Psychology 2075 Chapter 14: CHAPTER 14- Sexual Orientation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: William Fisher

Document Summary

Gay pride parade commemorates the first time that gay, lesbian, and transgender individuals openly fought back against police harassment; occurred june 1969 in stonewall, a gay bar in new york. Sexual identity- refers to one"s self-label or self-identification as heterosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, or asexual. Someone may subjectively sexually identify himself or herself as a lesbian or gay and their actual sex partners are objectionably males or females. Tearoom trade: married men stop off in public restrooms and engage in oral sex with another male. Sexual orientation- a person"s erotic and emotional orientation toward members of his or her own gender or members of the other gender. Homosexual- their sexual orientation is towards members of his or her own gender. Heterosexual- sexual orientation is towards members of the opposite gender. Asexual- does not have a sexual orientation towards either men or women.