Means sexually, romantically attracted primarily to people of the same sex.
It is a major conflict exists in all parts of the world because of rights and protections issues about gays and lesbians.
trivia about the word homosexual. Homo is a latin word for “man,” as in homo sapiens, or “thinking man.” It is for this reason that there is still widespread belief that homosexual describes men only. However, the homo is homosexual, homogeneous, etc., is from the greek homos, meaning “the same.” Thus, homosexual means “partial to the same sex,” not “partial to the male sex.” It is therefore correct to use it to describe females. There is actually a word meaning a male homosexual. This little-known word is uranist or urning (pronounced “yoor uh nist” and “oor ning,” respectively), a medical term that derives from ourania, a greek name for the goddess of love Aphrodite. The condition is knkown as uranism or urningism.
refers to one of the two genre of sexuality - homosexuality and heterosexuality. whilst the latter is the more common and is the only sexuality possible according to some sectors of society (catholic church, protestant parents associations, etc) there is no denying that homosexuality exists, has always existed and is medically sound. the denial or persecution of homosexuality until relatively recent times is one of the greatest hypocresies of all times. the existence of homosexuality in the animal (non-human) world has, until recent studies, been rules out. however, there is some documented evidence of homosexual habits among higher monkies like chimpanzees.
