Zusammenfassung der Ressource
How have different cultures treated same sex
sexualities?
- Cultures that understand same sex
sexualities
- The West
- United Kingdom
- Gay rights in 1980's
- Advent of HIV
- Modern day homosexuality acceptance/unacceptance
- Gay marriage
- USA
- Gay rights movement in 1970/80's
- Advent of HIV and GRID
- Modern Day homosexuality acceptance/unacceptance
- Gay marriage
- North/South Divide - intolerant bible belt - liberal metropolitans
- Europe
- Very tolerant cultures
- Liberal countries/Scandinavia
- Intolerant countries
- Russia and ban on promoting homosexuality
- Asia
- Iran/Middle Eastern countries
- Intolerance/death penalty for homosexuality
- India
- Homosocial culture
- Homosexual behaviours does not equate to a homosexual identity
- Thailand
- Acceptance of 'lady boys'
- Africa
- Uganda
- Intolerant of homosexuality seen as an abomination
- Cultures that do not necessarily have same sex sexualities or understanding of
'gay'
- Africa
- Sam sex marraige between women when a male spouse has been deceased/a woman has never married and had children.
- Same sex marriage strongly identified within the west as an expression of sexuality - not perceived as
such here.
- Sambia
- Same sex practices as part of 'maturing'
process
- exchange of semen seen as increasing
masculinity
- Sexual Identiy vs sexual behaviours
- What is sexual in one culture is not deemed as sexual in another
- Sexual behaviour does not necessarily dictate sexual identity
- Role within sexual behaviour may dictate sexual
identity - role within Indian MSM