Legal rights and cultural attitudes towards lesbian women and gay men have shifted rapidly in the early 21st century. Using , visitors to Project Implicit from February to August , we investigated whether shifts were also observable in implicit evaluations that occur outside of conscious awareness or control. The estimated implicit preference for straight people declined by The largest shifts in implicit evaluations occurred among Hispanic, White, female, liberal, and young adult participants; the smallest shifts occurred among Black, Asian, male, conservative, and older adult participants. Societal change in evaluation of lesbian and gay people is not limited to what people are willing and able to report.

Homosexuality



Implicit Preferences for Straight People over Lesbian Women and Gay Men Weakened from to
Sarah Lawrence College offers students the opportunity to explore a range of theories and issues concerning gender and sexuality across cultures, categories, and historical periods. Different historians trace the invention of homosexuality to different historical moments from the 16th to the midth centuries. The invention of heterosexuality, it would seem, followed after. Neither meant, at first, what they mean today. In this class, we will study the development of modern understandings of same-sex desire in relation to understandings of sex, gender, race, class, nation, nature, culture, and opposite-sex desire. We will be drawing centrally on literary works, especially novels, which have been crucial sites for the construction and dissemination of conceptions of sexuality.


Gay Lesbian Bisexual & Transgender
LGBT community organizations in the United States have been providing health services since at least the s. However, available explanations for the origins of LGBT health services do not sufficiently explain why health in particular has been so closely and consistently linked to LGBT activism. This study begins with a review of the early intersections of sexuality and health that led to an LGBT health movement in the United States, as well as the evolution of LGBT health services over time. Organizational details, including physical addresses and the services provided, were confirmed via an online database of federally-registered non-profit organizations and organizational websites.

Family Equality Council has compiled the current state laws in the two links below. Family Equality Council works to ensure equality for LGBT families by building community, changing hearts and minds, and advancing social justice for all families. More information can be found in the All Children All Families informational brochure. Training tips and key messages are outlined in order to support the effective use of these resources. The challenges and risks faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth in care can be summarized in three broad categories: intolerance, lack of safety and barriers to permanency.