Many conservative Christians do not acknowledge the existence of a bisexual orientation, believing peoples' feelings of attraction to be either purely heterosexual or homosexual.
By using this definition, they can state that any legislation giving equal rights to persons of all sexual orientations would also legalize bestiality, incest, sexual relationship with children, polygamy, etc. They consider only the first to be normal and natural. They believe that the term covers a wide range of feelings and behaviors, including heterosexual or homosexual attraction to persons of the same age group, incest, polygamy, polyandry, bestiality, and pedophilia. Some conservative Christians use the terms "sexual orientation," preference," or "lifestyle" very broadly to include feelings or behavior towards men and women, animals, and children. It is a "lifestyle" selection, as in the choice whether to marry or remain single, whether to get a job or be self-employed, whether to drive a car or ride a bicycle, etc. Others use the term "sexual lifestyle" or "homosexual lifestyle." That indicates that a homosexual orientation is not innate. Thus, they could all choose opposite-sex partners if they wished.
they are attracted by both men and women, but they have a "preference" for members of the same sex. Some prefer the term "sexual preference" or "homosexual preference." That implies that gays and lesbians are really bisexuals. That is because it implies a factor in life that is not chosen and is not changeable: bisexuals are attracted to both male and female not necessarily to the same degree.Ĭonservative Christians and some religious conservatives within mainline faith groups frequently avoid the term "sexual orientation" entirely.homosexuals are attracted to the same gender only.heterosexuals are attracted to the opposite gender only.They recognize three sexual orientations, all of which they feel are normal, natural, and fixed in adults: Gays, lesbians, sociologists, psychologists, human sexuality researchers, members of liberal and some mainline faith groups use this term to indicate a person's feelings of sexual attraction to males and females. Sexual orientation has been given many different meanings: We recommend that the terms homosexual or heterosexual never be used in isolation, but always be identified as referring to either feeling or practices. This causes much confusion and misunderstanding sometimes this is done intentionally. Homosexuality, heterosexuality and bisexuality can refer either to: feelings of sexual attraction to another person, or to the actual sexual practice between people of the same gender.ĭuring discussions of sexual orientation, a person may switch between these two meanings. Meanings of words are often chosen to promote specific belief system. Many homosexual terms are defined by people in different ways.
#Gay definition in dictionary update#
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We decided to use pop-up windows for defiitions and synonyms, to make more fast the uploading of pages, and also because, in this way, you can click only the terms you don't know, or you want to understand better. In this revised edition we also added the synonyms. We normally didn't include in our dictionary the terms that can be found in a good dictionary of English language. It is also thank to them if our dictionary is becoming one of the most complete and exhaustive in the Net. We also thank here all our readers who sent us new terms, with the needed explanations, origin and so on. Gary Bowen's: A Dictionary of Words for Masculine Women.Rebecca Scott, A Brief Dictionary of Queer Slang and Culture.Robert Owen Scott's Gay Slang Dictionary.Ken Cage, Gayle: The Language of Kinks and Queens, A History and Dictionary of Gay Language in South Africa.Vocabulary of the Flash Language (the Cant) included in the Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux, published in 1819 in Australia.Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, published in 1785 and again in 1811.These slang terms were collected from a variety of sources, and among others the following ones: Matt & Andrej Koymasky - Gay Slang - index