SOC102H1 Chapter Notes -Queer Eye, Prejudice, Homophobia
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Homosexuality is an attraction,physical and emotional, to ppl of the same sex. Sexual orientation is a sexual attraction to ppl of a particular sex. Queer is a terms to describe ppl who identify themselves as anything other than heterosexual. Lgbtq acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual transgendered, queer often used to speak of the lgbtq community. In early 20th cen north america, most ppl held the view that sexuality is fixed and binary. Dr alfred kinsey showed that human sexual orientation lies on a continuum, with heterosexuality at one end and homosexuality at the other. The canadian community health survey, was the 1st survey to have included sexual orientation as a question. Some ppl fall outside the rigid gender binary: they do not fit easily into either of the socially or biologically defined roles of male and female. Transgendered term for any gender-variant person(they cannot with identify their birth sex/ gender) Bisexual someone who is sexually attracted so both sexes.
