Essay On Homosexuality

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As a society we see everyone as straight person and if you are not then others do not accept you. Last week, Arizona state legislature passed a bill permitting business owners to refuse service to homosexual customers if it conflicts with the owner’s religious beliefs. Researchers argue that homosexuality is based on genetics while religious persona believe homosexuality is unorthodox. I will be discussing research about the impact of homosexuality on the family and how people believe that when homosexuality is innate it increases LGBT rights. Also, how homosexuality can lead to at risk sexual behavior for men and prone to HIV’s.
Hilton and Szymanski (2011) conducted research to understand the experiences of 14 white homosexual biological siblings after they learned that their sister or brother was lesbian or gay. Their subjects consisted of eight females that had a gay brother, two females that a lesbian sister, and four males with a gay brother. Hilton administrated the study by asking a series of questions; the subjects getting interviewed through these methods person to person...

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