homosexuality

English - Turkish

Definition of homosexuality in English Turkish dictionary

{i} eşcinsellik

Bu TV gösterisi genç gebelik ve eşcinsellik konuları ele almaktadır. - This TV show tackles issues of teenage pregnancy and homosexuality.

Eşcinsellikle ilgili birçok yazılı eser vardı. - There were a lot of writings about homosexuality.

(Tıp) i. Aynı cinse karşı cinsel arzular taşıma, homoseksüellik

{i} homoseksüellik

livata

latent homosexuality

Gizli homoseksüellik

uranism

(Tıp) Cinsel sapıklık, homoseksüellik

English - English

Definition of homosexuality in English English dictionary: The state of being sexually attracted primarily to persons of the same sex; Sexual activity with a person of the same sex; a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex; Sexual interest in and attraction to members of one's own sex. Female homosexuality is frequently referred to as lesbianism; the word gay is often used as an alternative for both "homosexual" and "lesbian," though it may refer specifically to male homosexuality. At different times and in different cultures, homosexual behaviour has variously been encouraged, approved of, tolerated, punished, and banned. Homosexuality was not uncommon in ancient Greece and Rome, particularly between adult and adolescent males. Jewish, Christian, and Muslim cultures have generally viewed it as sinful, although many religious leaders have said it is the act, and not the inclination, that their faiths proscribe. Attitudes toward homosexuality are generally in flux, partly because of increased political activism (see gay rights movement). Until the early 1970s many medical organizations, such as the American Psychiatric Association, classified homosexuality as a mental illness, but that designation was widely dropped in subsequent years. Longstanding beliefs about homosexuals (including the stereotype that gay men are weak and effeminate and lesbians aggressive and masculine) have also largely faded; some countries, cultures, and religious groups, however, continue to view homosexuality as deviant. Homosexual orientation, like sexuality in general, apparently results from a combination of hereditary factors and social or environmental influences, and it tends to coexist with heterosexual feelings in varying degrees in different individuals; {i} sexual attraction to members of the same sex; uranism; English vice
prostitution was openly paraded in the streets, there was shamelessness later in public parks, and there was the ‘English vice’ – i.e. homosexuality (the French, a little irked at being considered immoral by their neighbours, have periodically been delighted to discover a few tears in the mantle of British virtue).60.
latent homosexuality: Latent homosexuality is an erotic inclination toward members of the same sex that is not consciously experienced or expressed in overt action
female homosexuality,: also called sapphism or female homosexuality, the quality or state of intense emotional and usually erotic attraction of a woman to another woman. First used in the late 16th century, the word "lesbian" referred to the Greek island of Lesbos. The connotation of female homosexuality was added in the late 19th century, when an association was made with the poetry of Lesbian poet Sappho ( 610- 580 BC). At the turn of the 21st century, issues of concern to lesbians in Europe and North America included legal recognition for same-sex unions, child-rearing rights, women's health-care, taxes, inheritance, and the sharing of medical benefits with a partner