Chapter 15: Sexual Orientation: Gay, Straight, or Bi? Attitudes toward Gays and Lesbians
Attitudes · Gays and Lesbians as a Minority Group
Life Experiences of LGBs
Coming Out · Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Communities · Gay and Lesbian Relationships · Lesbian and Gay Families
FOCUS 15.1: A Gay Couple: Lee and Bob
How Many People Are Gay, Straight, or Bi?
FOCUS 15.2: The Ethics of Sex Research: The Tearoom Trade
Sexual Orientation and Mental Health
Sin and the Medical Model · Research Results · Population Studies · Can Sexual Orientation Be Changed by Psychotherapy?
Why Do People Become Homosexual or Heterosexual?
Biological Theories · Psychoanalytic Theory · Learning Theory · Interactionist Theory · Sociological Theory · The Bottom Line · Differences between Gay Men and Lesbians
Sexual Orientation in Multicultural Perspective
FOCUS 15.3: Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia
Bisexuality
Sexuality Identity and Sexual Behavior · Bisexual Development
FOCUS 15.4: Bisexual Tendencies
Summary
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