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Homosexuality

Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between people of the same sex or gender. It also denotes identity based on attraction, related behavior, and community affiliation.

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Sexuality and identity

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Psychology

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Parenting

Health

Law and politics

Society and sociology

Discrimination

Homosexual behavior in other animals

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Homosexuality

Nodes408
Edges407
Triples241
Avg. degree2
Density0.004902
Components1

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Homosexuality

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related to Legality · 37
Homosexuality → Afghanistan, Africa, Although, American Psychiatric Association, Asia, Brunei, Caribbean, Denmark, DSM-I, DSM-II, During, England, In, India, Indian Penal Code, Iran, Islamic, Jubaland, Mauritania, Middle East
related to Psychology · 18
Homosexuality → American Psychiatric Association, Chinese Classification, DSM-II, F66, Forty-third World Health Assembly, ICD-10, ICD-9, Like, May, Mental Disorders, National Association, Psychiatry, Social Workers, The, The American Psychological Association, The Chinese Society, The World Health Organization's, There
related to Sexual orientation change efforts · 18
Homosexuality → American Counseling Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, Australian Psychological Society, LGBT, Many, NARTH, National Association, No, Psychiatrists, Royal College, Social Workers, Some, The, The American Psychological Association, There, These, Those
related to Heterosexism and homophobia · 14
Homosexuality → Claims, Dutch, Gay, Heterosexism, Holland's, Homophobia, In, It, LGB, Negative, Sexual, Similar, These, When
related to Middle East · 14
Homosexuality → Arab, Europe, French, Israel, Middle East, Muhammad, Pride Parade, Rifa'ah, Saffar, Tahtawi, Tel Aviv, The, There, Two
related to Public opinion · 14
Homosexuality → African, Americas, Asian, Australia, Eastern European, In, Legal, LGBTQ, Professor Amy Adamczyk, Societal, These, Various, Western, Western Europe
related to Demographics · 13
Homosexuality → An, Bailey, East Asia, Eastern Europe, In, Latin America, Men, South, South East Asia, Surveys, The International HIV/AIDS Alliance, They, Western
related to Parenting · 13
Homosexuality → According, American Psychological Association, Bailey, Charlotte, However, In, One, Patterson, Scientific, Some, The Bailey, Thus, US
related to Relationships · 13
Homosexuality → American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, By, California, California's, Gay, In, National Association, Social Workers, Supreme Court, The, There, They
related to Mental · 10
Homosexuality → Although, Diagnostic, DSM, Evidence, Instead, Much, Statistical Manual, Stigma, Western, When

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Homosexualityis anatural and normal variation in human sexuality and is not in and of itself a source of negative psychological effects0.90text
Homosexualityis amaternal immune hypothesis0.90text
heterosexism or homophobiainstance ofas many gay and lesbian people do not openly identify as such due to discrimination or prejudice0.80text
gay or bisexual applied to theminstance ofhave had terms0.80text
Bian er chai was described as more harmoniousinstance ofKeith McMahon suggests that homosexual relationships between men in Ming stories0.80text
enjoyable than heterosexual relationshipsinstance ofKeith McMahon suggests that homosexual relationships between men in Ming stories0.80text
Christianityinstance ofand religious codes of foreign religions0.80text
Islam imposed homophobic rules on their populations.Hinduism describes a third gender that is equal to other gendersinstance ofand religious codes of foreign religions0.80text
documentation of the third gender are found in ancient Hinduinstance ofand religious codes of foreign religions0.80text
Buddhist medical textsinstance ofand religious codes of foreign religions0.80text
bias in hiringinstance ofLaws against sexual orientation discriminationUnited StatesEmployment discrimination refers to discriminatory employment practices0.80text
promotioninstance ofLaws against sexual orientation discriminationUnited StatesEmployment discrimination refers to discriminatory employment practices0.80text

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