PSYC 365 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Twin, Minority Stress, Mental Disorder
6 Nov 2017
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Began june 1969 after homosexuals rioted in greenwich village (ny) Lesbian = a woman whose erotic and emotional orientation is toward other women. Bisexual = person whose erotic and emotional orientations are toward both women and men. Sexual minority = umbrella term for all people with nonheterosexual sexual identities and behaviors. Queer = reappropriated term to describe all sexual minorities. Used to be used as an anti-gay insult. Genderqueer = term for those who do not fit into one of the two strict categories of male and female. Sexual revolution + feminist movement gay liberation movement. Sexual orientation = a person"s erotic and emotional orientation toward members of her/his own gender or members of the other gender. Antigay prejudice = negative attitudes toward gay men and lesbians; also called sexual prejudice. Tolerance for homosexuality have increased over the past 25 years.
