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	is the erotic, romantic, and emotional attachment to an individual of the same sex, the opposite sex, or both.

	The American Psychiatric Association included homosexuality in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual as a disease associated with psychopathic and paranoid personality disorders until .

	Storm’s Model of Sexual Orientation suggests separate dimensions of responsiveness to male-female stimulation or .

	refers to sexual, emotional, and social attraction to members of both sexes, though not necessarily at the same time or to the same degree.

	The theory suggests that if a male had a poor relationship with his father and an overly close relationship with his mother, he might become fixated at the homosexual stage of development.

	According to the evolutionary theory on homosexuality referred to as , homosexuals altruistically forgo reproduction to assist the offspring of a relative.

	One difference in the social lives of homosexuals and heterosexual is the number of sex partners. Both male and female homosexuals have been found to have a number of sexual partners.

	is defined as an obsessive, irrational hatred and fear of lesbian and gay people.

	The 1998 murder of University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was an example of a .

	Although the practice of is controversial, disclosure of a homosexual orientation has been shown to decrease negative attitudes toward homosexuals.

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