Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes -Antigen, Twin, H-Y Antigen

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

Document Summary

Beginning of gay liberation- fight in june 1969 in the stonewall, a gay bar in nyc"s greenwich village. First gay liberation group in canada was formed in vancouver in 1970. Distinction: sex (sexual behaviour), gender (being male or female) and sexual orientation (heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual) Sexual identity: one"s self-identity as homosexual, heterosexual, or bisexual. Sexual orientation: a person"s erotic and emotional orientation toward members of his or her own gender or members of the other gender. Homosexual: a person whose sexual orientation is toward members of the same gender. Heterosexual: a person whose sexual orientation is toward members of the other gender. Bisexual: a person whose sexual orientation is toward both men and women. Preferable to use the terms lesbians, gay men, bisexual women, and bisexual. Canadian community health survey (cchs: men: 1. 3% homosexual, 0. 6% bisexual, women: 0. 7% homosexual, 0. 9% bisexual. About 2% men, 1% women are exclusively homosexual in their sexual behaviour and in their identity.