1. Gender or genders to which a person is sexually attracted:
2. The way people think about themselves as sexual beings:
3. Socially constructed identities are:
4. The term lesbian originated from the name of a Greek island, which was the birthplace of:
5. Women who lived together during the suffrage movement were said to be practicing a
6. Homosexuality was a diagnosable illness for much of U.S. history, most recently by:
7. Homosexuality was removed from the DSM in:
8. Public disclosure of one’s gay sexual identity is called:
9. National Coming Out day began in:
10. The most accepting part of the world towards LGBT people is:
11. In modern times, for the most part human society has ______ gay people.
12. The Stonewall Rebellion was the first time LGBT people:
13. The gay movement post Stonewall was:
14. A setback during the progress of the 1990s for LGBT people was:
15. Setback(s) during the 1980s for LGBT people include:
16. Lawrence v. Texas 2003
17. The Matthew Shepard Act of 2009:
18. Queer is:
19. The case of U.S. v. Windsor:
20. Churches that always perform same sex marriages include:
22. Hatred or fear of LGBT persons:
23. Makes LGB people uncomfortable with their orientation:
24. Currently Americans ____ the number of gay people in the U.S.
25. Sexual behavior is governed by both biological drives and social constraints.
26. Which 1973 decision helped reduce the stigma attached to gays and lesbians?
27. Developments in same-sex relations are tied to the emergence of all of the following except
28. How did the medical community’s labelling of homosexuality as a disease affect gay culture?
29. Regardless of race, __________tends to decrease approval and __________ tends
to increase approval of homosexuality.
30. In Great Britain, improved retention rates and drastic reduction in unfilled positions was a positive
outcome of
31. Which of the following groups publicly supports gay marriage?
32. Which of the following processes is expected of homosexual persons in the U.S. but not of
heterosexual persons?
33. Which of the following is one of the strongest predictors of support for gay rights?
34. Which of the following is an example of cultural heterosexism?
35. A 2013 study by Stephens-Davidowitz found that the key variable in whether gay men were public
on Facebook was
36. The Mattachine Society was closely associated with
37. The Mattachine Society and the Daughters of Bilitis are best described as __________ groups.
38. Which of the following is a political advancement in LGB equality?
39. Which crime prompted an increase in the number of youth gay-straight alliances at both the
university and high school level?
40. What was one outcome of President Clinton’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy?
41. Seneca Falls is to __________ as Stonewall is to __________.
42. Social science research shows that same-sex parents have a(n) __________ effect on their children.
43. Which term is considered more inclusive of various forms of gender and sexual expression that fall
outside the bounds of the traditional heterosexual norm?
44. African Americans often perceive gay liberation as a reflection of their own struggles against racism.
45. Federal employees can claim their gay partner for purposes of federal benefits.
46. If the U.S. granted civil marriages to gay couples, all churches would be required to perform them.
47. Currently, there are no longer countries that criminalize and execute those convicted of LGBT
behavior.
48. There are approximately the same percentage of gay people by race and ethnicity as there are in
American society as a whole.
49. Americans tend to overestimate the number of gay people in the U.S.
50. Gender opposite behavior equates to sexual orientation.
51. Gay people are different in that by and large they can maintain invisibility.
52. Socially constructed identities are neither exhaustive nor mutually exclusive.
53. People of color are more likely to assume the gay identity.
54. A collective identity is necessary to the formation of a social movement.
55. Gay people are exclusively sexually attracted to their own sex.
56. Discuss the contradictions presented for the LGB community with the data revealed in Figure 12.1
and related text material. How do you explain these results? Do you believe this influences how the
overall society views LGB individuals?
57. What does society’s view of women as intelligent and capable human beings who can exist without
male companionship have to do with society’s acceptance of same sex relationships? (p.353)
58. A woman states that she is in a relationship with another woman to fulfill a temporary physical need,
but she does not feel that this is a form of “cheating” on her long term male partner. Do you agree with
her? What could explain this behavior? (p. 351)
59. Discuss the concept of the sexual orientation continuum. Do you agree that this is a better model?
(p.352)
60. What is your opinion of the use of varying terminology to discuss what is traditionally labeled a LGB
behavior by those who are people of color? Is the terminology used really important? (p. 352)
61. Victorian, Puritan, and colonial societies classified adultery and same sex relationships as a sin and a
crime. This philosophy still exists in some parts of the world today, as well as in the belief systems of
some religions. Are they in fact the same? Why or why not? (p. 354)
62. How did the emergence of HIV/AIDS effect the LGB movement? Beyond the deaths, was it more
harmful or beneficial in the long run? (p. 356)
63. Does contact hypothesis argue for or against the concept of “coming out”? What, if any, experience
do you have in this regard? (p. 357)
64. What is the function of collective identity in the formation of a social movement? (p. 358)
65. Terminology being at issue, would an appropriate compromise be to recognize civil unions
regardless of their makeup as legal, and leave the term marriage to mean a religious union performed in
a religious setting? Both would have the same legal rights. What are the implications of such a
strategy? (p.362)
66. How should the military handle previous discharges under the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy? (p. 363)
67. Discuss the complexity found in the black community regarding the LGB movement. (p.363)
68. Is someone who believes homosexuality is wrong for religious reasons, but harbors no ill will toward
a homosexual person, homophobic? Why or why not? (p.365)
69. Referring to the discussion of cultural heterosexism and compulsory heterosexuality, is it wrong to
assume that heterosexual orientation is the norm when in fact it is? Is it homophobic to go by the
standard of the majority? The text cites one of several studies (p. 370) that put the numbers at 3.4% of
the population. (p. 366)
TYPE E
70. What does “full acceptance” of the LGBT minority (as used on p. 368) mean to you? How might we
know that it has been reached? Is it possible?