Homosexuality

Homosexuality from Ancient Greek ὁμός, meaning "same", and Latin sexus, meaning "sex" is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. Today it is often used to describe the mainstream teleiophile gay community, excluding male boylovers. As an orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectionate, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same sex. "It also refers to an individual's sense of personal and social identity based on those attractions, behaviors expressing them, and membership in a community of others who share them."

Boylovers v. Lesbians

Up until the late twentieth century, ephebophiles and hebephilies were not typically differentiated from male teleiophile homosexuals. It was only with the advent of the Gay Rights Movement in the late twentieth century that due to extreme pressure from the radical feminist lesbian faction that pederasts were excluded. Currently within the boylove community, there is a great deal of animosity toward the lesbian community originating from events at that time as well as the ongoing efforts and agenda of the lesbian community to criminalize and punish boylovers. Though male boylovers are by definition homosexual, most boylovers, especially younger BLs, no longer identify as being part of the Gay subculture.

See also

• Gay child actors
• Category:LGBT articles
• Encyclopedia of Homosexuality

External links

• Encyclopedia of Homosexuality (williamapercy.com)
• A Critique of Social Construction and Postmodern Queer Theory by Rictor Norton