FRHD 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Twin, Cass Identity Model, Conversion Therapy

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2100
• Professor: Tuuli Kukkonen

Document Summary

Twin studies: 50% concurrent for identical twins, 22% concurrent for fraternal twins, 11% concurrent for adoptive brothers. Fraternal birth order i. e. being a younger son. Reparative therapy (it fails therefore being gay is biological: researcher who tried advocating for this then recalled his research paper. Blood, organ and tissue donation: gay men still have issues donating blood because of the thought they might have hiv (they have a higher risk category for hiv/aids) Homophobia vs. heteronormativity (cid:498)it gets better(cid:499) campaign. 1533 the buggery act of england. 1973-1974 homosexuality removed from the dsm: karl-maria kerberny, to replace (cid:498)sodomite and pederast(cid:499, birth of the (cid:498)medical model(cid:499) away from legal system, following gay activism and research evidence. Historical perspective timeline: punishable by hanging. Finger digit ratio: men have lower 2d:4d than women, gay men and lesbian women differ from straight individuals in ratio, gay men and lesbians more likely to be left handed.