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2.2.3.1 Homosexual Man or Gay
The term homosexual can be used to describe individuals’ sexual orientation, sexual history, or self-identification. Many people reject the term “homosexual” as too
clinical and dehumanizing as it only refers to one’s sexual behavior, and does not refer to non-sexual romantic feeling. As a result of the above explanation, the term
“gay” is usually preferred when discussing a person of this sexual orientation. But, some same-sex oriented people personally prefer the term “homosexual” rather than
“gay” as they may perceive the former as describing a sexual orientation www.bibble.orggay.html.
The term gay is also used predominantly to refer to homosexual males, and the adjective of the word ‘homosexual’ is also used for same-sex sexual relations
between persons of the same-sex who are not gay or lesbian http:www.bidstrup gays_lesbians.html.
From both explanations, we know that homosexual man is sometimes called gay and gay is sometimes called homosexual man.
2.2.3.2 Lesbians
Lesbian describes a homosexual woman. The term can be used as either both a noun or as an adjective.
The word lesbian originally refers to an inhabitant of Lesbos, an island in Greece where an ancient Greek lyric poet named Sappho lived. Some of her poems
imply love between women. Whether Sappho was a lesbian in the modern meaning of
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the term or a poet who described lesbians is not known. Although she did write poems about love between women, there is some dispute as to how her writings can
be interpreted. Sappho’s literary association with love between women led to the term Sapphism as another term for lesbianism. Other words used to describe lesbianism
over the past 200 years have included amor lesbicus, urningism and tribadism. There are many slang terms for lesbians including ‘dyke’ and ‘bulldyke’. Both
of the latter are almost always regarded as pejorative when used by outsiders but many within the lesbian and queer communities have reclaimed their usage
www.wikipedia.com.
2.2.4 Homosexuality and Islam
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