27homosexuality

Q:What’syourattitudetowardshomosexuality,support,opposeorneutral?CalvinKlein(68yearsold)andhisboyfriendNickGruber(21yearsold)KirioandJ.LawHomosexualityisromanticand/orsexualattractionorbehavioramongmembersofthesamesexorgender.Asasexualorientation,homosexualityreferstoanenduringpatternofordispositiontoexperiencesexual,affectional,orromanticattractionsprimarilyorexclusivelytopeopleofthesamesex;italsoreferstoanindividual’ssenseofpersonalandsocialidentitybasedonthoseattractions,behaviorsexpressingthem,andmembershipinacommunityofotherswhosharethem.1.NationalAssociationofSocialWorkers----heterosexualparents2.TheAmericanAcademyofPediatrics----establishedduringearlychildhood3.TheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation----geneticorotherfactors4.TheAmericanPsychiatricAssociation----developacrossaperson’slifetimeTheunfortunatehistoryIn1952,whentheAmericanPsychiatric（精神病学的）AssociationpublisheditsfirstDiagnosticandStatisticalManualofMental\Disorders,homosexualitywasincludedasadisorder.TheWorldHealthOrganization'sICD-9(1977)listedhomosexualityasamentalillness;itwasremovedfromtheICD-10,endorsedbytheForty-thirdWorldHealthAssemblyonMay17,1990.TheChineseSocietyofPsychiatryremovedhomosexualityfromitsChineseClassificationofMentalDisordersin2001afterfiveyearsofstudybytheassociation0.00%1.00%2.00%3.00%4.00%5.00%6.00%7.00%BritainFranceA1992studyonmale0%1%2%3%4%5%6%AmericaBritainChinaAccordingtoa2008pollPolandin1932Denmarkin1933Swedenin1944theUnitedKingdomin1967GermanNorwaySpainCanadaSocrates--苏格拉底LeonardodaVinci--达芬奇WilliamShakespeare--莎士比亚Byron--拜伦Plato--柏拉图WhatshouldouraltitudebeHomosexualityissomethingthatwecanneitherunderstandnorperformourselves.Butweshouldbetolerantandunderstanding.