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Societal attitudes toward homosexuality
Societal attitudes toward homosexuality, measured by Pew and Gallup acceptance questions since 1994 and 2002, divide sharply by region, wealth, religion, age and ideology, rising globally yet dropping recently among U.S. Republicans.
Sodomy law
Sodomy laws criminalize sexual acts deemed unnatural, historically anal and oral sex, also called buggery or crimes against nature. Originating in English law (Buggery Act 1533) and spread by colonial penal codes, they remain in about 63 UN member states; Lawrence v. Texas ended them in the US in 2003.
Sodomy laws in the United States
Sodomy laws in the United States: state statutes criminalizing oral and anal sex, universal until Illinois's 1961 repeal, upheld in Bowers v. Hardwick (1986), invalidated by Lawrence v. Texas (2003), with 12 dormant statutes remaining as of 2023.
SOGIE Equality Bill
SOGIE Equality Bill, also SOGIESC Equality Bill or Anti-Discrimination Bill: long-pending Philippine legislation first filed in 2000 to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, expression, and sex characteristics, with fines up to PHP 250,000; still unenacted.
Stonewall Inn
The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar at 51-53 Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, was the site of the June 28, 1969 police raid and uprising that catalyzed the modern gay rights movement; now a National Historic Landmark within Stonewall National Monument.
Stormé DeLarverie
Stormé DeLarverie (1920–2014), New Orleans-born biracial butch lesbian, drag king, and singer, was MC of the Jewel Box Revue (1955–1969) and a Stonewall veteran often, though contestably, credited with throwing the first punch; later a Village bouncer and guardian.
Straight ally
Straight ally: a heterosexual, cisgender supporter of LGBTQ+ people and rights, also called cishet ally. Key aspects: components of perceived allyship (nonprejudice, action, humility), performative allyship critique, ally flag, workplace and school programs.
Straight flag
Straight flag: umbrella term for flags representing heterosexuality, chiefly the straight ally flag (black-and-white stripes with a rainbow "A" for ally) and the straight pride flag, a conservative counter-symbol to LGBTQIA+ pride; GLAAD lists the orange-black "super straight" variant as an online hate symbol.
Straight pride
Straight pride is a slogan and event format celebrating heterosexuality as a counterpart to LGBTQ Pride; documented instances include Boston's 2019 Super Happy Fun America parade, Greece's 2018 Anakatalipsi march, and Putin's 'straight pride' flag, typically linked to far-right organizing.
Suicide of Tyler Clementi
Tyler Clementi, an 18-year-old Rutgers freshman violinist also known as a victim of webcam spying by roommate Dharun Ravi, died by suicide September 22, 2010; the case spurred the Tyler Clementi Foundation, Rutgers' Tyler Clementi Center, and the federal Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act.
Terminology of homosexuality
Terminology of homosexuality covers the words for same-sex orientation: homosexual (coined 1869), gay, lesbian, queer, MSM, and LGBT acronyms, and why APA, CDC, and major style guides now prefer identity terms over the clinical label.
The History of Sexuality
The History of Sexuality (Histoire de la sexualité) is Michel Foucault's four-volume genealogy of Western sexuality: The Will to Knowledge (1976), The Use of Pleasure and The Care of the Self (1984), and the posthumous Confessions of the Flesh (2018), attacking the repressive hypothesis.
The Most Hated Family in America
The Most Hated Family in America is a 2007 British documentary television film in which Louis Theroux lives with the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas.
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project: American nonprofit founded 1998 (film 'Trevor') providing 24/7 suicide prevention and crisis intervention for LGBTQ+ young people via TrevorLifeline, plus TrevorSpace, research, education, and advocacy.
Thomas Beatie
Thomas Beatie, born Tracy LaGondino, is the American transgender man known as the pregnant man who gave birth to three children in Oregon between 2008 and 2010 and won an Arizona appeal recognizing his marriage.
Timeline of LGBT history
Timeline of LGBT history: from 1533 English sodomy law and colonial spread, through Henry Gerber's 1924 Society for Human Rights, the 1969 Stonewall Uprising and 1970 first Pride, to global decriminalization and 2020s countertrends.
Timeline of LGBT history in the United Kingdom
Timeline of LGBT history in the United Kingdom: criminalization of sex between men, the Wolfenden report, the Sexual Offences Act 1967, Section 28, the Gender Recognition Act 2004, same-sex marriage from 2014, and the 2026 draft Conversion Practices Bill.
Timeline of LGBT rights
The timeline of LGBT rights charts legal milestones from France's first decriminalization in 1791, through Denmark's first same-sex partnerships in 1989, to same-sex marriage in 32 countries by 2023.
Timeline of same-sex marriage
Timeline of same-sex marriage legalization worldwide: Netherlands first (April 1, 2001), followed by Belgium, Spain, Canada, South Africa, through Thailand and Liechtenstein in 2025, with regional firsts and court-driven cases.
Timeline of transgender history
Timeline of transgender history: chronological record from early modern Europe through Hirschfeld's Berlin institute, Jorgensen, Stonewall, medical history, and 2024–2026 legal conflict.
Tranny
Tranny (trannie) is a slang slur for a transgender person, especially a trans woman, first recorded 1960-65; once a pride term in 1990s Australia, now listed as defamatory by GLAAD, with limited self-referential use.
Trans man
Trans man (FTM): a man assigned female at birth. Covers terminology, testosterone-based masculinizing therapy and its risks, US population share (730,500 adults), healthcare discrimination, pregnancy, and legal recognition.
Trans woman
A trans woman is a woman assigned male at birth; older terms transsexual woman and MTF. Covers terminology, WHO/DSM reclassification, gender-affirming care, HIV and health disparities, and legal recognition worldwide.
Transgender
Transgender people have a gender identity differing from their sex assigned at birth; the term is an adjective, including non-binary identities. Key facts: gender-affirming hormone therapy may improve quality of life and reduce depression and anxiety; legal gender recognition effects are uncertain; discrimination is pervasive.
Transgender flag
Transgender pride flag, Monica Helms 1999 design, five light blue, pink, and white stripes, debuted Phoenix Pride 2000, symmetrical layout, original at Smithsonian NMAH, public domain.
Transgender history
Transgender history studies gender-nonconforming people across cultures and eras, from Mesopotamia and Elagabalus to Hirschfeld's 1919 institute, Jorgensen's 1952 transition, Stonewall-era activism, and the academic field founded around 2002-2008.
Transgender rights in the United States
Transgender rights in the United States: legal status under federal law (Bostock, Section 1557), state policy divergence tracked by MAP, the 2020s wave of restrictive state legislation, identity documents, and United States v. Skrmetti.
Transgender sexuality
Transgender sexuality, also called trans sexuality, is the study and lived experience of how transgender people experience sexual orientation, attraction, behavior, and sexual function during transition.
Transphobia
Transphobia: prejudice, hatred, or fear of transgender people (ECRI definition), spanning interpersonal misgendering, violence, and structural laws. Measured via GMSR and Everyday Discrimination Scale; 187 studies link it to poor mental health and substance use.
Transsexual
Transsexual: a clinical term for transgender people whose gender identity differs from their assigned sex and who seek medical transition (hormones, surgery); coined by Hirschfeld (1923) and Cauldwell (1949), defined by Benjamin's 1966 work, now largely replaced by transgender except in ICD-10 and legal contexts.