It's OK to Be Gay: Straight Talk About Homosexuality for Gay People and Those Who Love Them

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The development of social media has also created space for a more informal kind of activism which seems to have proved successful in a couple of instances recently. It is always difficult to select verses from the Bible and hold them up as the true word of God if you are going to ignore other opinions which are now considered old fashioned or incorrect. Slavery is justified in the Bible, yet the modern world sees this as unacceptable. Surely the point is whether you are a good Christian, not who you choose to sleep with. There are several verses in the Bible which are similarly contested - there are however a much smaller number of seemingly clear statements. The most famous of them is probably from Leviticus: "You shall not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination." Sexual orientation. This refers to the sex, or gender, of people you are sexually attracted to. There is no wrong type of orientation.

Over time, you will figure out if you are gay, straight, neither, or both. You may experiment to see what makes you comfortable and happy. The process may take a while. Your decision may be hard for you and/or others close to you to accept. It is important to be honest with yourself and with others. What does “coming out” mean?I was so overcome with emotion that I put the book down, got alone in another room, fell to my knees and wept. The pain of these men and women for whom Jesus died was palpable and heartbreaking. Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed wrote a crucial autobiography, The Koran and the Flesh/Le Coran et la chair (2012), Jerry Wright’s Homoeroticism in Classical Arabic Literature , and Helie and Hoodfar’s Sexuality in Muslim Contexts have expanded our historical understanding of the issue, while Joseph Massad’s Desiring Arabs (2007) took the whole discourse of homosexuality radically to task.

Francis’ long history of making similar comments in support of LGBTQ people’s dignity, despite the church’s rejection of homosexuality, has provoked plenty of criticism from some Catholics. But I am a public theologian, and part of what interests me about this debate is that Francis’ inclusiveness is not actually radical. His remarks generally correspond to what the church teaches and calls on Catholics to do. ‘Who am I to judge?’Sometimes, we realize this because we have sex dreams, sexual thoughts, or feelings of intense attraction toward people of the same gender as us. Since you’re important to me, I want to let you know that I’m bisexual. I’d appreciate your support.” This argument is just as touchy as evolution. There is no real right or wrong answer, one can only interperet it as well as it can be and hope that it is the right one. Follow the obvious and fill in the rest. Salter M, et al. Gay, bisexual and queer men's attitudes and understandings of intimate partner violence and sexual assault. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2021; doi:10.1177/0886260519898433. It is clear that Christians like the Islamic extremists will always quote biblical scriptures that suit their purposes for what ever selfish reasons. The rate at which the so called "liberals" are going, they will soon be calling for a new Bible.

Samar Habib’s edited two volumes Islam and Homosexuality (2009) and Khaled El-Rouayheb’s Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World, 1500-1800 (2009) are examples of such groundbreaking work. Homosexuality refers to attraction between people who are the same sex. It comes from the Greek word homos, meaning “the same.” Get tested and have your partner tested. Don't have sex without a condom unless you're certain you and your partner aren't infected with HIV or other sexually transmitted infections. Testing is important because many people don't know they're infected. Others might not be honest about their health. What you have learned about homosexuality as you were growing up will affect whether you consider engaging in homosexual acts to be desirable or disgusting. Sexual preference. This refers to specific qualities in people you are sexually attracted to. For example, tall, blonde, or muscular. There are no wrong preferences.Catholics – including bishops, and even the pope – can think, and are thinking, imaginatively about that challenge. The importance of these rulings today is that they provide an Islamic dispensation for sex reassignment surgery – so long as the purpose of the surgery is to uncover the person’s “hidden” sex. On that basis, operations have been carried out in Sunni Muslim countries, including Saudi Arabia and Egypt.