Most people would connect the term sexuality with LGBTQ+

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Queer theory is a critical sociological perspective that problematizes the manner in which people have been taught to think about sexual orientation. By calling their discipline “queer,” these scholars are rejecting the effects of labeling; instead, they embrace the word “queer” to describe a perspective that comes from outside the dominant heteronormative discourses. Queer theorists reject the dominant gender schema and the dichotomization of sexual orientations into two mutually exclusive outcomes, homosexual or heterosexual. Rather, the perspective highlights the need for a more flexible and fluid conceptualization of sexuality — one that allows for change, negotiation, and freedom. The current schema used to classify individuals as either “heterosexual” or “homosexual” pits one orientation against the other. This mirrors other oppressive schemas in our culture, especially those surrounding gender and race (Black versus White, male versus female).

This term is generally used in two ways: (1) as an umbrella term that includes all people whose gender varies from the traditional norm, akin to the use of the word “queer” to refer to people whose sexual orientation is not heterosexual only; or (2) to describe a subset of individuals who were assigned a male or female sex at birth, but do not identify as male or female (also see non-binary).

Sexual orientation is primarily aboutGroup of answer choicesonly gender of sexual partner.homosexuals.none of the above.erotic attraction, affectionate relationships and emotional attachments.

The concept of a distinct category of people called “homosexuals” __________.A.originated during the sexual revolution of the 1960sB.first came into existence about a century agoC.dates back to the medieval churchD.was first introduced by the Kinsey studies in the 1940s