Social Impact of Homosexuality
The term homosexual describes those who have sex with, or are sexually attracted to, persons of the same (Greek: homo) sex .In modem Western usage, male homosexuals are referred to as "gay" and female homosexuals as "lesbian". In all societies men have had sex with men (and probably women with women, though this is less well documented), but having this behavior as a basis for a social -and especially an organizing or life- long - identity is a resent.
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