews. Individual and group informants were respectively selected using purposeful and availability sampling designs in institutions, towns/cities, and secret homosexual parties. The findings were that homosexuality in Ghana portrays a learnt behavior; it is not genetically caused as some claim. Religiously, the phenomenon is seen as a sinful act. The study suggests ways that homosexuals can be helped to overcome their situation. The study is important because it highlights the state of homosexuality in Ghana and suggests helpful ways of dealing with it. It also contributes to existing local and global debates on the phenomenon.
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Jindra, Miroslav. "Homosexual parenthood in children’s literature." Acta Univeristatis Lodziensis. Folia Librorum 1, no. 28 (June 25, 2019): 105–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/0860-7435.28.05.
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Homosexuality in children’s literature is still a controversial topic in many countries of the world. Not only are people afraid to talk about this theme with children, they do not know how. The history of this topic in children’s literature dates back to the 80s of the 20th century, when the first books were published. In 20th century, human society went through many changes which were reflected in all the fields of art (theatre, fine arts, literature, etc.). Writers had a need to familiarise children readers with ‘taboo topics’ such as homosexuality, death, drugs, etc. They wanted to introduce homosexuals as ordinary men and women, who live their own lives with their joys and worries. Today, we can find three main themes in children’s literature: coming out, the life of homosexuals and homosexual parenthood. Each theme has its own specifics and typical reader age group of children or youth. This characterisation can help us to deeper identify the topic. The literature offers children and youth better and easier cognition of the world with its differences. The aim is to learn about the history of homosexuality in children’s literature and go deeper into its individual themes, especially homosexual parenthood. Children need to know everything about life and have no taboos. Why are we afraid to talk about it?
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KIMMEL, Douglas P., and Yan-Hai WAN. "同性戀作為一種精神病: 從歷史的角度來看." International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine 1, no. 4 (January 1, 1998): 167–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.24112/ijccpm.11354.
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LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract also in English.本文從歷史的角度考容了西方社會對待同性戀的態度的演化，從同性戀被譴責為罪惡到被認為是一種精神疾病，一直到最近根據經驗研究和跨文化研究，國際醫學和心理學共同體確認人類性傾向的多樣性是一種正常現象，同性戀與異性戀一樣是自然的。The term 'homosexuality' was invented by 19 century German physician Benkert. It means that a man cannot respond to opposite sex, but is attracted by the other of same sex. Before Benkert homosexuality was condemned as a sin by Christian church, and even illegal in some European countries. With the industrial revolution the condemnation against homosexuality came from civil society and medical profession rather than religion.In the end of the 19th century there was a tendency in which homosexual orientation was taken as a diagnostic unit in European and American countries. In 1920s a movement of homosexuality was born in Germany, but the Nazi regime promulgated a law to prohibit it, thousands of homosexuals were arrested and died in concentration camps. Then Freud fled to Britain and announced that homosexuality is not a pathological phenomenon in the sense of psychiatry.While men and women joined together in an unprecedented way in the Second World War, but in 1950s homosexuality as well as communists was cracked down in a movement initiated by Joseph McCarthy in United Sates. However, Alfred Kinsey and his associates found many men have experienced homosexual behaviour. Then many physicians and psychiatrists made great efforts to treat homosexuality with hormones, shock therapy, castration and even surgery, but failed eventually.In 1970s psychologists and psychiatrists came to realize that · homosexuality is not a mental illness on the basis of empirical studies. ln 1980s three empirical studies led international medical community and psychological community to the consensus that homosexuals are as normal and natural as heterosexuals.DOWNLOAD HISTORY | This article has been downloaded 73 times in Digital Commons before migrating into this platform.
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Jovanović, Srđan Mladenov. "Male homosexuality and homophobia in contemporary Slovakia: A qualitative inquiry into personal online narratives." Journal of Gender and Power 13, no. 1 (June 1, 2020): 99–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jgp-2020-0006.
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AbstractHomosexuality in Slovakia is covered in a veil of secrecy. With constant attacks by the Catholic Church and populist, traditionalist politicians, it is barely visible in society and politics, unless when discursively attacked. Similarly, homosexuality in Slovakia has failed to become a topic in the contemporary academia, with the exception of a few local works. This article, aiming to fill that gap, confronts a selection of online narratives of Slovak homosexuals via Qualitative Data Analysis through the qualitative tool, QDA Miner, including narrative analysis. Additionally, having in mind the strong propaganda of the Catholic Church against homosexuality, select homophobic narratives are analyzed via the same means.
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Kuhar, Roman, Roman Kuhar, and Alenka Švab. "The Interplay between Hatred and Political Correctness: the Privatisation of Homosexuality in Slovenia." Southeastern Europe 37, no. 1 (2013): 17–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18763332-03701002.
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The article deals with the question of homophobia in Slovenia, focusing on the process of the privatisation of homosexuality. Taking three homophobic incidents that took place in Slovenia in three different time periods (the end of the 1980s, the mid-1990s and the beginning of the new millennium) as examples, the authors strive to illustrate how tolerance towards homosexuals in Slovenia is conditioned by their public non-recognition. The privatisation of homosexuality is seen as a social and political (neo-liberal) context in which homosexuality is understood to be the private matter of a citizen. As such, privatisation goes hand in hand with the process of “othering,” leaving the heteronormative structure of society intact. For that reason, homophobia in Slovenian society can be best explained by the concept of a public “transparent closet.” The authors conclude that the tolerance towards homosexuality in Slovenia is a fictitious one, as it functions only on the surface (in public opinion polls and, increasingly, in the positive media representations of homosexuality), while in the reality of everyday life it turns into more or less visible forms of violent discipline over gays and lesbians.
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Parfait, Kouakou Tehua. "Ideologies Et Terminologies Associees A L’homosexualite Chez Les Populations De Bouake, Cote d’Ivoire." European Scientific Journal, ESJ 13, no. 32 (November 30, 2017): 153. http://dx.doi.org/10.19044/esj.2017.v13n32p153.
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The populations of Bouaké in general have extremely negative perceptions of homosexuality. They translate this aversion by a whole lexical field with depreciative and offensive connotations in refering to it. On the other hand, there are homosexuals who have positive perceptions, and who, in order to escape social reprobation, secretly live their sexuality while at the same time developing a jargon that allows them to first recognize each other and then value themselves. This homophobia is not without dramatic consequences for homosexuals as well as for society itself. There is therefore a need to work at all levels (family, legal, political etc.) to curb homophobic acts before the worst happens.
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Vance, Laura L. "Converging on the Heterosexual Dyad: Changing Mormon and Adventist Sexual Norms and Implications for Gay and Lesbian Adherents." Nova Religio 11, no. 4 (May 1, 2008): 56–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/nr.2008.11.4.56.
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Nineteenth-century sexual ideals in Mormonism and Seventh-day Adventism differed: Adventism proscribed sexual expression, even in marriage, and Latter-day Saints encouraged marriage and sexual expression in addition to that sanctioned by the wider society, especially in polygamy. Nonetheless, each movement justified sexual norms by asserting that sexual expression lessened vital force, or physical well-being. In the face of changing societal sexual and gender norms——especially resulting from the sexual revolution, the modern feminist movement, and the gay rights movement——Adventism's and Mormonism's definitions of appropriate sexual expression converged to promote sex in heterosexual marriage. Concomitantly, homosexuality was explicitly and publicly defined as sinful and antithetical to, even threatening, heterosexual marriage and family. This paper explores the convergence of sexual ideals in Mormonism and Adventism, with attention to explicit proscription of homosexuality, responses to homosexuality and homosexuals in each movement, and implications of these for gay and lesbian adherents.
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McGhee, Derek. "Homosexuality and Refugee Status in the United Kingdom." Sociological Research Online 6, no. 1 (May 2001): 83–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.5153/sro.578.
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In this paper the legal institutional practices whereby refugee statuses are determined is subjected to examination through the vehicle of cases where homosexuality has been the basis of the application for refugee status. What emerges in this article is a narrative of homosexuals being excluded from and eventually included in refugee status in the United Kingdom. This narrative is played out within the discursive context of a particular definition of refugee status, namely, that of being a member of a persecuted social group. It is through the analysis of refugee case law in the United Kingdom and internationally that homosexuality is presented, as providing specific problems for refugee law in terms of whom, and in what circumstances, should be included in the ‘social group’ category. In this paper it will be demonstrated that homosexual cases are significant in relation to the attempt to overcome ‘exclusive definitions’ of ‘persecuted social groups’ in refugee law. This is evident, most particularly in terms of the increasing connection between International Refugee Law and International Human Rights Law in the consideration of the persecution experienced by homosexuals in the cases analysed in the paper.
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Demers, Robert. "De la lex scantinia aux récents amendements du Code criminel: homosexualité et droit dans une perspective historique." Homosexualité et droit 25, no. 4 (April 12, 2005): 777–800. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/042627ar.
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This paper deals with the legal approach to homosexuality throughout history, focussing on Roman law, French law up to the Revolution, English law till the mid-60's and finally, Canadian law from the French period up to the amendments to the Criminal Code in 1969. What lessons can be drawn from this analysis? A first conclusion is the increasing intolerance towards homosexuals as evidenced by laws that become more and more preoccupied with private morality and control of individual behaviour. Here, we notice the inverse trend in the Roman law tradition and the common law one, where cultural and religious differences explain much of this curious evolution. A second conclusion is the link established between deviant behaviour and all forms of « deviance » from official policies-thus, accusations of homosexuality are to be found in troubled periods of religious (heresies) and political turmoil. Finally, one notes that although the Medieval period is often considered as being particularly cruel in its treatment of homosexuals, this view would need important qualifications in light of the 20th century treatment of such persons, witness of course, the Nazi extermination.
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Asih, Yuni. "Homoseksual Menurut Buku “Reading The Quran” Karya Ziauddin Sardar." AL QUDS : Jurnal Studi Alquran dan Hadis 5, no. 2 (October 25, 2021): 649. http://dx.doi.org/10.29240/alquds.v5i2.2563.
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Homosexuals According to Ziauddin Sardar's book "Reading the Quran"This study aims to describe the homosexual discussion in Ziauddin Sardar's book Reading The Qur'an. As text research, the research method used is qualitative with an interpretive-literary approach. The data collection technique was carried out in a documentative manner. Meanwhile, the data analysis was carried out in an explanatory-hermeneutic manner. The research results mention homosexuality as an act that is not explicitly explained in the Al-Qur'an. Homosexuality occurs because of an innate instinct or life choice. Homosexual acts in the contemporary era cannot be attributed to the sexual violence that occurred in the story of the Prophet Lut AS. Where the people of the Prophet Lut AS committed sexual violence through intimidation and cruelty. Meanwhile, homosexual culture in contemporary culture refers to the sexual hedonist attitude of a person who is motivated by psychological, health, hedonism, economic, and technological pressure factors. Homosexuals cannot be punished cruelly according to Islamic sources. So with that, as fellow human beings, we still have to respect homosexual perpetrators according to human nature, and not respect their actions. Despite this, homosexual behavior still undermines the social fabric
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Cameron, Paul, Kirk Cameron, and Thomas Landess. "Errors by the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Educational Association in Representing Homosexuality in Amicus Briefs about Amendment 2 to the U.S. Supreme Court." Psychological Reports 79, no. 2 (October 1996): 383–404. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1996.79.2.383.
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In October 1995, consortiums of psychiatric and educational professional organizations, including the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association and the National Educational Association, submitted amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court asserting that the scientific literature unequivocally supports the following propositions: (a) that homosexuals, including homosexual teachers, do not disproportionately molest children, (b) that children of homosexual parents are not more likely to become homosexuals, (c) that professionals agree that homosexuality is not a pathology, and (d) that homosexual attractions are biologically or genetically predetermined and are therefore beyond the control of the individual. The first two contentions are inconsistent with the scientific literature, and the second two grossly oversimplify a contentious and uncertain literature.
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Ngahu, Silva S. Thesalonika. "Menguak Prasangka Homoseksualitas dalam Kisah Sodom dan Gomora: Kajian Hermenutik Kejadian 19:1-26." GEMA TEOLOGIKA: Jurnal Teologi Kontekstual dan Filsafat Keilahian 4, no. 1 (April 24, 2019): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.21460/gema.2019.41.406.
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The issue of homosexuality tends to be avoided in the public discourse in Indonesia. Heteronormative constructions based on religious teachings lead to a negative stigma against homosexuals, producing injustice and discrimination. The story of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19:1-26 considered as a reference for punishment against homosexuals is used as an excuse to legitimize discrimination and hatred by particular grups of Christians. This study uses historical criticism method in the biblical hermeneutic work and qualitative methods in the field research. The finding show that the story is a criticism of the xenophobic attitude of the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah as well as a way of promoting the importance of the culture of hospitality.
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Vrajaprana, Pravrajika. "The Guru and His Queer Disciple." Postscripts: The Journal of Sacred Texts, Cultural Histories, and Contemporary Contexts 4, no. 3 (December 10, 2010): 243–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/post.v4i3.243.
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Christopher Isherwood’s engagement with Vedanta falls outside the frame of conventional readings, confronting the assumption that religion and homosexuality are mutually exclusive. Isherwood was a committed follower of Vedanta’s nondualistic philosophy (advaita), which provided a nonjudgmental basis for his spiritual aspirations. This approach was crucial for Isherwood since his acceptance of a spiritual ideal and practice was critically dependent upon how his homosexuality was accepted. Pivotal in Isherwood’s life was his relationship with Swami Prabhavananda, whose influence was as profound as that of E.M. Forster. Isherwood produced a considerable output of religious writings in his career, yet he has been neglected as a religious writer. This paper interrogates colonialist condescension towards Isherwood as a “Hindu,” typically opposing Western “reason” against Hindu “superstition.” The paper concludes by suggesting that Isherwood’s interpretation of Ramakrishna was not based upon a homosexualist hermeneutic, but rather one based on the freedom found in Guru Bhakti.
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Espino, Quennie Ross, Shairylle Shane Bautista, James Noel Bennagen, and Katreena Kaye Tabanao. "RELIGION AND SOCIAL TOLERANCE: GENERATION Z'S VIEWS ON EXPOSURE TO HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE MASS MEDIA." Religio Education 1, no. 1 (December 14, 2021): 15–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.17509/re.v1i1.41432.
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The media exerts a considerable influence on individuals' views, attitudes, and behaviors, particularly on those who lack access to alternative sources of information or are still shaping and forming their identities and perspectives. Attitude towards homosexuality has been different in understanding to type of societies’ cultural and moral development or political circumstance. Arising out of this issue on homosexuality is the idea of natural law and some interpretations of that law as forbidding homosexual sex. Traditionally, homosexuals have been underrepresented and misrepresented in television series and feature films. Homosexual characters have been cast in stereotypically negative roles purely for amusing the audience. In this paper, the researchers were able to analyze how the introduction of content presenting and detailing LGBT individuals and concerns into the mainstream media affects the audiences' attitudes and acceptance of the issue, particularly the Generation Z. The findings indicated that the majority of generation Z residents in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, aged 15-19, are not influenced by the media in their views on homosexuality, and the interpretation revealed a neutral conclusion in terms of fully tolerating homosexuality in the community.
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Cameron, Paul, and Kirk Cameron. "What Proportion of Heterosexuals is Ex-Homosexual?" Psychological Reports 91, no. 3_suppl (December 2002): 1087–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2002.91.3f.1087.
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How many heterosexuals are ‘ex-homosexuals’? In 1984, a random sample of Dallas adults indicated that 8 (2.7%) of 294 currently heterosexual men and 4 (1.0%) of 393 currently heterosexual women said that they were ex-homosexual. Of an urban sample from 5 additional cities, 0.5% of current heterosexuals reported that they had been homosexually ‘married’. It thus appears that perhaps 1–2% of heterosexuals are ex-homosexuals. Proportionately more adults than teenagers and more men than women moved from homosexuality to heterosexuality. Of the 18 who changed, 12 became heterosexual and 6 bisexual, suggesting that perhaps two-thirds of those who abandon “being” homosexual ‘become’ heterosexual and a third ‘become’ bisexual. Because labeling oneself ‘homosexual’ is so mutable and value-laden, the term ‘omnisexual’ is suggested.
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Green, Richard. "The Immutability of (Homo)Sexual Orientation: Behavioral Science Implications for a Constitutional (Legal) Analysis." Journal of Psychiatry & Law 16, no. 4 (December 1988): 537–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009318538801600404.
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The Supreme Court ruled in Bowers v. Hardwick that there is no fundamental right under a substantive due process analysis to engage in homosexual behavior. Therefore, the remaining constitutional route to protecting homosexuals against discrimination is the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment. For the highest level of protection there, a class of persons must be declared “suspect. ” To so qualify, the class should demonstrate, inter alia, that the trait for which it is stigmatized is immutable. Crowing research evidence exists for an innate origin of homosexuality. More importantly, whatever its origins, the low rate of sexual reorientation via psychiatric intervention satisfies the concept of immutability. The Court's criteria are met for applying the strictest of scrutiny to laws that discriminate against homosexuals.
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Krugman, Richard D. "Sexual Politics and Child Protection: They Don't Mix." Pediatrics 94, no. 1 (July 1, 1994): 45–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.94.1.45.
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The article by Jenny, Roesler, and Poyer in this issue of Pediatrics takes a look at a purported link between homosexuality and the sexual abuse of children. They find no such evidence. The study was prompted by the passage of a constitutional amendment in Colorado in 1992 that prohibited communities from enacting laws including homosexuals in antidiscrimination statutes. The amendment has subsequently been ruled unconstitutional by the Colorado Supreme Court, but other states are considering such legislation as of this writing. Part of the argument used by proponents of these amendments has been that children are at risk of being sexually abused by homosexuals, and therefore the inclusion of gays and lesbians as a class in antidiscrimination statutes would be hazardous to children and would protect molesters.
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Sviderska, Halyna, and Anastasia Hnap. "THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF YOUNG PEOPLE’S HOMOPHOBIA." PSYCHOLOGICAL JOURNAL 6, no. 12 (December 30, 2020): 20–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.31108/1.2020.6.12.2.
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Despite all the positive changes due to European integration processes, the problem of prejudiced and negative attitudes towards people with “non-traditional sexual orientation” in Ukraine traditionally remains unresolved, homosexuality is taboo and it is “sinful”, and homophobic attitudes are often perceived as “truly moral” Christian virtues. The empirical study on psychological characteristics of the development and manifestation of young people’s homophobia performed by us has demonstrated existing contradictions in young people’s attitudes to homosexuality. On the one hand, young men and women belong to a fairly progressive, quite tolerant part of society. On the other hand, our data have revealed homophobic behaviour often manifested by young people. Many young people showed homo-negativism - denial and negative attitude towards certain aspects of homosexuality. Thus, very many young men and women believed that homosexuality was dangerous, since it could cause a “possible demographic crisis”, “spread of diseases”, “dissolution of the family as a social institution” and “harmful effects on a future generation’s psyche”. Many young people were convinced that an obviously demonstrated homosexual lifestyle increased the number of people with a non-traditional orientation, therefore gay pride parades, same-sex marriages, and adoption of children by homosexuals should be banned. Negative ideas about homosexual people and prejudice against them were formed not because young people’s own experience, since they practically did not know homosexuals, but due to stereotypical thinking, non-professional publications in the media and due to the lack of proper education in the field of gender psychology. In our opinion, homonegativism and homophobia shared by young people exist because of inadequate, not scientifically proven information about homosexual people, biased perception of sexual minorities based on shocking images of entertainers, film characters etc. We believe that overcoming homonegativism and homophobia is possible through the refutation of myths, stereotypes and prejudices regarding various aspects of human sexuality with psychological education and through an adequate state policy that should not contribute to anti-homosexual xenophobic attitudes.
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Coimbra, Carlos E. A., and Mohammad R. Torabi. "Sexual Behavior and AIDS in Sociocultural Perspective." International Quarterly of Community Health Education 7, no. 3 (October 1986): 269–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/4y6t-t3yh-h8jv-e3ea.
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AIDS, its cause, effect, and possible cure, has become a complex sociopsychological issue with ramifications extending far beyond the purely medical sphere. Spreading rapidly, with a higher incidence rate recorded among young people, the disease transcended the biomedical sphere, presenting sociocultural and psychological ramifications that go beyond its physical impact. With a higher incidence rate among male homosexuals, the epidemic raises morally sensitive questions which further confuse an already clouded picture. Current knowledge on the sexual transmission of AIDS and the role of male homosexuality demonstrates the need for more serious research into the various social and cultural aspects of homosexuality itself. To this end, medical anthropology may provide important information to those dealing with educational and preventive programs for the general population, as well as those in high risk groups for acquiring the disease.
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Falkof, Nicky. "Sex and the Devil: Homosexuality, Satanism, and Moral Panic in Late Apartheid South Africa." Men and Masculinities 22, no. 2 (May 27, 2018): 273–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1097184x18774097.
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This article discusses the discursive and narrative intersections between two moral panics that appeared in the white South African press in the last years of apartheid: the first around the claimed danger posed by white male homosexuals, the second around the alleged incursion of a criminal cult of white Satanists. This connection was sometimes implicit, when the rhetoric attached to one was repeated with reference to the other, and sometimes explicit, when journalists and moral entrepreneurs conflated the two in public dialogue. Both Satanists and gay white men were characterized as indulging in abnormal practices that were dangerous to the health of the nation, using a long-standing colonial metaphor of sanitation and hygiene. I argue that fears of homosexuality and beliefs in Satanism operated as social control measures for disciplining potentially unruly groups whose sexual or personal practices were not admissible within apartheid’s injunctions on homogenous conformity among whites. The connection between homosexuality and Satanism, like the connection between homosexuality and communism, served to pathologize whites whose disobedient bodies and beliefs were considered treacherous.