I don't think so. I've was reading a little about the terms, Gay doesn't directly place emphasis on intercourse, but on other social ideals as well. Homosexual places emphasis on sexual preference.
A gay man may desire to be with another man without sex. This seems to be what American Heritage dictionary states. Of course, the meaning of these words can change every few minutes. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 8:38 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Being Gay: Nature or Nurture? > > I think this gets right down to a real question of definition. > > Is it the DESIRE/PREFERENCE or the ACTION that defines one as gay? > > > > On 3/13/06, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think most people would argue that if they don't have sex at all > > then they're not homosexual, since the definition exists as a means of > > providing a label for people who have sex with the same gender. > > Someone who doesn't engage in sex ever would be asexual, not > > homosexual, whether they prefer the company of the same sex or not. > > > > > Homosexuality is not directly related to sex at all. I've > > > met many that > > > don't have sex, they just prefer the company of another > > > man or woman. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199983 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
