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Normality sexuality in today’s society

G11 Kim Si A, Kim Su Lin, Jon Ji Yun

G10 Nam Da Hyeon, Park Shin Woo, Hwang Seo Jin
Zhang yu Jing Jing

ABSTRACT

Homosexuality is generally viewed as unfavourable because of people’s different

traditional, religious and homophobic mindsets and much more although opinions

differ as to interpretation. As of today’s society, there is a wide variety of different

opinions ranging to extreme ends from the examples written above. A lot of efforts

have been made to advocate for its cause through the form of parades and

accepting communities, especially more in western countries such as America,

Canada and Netherlands than Asian countries like China, Saudi Arabia and

Indonesia. On the other hand, Asian countries are known to be more conservative

and less accepting of homosexuality due to their diverse heritage and cultural

beliefs, which is why we decided to make this survey to prove that this stereotype

is not applied to people in current society. Thus, in this report we have discussed

the different efforts to advocate for and spread awareness of homosexuality.

1. INTRODUCTION

Homosexuality is defined as being sexually attracted to the same gender. This

term was first used in the late 19th century. Soon after, the homosexual community

was also interchangeably called the gay community. Previously it was criminalised,

but was first legalised in 2001 in the Netherlands, then followed by other countries

over the years. There are currently various views on homosexuality, ranging from

extreme disagreement to complete acceptance, with many movements around the

world to raise awareness. Ever since the 20th century, advocates of homosexuality

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