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autoerotic
arousal of sexual feeling without an external stimulus.
TERM 2
biphobia
DEFINITION 2
Strongly negative attitudes toward bisexuals and bisexuality.
TERM 3
Bisexual
DEFINITION 3
Person who is erotically attracted to members of either sex.
TERM 4
buggery
DEFINITION 4
Any of various forms of sexual intercourse held to be
unnatural or abnormal, especially anal intercourse or
bestiality (also called sodomy).
TERM 5
coming out:
DEFINITION 5
process of establishing a personal self-identity and
communicating it to others.
contemporaneous bisexuality
Having sexual partners of both sexes during the same time
period
TERM 7
gay bar:
DEFINITION 7
Club or bar that caters primarily to same-sex couples
TERM 8
gender-role nonconformity
DEFINITION 8
Theory that looks at the role of early childhood in the
development of homosexuality and explores cross-gendered
traits in childhood
TERM 9
GLBTQ
DEFINITION 9
gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, or questioning (or
queer) adults or youths.
TERM 10
hate crime
DEFINITION 10
A criminal offense, usually involving violence, intimidation, or
vandalism, in which the victim is targeted because of his or
her affiliation with a particular group.
heterophobia :
Strongly negative attitudes toward heterosexuals and
heterosexuality.
TERM 12
Heterosexism
DEFINITION 12
presumption of heterosexuality that has sociological
implications
TERM 13
heterosexual
DEFINITION 13
Man or woman who is erotically attracted to members of the
other sex
TERM 14
Homophobia
DEFINITION 14
Irrational fear of homosexuals and homosexuality
TERM 15
homosexual
DEFINITION 15
man or woman who is erotically attracted to members of the
same sex.
Lesbian
Woman who is sexually attracted to women.
TERM 17
machismo
DEFINITION 17
Characterized or motivated by stereotypical masculine
behavior or actions
TERM 18
maternal immune hypothesis
DEFINITION 18
Theory of sexual orientation that proposes that the fraternal
birth order effect of gay brothers reflects the progressive
immunization of some mothers to male-specific antigens by
each succeeding male fetus.
TERM 19
passing woman
DEFINITION 19
Woman who disguises herself as a man.
TERM 20
reparative therapy
DEFINITION 20
Therapy to change sexual orientation; also called conversion
therapy.
sequential bisexuality
Having sex exclusively with one gender followed by sex
exclusively with the other.
TERM 22
sequential
homosexuality
DEFINITION 22
Situation in which heterosexual or bisexual men and women
go through a period of homosexuality for a variety of
reasons, including cultural and societal.
TERM 23
sexual
orientation
DEFINITION 23
The gender(s) that a person is attracted to emotionally,
physically, sexually, and romantically.
TERM 24
situational
homosexuality
DEFINITION 24
Homosexuality that occurs because of a lack of heterosexual
partners
TERM 25
Sodomy
DEFINITION 25
Any of various forms of sexual intercourse held to be
unnatural or abnormal, especially anal intercourse or
bestiality (also called buggery).
straight
Slang for heterosexual.
TERM 27
Triangulation
DEFINITION 27
The network of triangles that often occurs among three
people (e.g., motherfatherchild)..
