Homosexuality is the sexual orientation that manifests an interaction, a sexual, emotional, sentimental and affective attraction towards individuals of the same sex. In the Spanish language there is a differentiation in the denomination of those who claim to be homosexual, depending on whether they are men or women, the man who is attracted to other men is called gay and the woman who likes women, lesbian. In any case, the term gay is accepted both to refer to homosexual men and women.
Regarding the causes, the circumstances that generate this sexual orientation have existed over the years innumerable number of hypotheses, from the wildest to the most correct, however, it is a fact that since the year 1973 the international scientific community has declared that it cannot be considered a disease at all.
In any case and despite this statement that somehow removed the craziest hypotheses of a disease or disorder that generated it, both the legal and social situation of those who assume their homosexuality in society is not fully ordered and accepted, It varies a lot from country to country, depending on the degree of freedoms that exist in them, and of course it is also frequently the subject of any kind of controversy.
There is still no concrete answer to why some individuals turn out to be homosexual, some theories point to an innate issue, others to genetic inheritance, others to the experiences acquired throughout life, education, the relationship with parents, among others. .
Although less and less, since a good part of world legislation has begun to recognize their rights, which do not have to be different from those of a heterosexual individual with the possibility of marrying or civil union, homosexuals are often the object of discrimination and ridicule by different sectors.
