Evelyn Hooker in 1957 published “ The Adjustment of the Male Overt Homosexual ”, which found that " homosexuals were not inherently abnormal and that there was no difference between homosexual and heterosexual men in terms of pathology.

Homosexual men had to wear the Pink Triangle.

The Report of the Departmental Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution ( better known as the Wolfenden report, after Lord Wolfenden, the chairman of the committee ) was published in Britain on 4 September 1957 after a succession of well-known men, including Lord Montagu, Michael Pitt-Rivers and Peter Wildeblood, were convicted of homosexual offences.

ILGA was founded as the International Gay Association ( IGA ) on 8 August 1978 during the conference of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality in Coventry, England, at a meeting attended by 30 men representing 17 organisations from 14 countries.

Homosexual men tend to exhibit more female-like patterns in the amygdala than do heterosexual males, just as homosexual females tend to show more male-like patterns in the amygdala than do heterosexual women.

Homosexual men would make advances to the love-shy men, but these advances would be rejected.

Homosexual magazines tend to be tailored to particular segments of the population, such as Badi, which features younger adult males, Samson, devoted to chubby men, and G-men, featuring muscular men.

As evidence, SPLC cited a 1999 publication by the FRC, Homosexual Activists Work to Normalize Sex With Boys, which claimed: “ one of the primary goals of the homosexual rights movement is to abolish all age of consent laws and to eventually recognize pedophiles as the ‘ prophets ’ of a new sexual order .” The report said FRC senior research fellows Tim Dailey ( hired in 1999 ) and Peter Sprigg ( 2001 ) had both " pushed false accusations linking gay men to pedophilia ".

Homosexual men, he said, were not by nature effeminate, and he pointed out that many of the great heroes of history were homosexual.

The Homosexual Law Reform Society was an organisation that campaigned in the United Kingdom for changes in the laws that criminalised homosexual relations between men.

On March 28, 1969 in San Francisco, Leo Laurence ( the editor of Vector, magazine of the United States ' largest homophile organization, the Society for Individual Rights ) called for " the Homosexual Revolution of 1969 ," exhorting gay men and lesbians to Join the Black Panthers and other left-wing groups and to " come out " en masse.

Bret Hinsch in chapter 6 of his book ' Passions of the Cut Sleeve: the Male Homosexual Tradition in China ' has detailed evidence, derived from the works of literati Li Yu and Shen De Fu, of institutionalised gay marriage practices amongst Hokkien men in Ming dynasty China ( see also: ).

The Availables: The Men in Your Life " Gurley Brown suggests that the single girl make a list of all the men in her life and then slot them into the following categories: " The Eligibles ", " The Eligibles-But-Who-Needs-Them ", " The Don Juans ", " The Married Man ", " The Homosexual ", " The Divorcing Man " and " The Younger Man ".

Homosexual men therefore, needed places where they could meet other homosexual men, to fulfill their same-sex attractions without potentially being caught by authorities.

Homosexual interpretations have been part of the academic study of Batman since psychologist Fredric Wertham asserted in his Seduction of the Innocent in 1954 that " Batman stories are psychologically homosexual.

Homosexual relations are a crime and face punishment in some Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia, or Islamic Republics such as Iran.

* Homosexual acts between consenting adults are decriminalized in Queensland.

* Homosexual acts between consenting adults are decriminalized in Western Australia.

Homosexual congregation members are to be accepted and not discriminated against, but are asked to remain celibate.

In a House of Lords debate in November 2000 he said: " Homosexual leanings are not to be condemned any more than schizophrenia or alcoholism, but they are sinful by Christian standards and those of many other churches.

Homosexual and bisexual prisoners who describe themselves as heterosexual -- and who deny being homosexual or bisexual -- are known to sometimes begin sexual relations with each other when confined together for long periods of time and, in these situations, sexual activity is ostensibly negotiated in a spirit of mutual respect and equality, lacking any opposite sex partners.

Homosexual relationships are also possible, as there are games with no specific gender lines (" all pairings ").

" Homosexual acts are banned in Singapore, along with harsh penalties for drug trafficking, and corporal punishment is used in the justice system.

* Wildmon, D. ( 2009 ) Speechless: Silencing the Christians: How Secular Liberals and Homosexual Activists are Outlawing Christianity ( and Judaism ) to Force Their Sexual Agenda on America.

Homosexual relationships between both male and female characters are often hinted at, although seldom made explicit.

** Homosexual practices are explicitly condemned in Romans 1: 26 – 28 ; 1 Corinthians 6: 9 – 10 ; 1 Timothy 1: 9 – 10

Homosexual acts are regarded as criminal and forbidden in most Islamic countries according to Sharia law.

Homosexual relations that occur between consenting adults in private are a crime and carry a maximum punishment of death ( though not generally implemented ) Forced homosexual relations ( rape ) often results in execution.

Homosexual people do therefore not stand outside socialist society, and the civil rights are warranted to them exactly as to all other citizens.

Homosexual relationships are portrayed as acceptable, if rare.

LGBT rights advocates widely criticized his 1986 letter to the Bishops of the Church, On the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons, in which he stated that " although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is a more or less strong tendency ordered toward an intrinsic moral evil ; and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder.

In 1958 he was, along with Bertrand Russell, one of a group of notables to establish the Homosexual Law Reform Society.

The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics.

The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics.

Homosexual sex acts were illegal in several states and gay bars were frequently raided by police.

Homosexual activity is a crime and forbidden in most Muslim-majority countries.

* 1986 – The Parliament of New Zealand passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.

Homosexual behavior is absolutely prohibited and constitutes an abomination.

On July 22, 2010, a " Statement of Principles on the Place of Jews with a Homosexual Orientation in Our Community " was released.

" Homosexual relationships today ," Rabbi Artson says, " should not be compared to the ancient world.

Homosexual subculture disappeared in Germany with the rise of the Nazis in 1933.

Ayuquelén worked with the International Lesbian Information Service, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, and the Chilean gay rights group Movimiento de Integración y Liberación Homosexual ( Movement to Integrate and Liberate Homosexuals ) to remove the sodomy law still in force in Chile.

The Myth of the Modern Homosexual: Queer History and the Search for Cultural Unity, Cassell.

For many years Robinson also worked as legal advisor for the Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform with future Trinity College senator David Norris.

Coincidentally, just as Mary McAleese replaced Mary Robinson as Reid Professor of Law in Trinity, and would succeed her to the Irish presidency, so Robinson replaced McAleese in the Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform.

The Homosexual in America: A Subjective Approach.

Charles Socarides ’ s first book, The Overt Homosexual, was published in 1968.

200 Participants Reporting a Change from Homosexual to Heterosexual Orientation ", a study of attempts to change homosexual orientation through ex-gay ministries and conversion therapy, at the American Psychiatric Association's convention in New Orleans.

Homosexual behaviour was also documented among soldiers at the front.

* The Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform succeeds in having the Irish sodomy law reformed.

** The Homosexual Offences ( Northern Ireland ) Order 1982 comes into effect, decriminalising homosexuality in Northern Ireland for those aged 18 or older.