same-sex attraction
Desire toward peers
Same-sex attraction is romantic or sexual interest directed toward people of one's own gender.
The phrase appears frequently in religious and conservative contexts as a way to acknowledge homosexual feelings while distinguishing them from gay identity or behavior: He experiences same-sex attraction but has chosen celibacy.
The clinical-sounding phrasing often signals a framework where such attraction is viewed as a condition to be managed rather than an identity to be embraced.
- gayAttracted to same sex
- queerUnusual or non-normative
- lesbianWoman desiring women
- born this wayIntrinsic from origin
- desireIntense wanting
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- LGBTQgay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer
- LGBTQ lovegay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, bisexuality
- lesbian culturelesbian, lesbianism, sapphic, wlw, lesbian culture
- Catholic sexualitycelibacy, chastity, sexual ethics, church teaching, natural law