Homoseksualitas: Perbedaan antara revisi

Beberapa sinonim untuk ketertarikan atau aktivitas sesama jenis meliputi laki-laki yang berhubungan seks dengan laki-laki atau LSL (digunakan di kalangan medis ketika secara khusus membahas aktivitas seksual) dan [[homoerotis]] (mengacu pada karya seni).<ref>{{cite book|last=Younger|first=John G.|title=Sex in the ancient world from A to Z|year=2005|publisher=Routledge|location=London [u.a.]|isbn=0-415-24252-5|page=38|edition=1st published.}}</ref> Istilah peyoratif dalam bahasa Inggris meliputi ''[[queer]]'', ''[[faggot]]'', ''fairy'' ([[peri]]), ''poof'', dan ''homo''.<ref>{{cite book|title=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|year=2000|isbn=0-618-70172-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last = Spears | first = Richard A. | title = Fag | work = Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions | year=2007 | url = http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/faggot | accessdate = 4 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{harv|Dalzell|2008|p=1104}}</ref><ref name=terms>{{cite web|url=http://www.sex-lexis.com/ |title=Dictionary of Sexual Terms|publisher=Sex-lexis.com |accessdate=4 October 2012}}</ref> Dimulai pada 1990-an, beberapa kata peyoratif telah dijadikan kata-kata positif oleh pria gay dan lesbian, seperti dalam penggunaan istilah [[studi queer]], [[teori queer]], dan bahkan program televisi populer Amerika [[Queer Eye for the Straight Guy]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Marvin J.|title=Queer Things from Old Closets: Libraries Gay and Lesbian Studies – Queer Theory|url=http://rbm.acrl.org/content/rbml/8/1/19.full.pdf|publisher=[[Association of College and Research Libraries]]|accessdate=4 October 2012}}</ref> Kata homo muncul dalam banyak bahasa lainnya tanpa konotasi penghinaan seperti dalam bahasa Inggris.<ref>{{cite book|last=eds|first=Marc Wolinsky|title=Gays and the military : Joseph Steffan versus the United States|year=1993|publisher=[[Princeton University Press]]|location=Princeton, NJ|isbn=0691033072|pages=49–55|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=kM8WgQQghwIC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=Gays+military+homo+derogatory+epithet&source=bl&ots=GKgHK00BxL&sig=MpmlY0QZHaF2ebPZ3o-phV1IMmo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xxFuULTrGqP20gH5x4EY&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Gays%20military%20homo%20derogatory%20epithet&f=false|edition=[Online-Ausg.].}}</ref> Namun, seperti penghinaan etnis dan penghinaan rasial, penyalahgunaan istilah-istilah ini masih bisa sangat menyinggung, dan kisaran penggunaan yang dapat diterima tergantung pada konteks dan pembicara.<ref>{{cite book|last=eds|first=Marc Wolinsky ...|title=Gays and the military: Joseph Steffan versus the United States|year=1993|publisher=[[Princeton University Press]]|location=Princeton, NJ|isbn=0691033072|pages=40–48|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=kM8WgQQghwIC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=Gays+military+homo+derogatory+epithet&source=bl&ots=GKgHK00BxL&sig=MpmlY0QZHaF2ebPZ3o-phV1IMmo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xxFuULTrGqP20gH5x4EY&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Gays%20military%20homo%20derogatory%20epithet&f=false|edition=[Online-Ausg.].}}</ref> Sebaliknya, gay, kata yang awalnya diambil oleh pria homoseksual dan wanita sebagai istilah positif afirmatif (seperti dalam [[pembebasan gay]] dan [[hak-hak gay]]),<ref>{{cite book|last=Murray|first=Stephen O.|title=Homosexualities|year=2000|publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]]|location=Chicago [u.a.]|isbn=9780226551944|page=394|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=HCikDlcEHw8C&pg=PA394&lpg=PA394&dq=word+%27gay%27+was+preferred+to+previous+designations+such+as+homosexual+or+homophile&source=bl&ots=jUaSybVBYX&sig=B4ryZ9to-KUxd0qSFYV4OLFMQXE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qBBuUIClOMjn0gHavoCgBg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=word%20%27gay%27%20was%20preferred%20to%20previous%20designations%20such%20as%20homosexual%20or%20homophile&f=false}}</ref> telah digunakan secara peyoratif di kalangan muda.<ref name=bbcgay>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7289390.stm|title=How 'gay' became children's insult of choice|accessdate=4 October 2012|publisher=BBC News|author=Denise Winterman|date=18 March 2008}}</ref>seksual