LGBT PSYCHOLOGY Flashcards
Labels are so powerful it can be used to
discriminate and oppress people
German nazi’s ___ as a superior race
Aryan race
inferior race
jews, homosexual
In China 600 BCE,
pleasure of the bitten peach and brokeback
In Japan,
shudo and nanshoku
In Thailand,
Kathoey (lady boys)
In Philippines,
Babaylan/ catalonan
Mostly roles of women, but some are males who lived their lives as women. Precolonial priest who are mostly females but some are males who lived their lives as female priest
babaylan/catalonan
In ancient Greek, all males are expected to take on a younger male lover in a practice
pederasty
In Native America, they called ‘two-spirited’ person in a danceto the
Berdache
Later cultures see it as a sin following the Abrahamic Religion which branded it as
sodomy, a crime against nature
Homosexuality was classified as a mental illness in
19th century
removed homosexuality as a psychiatric disorder in 1973
APA
women emotionally and sexually attracted to women
Lesbian
men emotionally and sexually attracted to men
Gay
man or woman emotionally and sexually attracted to men or women
Bisexual
when you gender identity (how you think and feel) is different from your physical sex (male/female); Transexual
Transgender
used by people who celebrate all gender identities, doesn’t want to be restricted as Lesbian, Gay, or Bi
Queer
people who are in the process of exploring, learning, or experimenting with what one’s gender, sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or another part of one’s identity
Questioning