Homosexuality Summary

Homosexuality HOMOSEXUALITY. Sexual activity between persons of the same sex is known from many places far and near throughout history. Because the word homosexuality derives from the Greek homos, mea... Read more

Homosexuality Enduring emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction to individuals of one's own gender. For most of history, open discussions about homosexuality—sexual attraction to people... Read more

When sexologist Havelock Ellis first published Sexual Inversion in 1897, his study became one of the standard authorities in English on the subject. Considered a highly scientific and generally sympat... Read more

Sedgwick's Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire became a standard in the new field of gay and lesbian studies on its publication in 1985. In her work, Sedgwick argues that... Read more

In 1956, Foster published the first exhaustive study of lesbian content in literature, Sex Variant Women in Literature. The following excerpt presents some of her findings on the nineteenth century, d... Read more

In the excerpt below, Castle surveys the history of lesbianism in literature—both covert and overt—to find a connection between the presence of apparitions and the presence, or erasure, ... Read more

In the excerpt that follows, Dowling investigates the culture that prevailed at Oxford University in the late nineteenth century. She contends that a Greek or Hellenistic idea of aesthetics advocated ... Read more

In the excerpt that follows, Fone suggests that gay male literature tends toward a certain image of Utopia. He substantiates his view with examples from the work of several nineteenth-century writers,... Read more

Give Custody to the Homosexual or the Heterosexual" Homosexuality shouldn't be a determining factor in a court case over custody, and if the parent was married and had the kid with another person of ... Read more

In the late eighteeth century, notions of modesty and propriety meant that there were few ways in which sexuality could be discussed openly in a social setting. Gothic narrative served as an outlet. I... Read more

Have you ever wondered how it would feel to be hated for something that was perfectly normal to yourself or denied an opportunity because of a personal choice that does not hurt or even affect anybody... Read more

Teaching and Modeling Homosexual Tolerance in the Public School System I am an advocate of acceptance and tolerance as well as equality for homosexuals. I am going to try and explain to you the cou... Read more