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Sexual Orientation
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A person's erotic and emotional orientation toward members of his or her own gender or members of the other gender
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homosexual
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a person whose sexual orientation is toward members of the same gender
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heterosexual
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a person whose sexual orientation is toward members of the other gender
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bisexual
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a person whose sexual orientation is toward both men and women
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lesbian
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a woman whose sexual orientation is toward other women
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gay
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homosexual; especially male homosexuals
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straight
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heterosexual; that is, a person whose sexual orientation is toward members of the opposite gender
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homophobia
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a strong, irrational fear of homosexuals; negative attitudes and reactions to homosexuals
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antigay prejudice
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negative attitudes and behaviors toward gays and lesbians. also termed sexual prejudice
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heterosexism
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the belief that everyone is heterosexual and that heterosexuality is the norm; homosexuality is denigrated
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covert homosexual
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a homosexual who is "in the closet" who keeps his or her sexual orientation a secret
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overt homosexual
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a homosexual who is "out of the closet", who is open about his or her sexual orientation.
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coming out
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the process of acknowledging to oneself, and then to others, that one is gay or lesbian
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gay bar
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a cocktail lounge catering to lesbians or gays
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gay baths
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clubs where gay men can socialize; features include a swimming pool or whirlpool and access to casual sex
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medical model
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a theoretical model in psychology and psychiatry in which mental problems are thought of as sickness or mental illness; the problems in turn are often thought to be due to biological factors
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conversion or reparative therapy
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any one of number of treatments designed to turn LGBs into heterosexuals
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polymorphous perverse
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freud's term for the infant's indiscriminate, undifferentiated sexuality
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negative oedipus complex
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freud's term for the opposite of the Oedipus complex; in the negative Oedipus complex the child loves and sexually desires the parents of the same gender and identifies with the parent of the other gender
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Homoseductive Mother
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Irving Bieber's term for the mother who is seductive toward her son, traumatizing the boy and turning him into a homosexual
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Sexual Identity
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One's self-identity as homosexual, heterosexual, or bisexual
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Deprivation homosexuality
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Homosexual activity that occurs in certain situations, such as prisons, when people are deprived of their regular heterosexual activity
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