What does social science research tell us about homosexuality? Does this knowledge affect public policy? Despite scholarly research, homosexuality continues to be the subject of an intense, and often bitter, debate.
This volume summarizes academic knowledge about homosexuality and its relevance for public policy. Topics addressed include the nature and causes of sexual orientations; the reasons homosexuality is not an illness; the ethics of various mental health approaches to homosexuality; the effects of social and legal discrimination; newer biological and psychological understandings of homosexuality; homosexuals as parents; and the implications of the AIDS epidemic.What does social science research tell us about homosexuality? Does this knowledge affect public policy? Despite scholarly research, homosexuality continues to be the subject of an intense, and often bitter, debate.
This volume summarizes academic knowledge about homosexuality and its relevance for public policy. Topics addressed include the nature and causes of sexual orientations; the reasons homosexuality is not an illness; the ethics of various mental health approaches to homosexuality; the effects of social and legal discrimination; newer biological and psychological understandings of homosexuality; homosexuals as parents; and the implications of the AIDS epidemic.Introduction - John C Gonsiorek and James D Weinrich
The Definition and Scope of Sexual Orientation - John C Gonsiorek and James D Weinrich
Homosexuality, Nature, and Biology - John A W Kirsch and James D Weinrich
Is Homosexuality Natural? Does it Matter?
Masculinity and Femininity in Homosexuality - Richard C Pillard
`Inversion' Revisited
Strange Customs, Familiar Lives - James D Weinrich and Walter L Williams
Homosexualities in Other Cultures
Stigma, Prejudice, and Vl£*
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