Supporting Gay and Lesbian Communities of the World

¶ … Homosexual Viewpoint

For a long time, the topic of homosexuality has raised controversial responses from different quotas of the society. This paper aims at developing an argument in support of homosexual phenomena in the society.

One of the reasons that society should be accommodative of homosexuality is that it does not cause harm to anyone. The standard references to gay people include 'lesbians' for the females and 'gays' for the males. However, 'gay' is used to refer to both females and males in homosexual relationships. The scope of individuals identified as lesbian or gay to the proportion who engage in same-sex sexual relationships makes it harder for researchers to estimate varied options (Simon & Brooks, 2009). The concept is hard to disseminate for such as many lesbian or gay people without open identification of heterosexism and homophobic discrimination (Wolf & Kielwasser, 2014).

Many lesbian and gay people have absolute commitments towards same-sex relationships. However, a recent analysis has census political and forms conditions that facilitate their enumeration and visibility. The relationships have same considerations on heterosexual relationships such as essential psychological components. Homosexual acts and relationships are admired and condemned throughout history based on the culture in they occurred and form they took. Starting the 19th century, the world has experienced global movement towards enhanced recognition, legal rights, and visibility for homosexual people (Simon & Brooks, 2009). The major topics include rights to civil unions and marriage, parenting and adoption, military service, employment, equal health care access, and the introduction of legislation anti-bullying to provide safety and protection of gay minors. There is literature indicating that homosexuality is compatible with healthy social adjustment and mental health.

The discriminatory experiences in society and possible rejection by families, friends and employers mean that they experience greater incidence and exposure to mental health problems leading to substance misuse problems (Mucciaroni, 2009). Even though there are claims from conservative political groups within USA that there are higher mental health difficulties prevalence for homosexuality, there is shaky evidence substantiating the claim.

However, it is agreeable that the church and the law establish sodomy as a crime against nature and transgression on divine law. The homosexuality topic was also a frequent concern within ancient Greece and was accommodated by historical figures such as Lord Byron, Socrates, Hadrian, and Edward II (Simon & Brooks, 2009). However, respondents to the concept regard the approach as a major risk to the anachronistic introduction in contemporary foreign construction of sexuality among the times while others raise issues against it. Social science advanced an argument for constructionist and essentialist homosexuality views (Berns, 2012).

The debate causes a division on people believing that the terms "straight" and "gay" refer to objective with culturally invariant properties. The people from the viewpoints believe that such experiences are artefacts for unique social and cultural processes. Essentialists believe that biological forces establish an individual's sexual preferences while constructionists hold that most sexual desires are acquired. Social constructionist approaches are criticized for basing their argument on selective reading for the historical record. Their arguments also confuse the fact that homosexuals exist, and the society labels them people while treating them in prejudicial ways (Wolf & Kielwasser, 2014).

It is worth mentioning that the heterosexuals and homosexuals do not have many differences. Most gay, bisexual, and lesbian people seeking psychotherapy do so with similar intentions as the heterosexual people. In most cases, issues that they seek redress include relationship difficulties, stress, and difficulty in adjusting to work or social situations. Further, sexual orientation could be a primary or incidental to the importance of their treatment issues. Despite the issue, there are high risks for a bias from the anti-gay protagonists against gay, bisexual, and lesbian clients. Research in psychological has relevance in counteracting the detrimental and homophobic actions and reactions where the rights and freedoms of the homosexuals tally with those of heterosexuals (Simon & Brooks, 2009). Instead, legal discrimination, social ostracism, limited support structures, and negative stereotypes indicate homosexual factors that people face across the world that adversely affect mental health. Prejudice, discrimination, and stigma stemming from the negative societal attitudes for homosexuality leads to increased mental health disorders prevalence among gay men, bisexuals, and lesbians as compared to heterosexual peers. It is clear that the liberalization of such attitudes in various levels is linked to decreasing the mental health risks for the gay people.