Homosexuality

Kenneth I. Mavor

Homosexuality is a sexual orientation in which one experiences sexual attraction primarily toward members of one's own sex and is also sexual behavior with partners of the same sex. The prefix homo- is from the Greek word for “same.” The general term gay , and the gender-specific terms gay man and lesbian , are commonly used to describe people who identify as homosexual. Homosexuality contrasts with heterosex-uality, the sexual attraction to members of the other sex, and bisexuality, where there is sexual attraction to members of both sexes. A variation on these categories derives from the work of Alfred Kinsey and colleagues in the late 1940s. Kinsey allowed people to describe their sexual interests on ...

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