All Entries Tagged With: "gay"
Age of Consent
There are some important laws regarding sex and young people, which often vary in different countries or states. This article is written mainly for adults. What does the age of consent mean? The age of consent is the age at which a young person is legally able to understand and agree to consensual sex. In [...]
Gay at School
When asked, it seems that many gay men and lesbians remember their school days with very mixed feelings – a time when, in addition to the growing pains that all teens suffer, they suffered additionally at the hands of a homophobic education system, and of their classmates. Furthermore, not only do gay pupils often have [...]
Young Gay Men Talking – Sex & AIDS
Sex education in schools tends to focus on pregnancy and reproduction, and sometimes looks at HIV and STD prevention. Information about being gay doesn’t seem to be very common in sex education classes, which leads to misunderstandings rather than knowledge. Ignorance can end up as fear, prejudice and risky behaviour. A recent survey in the [...]
Young Gay Men Talking – So am I gay Or not
“You’ve probably been brought up thinking that everyone, including yourself, is straight.” – Phil “Being gay is something you might discover about yourself as you grow up – it’s unlikely to be a sudden feeling.” – Andy “Working out you are gay will probably take a long time, and may involve very difficult feelings.” – [...]
Homosexuality
Homosexuals are emotionally and/or physically attracted to persons of the same sex. It sounds like a simple, straight-forward definition, but what if you are strongly attracted to your own sex but don’t act on it, does that make you a homosexual? What if you seek affection with one sex but physically desire sexual activity with [...]
Homosexuality and Human Nature
Deciding to come out of the closet is scary for most people. It’s human nature to worry about all the things that could possibly go wrong. Unfortunately, it’s also human nature to “catastrophize,” in other words to imagine a negative outcome and take it to ridiculous lengths. For instance, to think “My landlord will find [...]
Homosexuality Misconceptions and Myths
Homophobia means the fear–and often hatred–of gay or lesbian people. As an out lesbian, I have addressed that fear many times. I have soothed anxious parents of gay teens and reassured angry protestors that I, nor any other gay person I know, has any intention of interfering with their day to day lives. Yes, sometimes [...]
Homosexual or Gay – Defining Homosexuality
Why are people called homosexual or gay, and what does it mean? The terms heterosexual and homosexual are rarely used in everyday speech. More often people use slang words or terms which are abusive. Throughout the last century the terms used to describe gay people and that gay people used to describe themselves, have changed. [...]
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