Sexual orientation involves a person's emotional, romantic, and sexual attraction to individuals of a particular gender. It is divided into three main categories: heterosexual orientation referring to attraction to the opposite sex; homosexual orientation referring to attraction to the same sex, including gay (male-male attraction) and lesbian (female-female attraction); and bisexual orientation referring to attraction to both males and females. While the exact causes are unclear, most research indicates that sexual orientation is not a choice and that both biological/genetic factors and social environment play complex roles in determining a person's orientation. Issues related to sexual orientation include homophobia, discrimination against LGBT individuals, and the recognition of same-sex families and relationships.

1. SEXUAL ORIENTATION
By: Rolex Wheeler Baitin

2. DEFINITION OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION
 A person's emotional, romantic, and sexual
attraction to individuals of a particular gender
(male or female).

3. SEXUAL ORIENTATION
 Involves a person's feelings and sense of identity
 It may or may not present in the person's
appearance or behavior
 People may have attractions to people of the
same or opposite sex, but may choose not to act
on these feelings

4. SEXUAL ORIENTATION’S CATEGORIES
 Divided into three main categories
1. HETEROSEXUAL ORIENTATION
2. HOMOSEXUAL ORIENTATION
3. BISEXUAL ORIENTATION

5. HETEROSEXUAL ORIENTATION
 The romantic, sexual and emotional attraction to
persons of opposite sex or gender in the gender
binary.
 Usually, applied to human and also observed in
mammals.

6. HOMOSEXUAL ORIENTATION
 Having emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions
to members of one’s own sex.
 GAY- male attracted to another male
 LESBIAN- female attracted to another female

8. BISEXUAL ORIENTATION
 Having emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions
to both men and women

9. WHAT CAUSES A PERSON TO HAVE
PARTICULAR SEXUAL ORIENTATION?
 No consensus among scientists about the exact
reasons that an individual develops a
heterosexual, bisexual or homosexual orientation.
 Nature and nurture both play complex roles as
most people experience little or no sense of
choice about their sexual orientation.

10. HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS
 Are often more flexible with regard to gender
roles
 Mostly, face same challenges as heterosexual
couples in creating satisfying relationships
 Additional challenge of social acceptance, antigay
discrimination and prejudice

11.  Lesbians more likely to be monogamous than
gay men and value emotional intimacy more
 Lesbian sexual interactions tend to have more
characteristics associated with greater sexual
enjoyment than heterosexual women’s sexual
interactions

12. ISSUES REGARDING SEXUAL
ORIENTATION
 Homophobia
 Discrimination towards homosexual people
 Homosexual families

13. HOMOPHOBIA
 Homophobia encompasses a range of negative
attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or
people who are identified or perceived as being
lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT)
 Homophobia is observable in critical and hostile
behavior such as discrimination and violence on the
basis of sexual orientation that are non heterosexual.

14. DISCIMINATION TOWARDS HOMOSEXUAL
PEOPLE
 Been treated as mentally ill and subjected to
conversion therapies, including electroshock
treatment
 Been targeted by discriminatory laws, including
criminal prohibition of same-sex practices
 Not been permitted (until recently) to participate
openly in the Armed Forces
 Faced discrimination in employment and housing; and
 Been the victims of hate-motivated crimes, anti-gay
and anti-lesbian violence, and verbal harassment

15. HOMOSEXUAL FAMILIES
 Children from previous heterosexual marriage,
artificial insemination and through surrogate mothers.
 Adoption
( Research done specifically on children raised by
homosexual parents shows that there are no
differences that suggest any disadvantage
between them and children raised by
heterosexual parents )

17. Views Toward Homosexuality
 Different people have different prospective toward
homosexuality
 Several countries allow same sex marriage
( Netherlands, US, Belgium , Spain, Canada,
South Africa , Norway, Portugal, Sweden )

18. REFERENCES
 http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/sexual-
orientation.aspx
 http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-
topics/sexual-orientation-gender-4329.htm
 http://www.care2.com/causes/which-countries-
have-legalized-gay-marriage.html
 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fight-
legalize-gay-marriage-rhode-island-article-
1.1240328
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_orientation