A close examination f the literature on homosexuality reveals a long history of definitional crises in which the central consideration has been the maintenance of a belief in homosexuality as a state of being. This paper asks what, if anything, can be considered essential to the homosexual category. To answer this question, various approaches to homosexuality into eh literature have been examined: as a general stat of being (the person), as a state of desire (sexual orientation), as a form of behavior (sexual acts), and, more recently, as a personally identification (sexual identity). In addition, the interrelationships of this categorization are exploded.
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