Homosexuality: Difference between revisions

*[http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2011/jul/15/spike-number-same-sex-couples-city/ Spike In Number of City's Same-Sex Couples] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727052503/http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2011/jul/15/spike-number-same-sex-couples-city/ |date=27 July 2011 }}</ref> These relationships are equivalent to heterosexual relationships in essential psychological respects.<ref name=amici /> Homosexual relationships and acts have been admired, as well as condemned, throughout recorded history, depending on the form they took and the culture in which they occurred.<ref name=psych2010>[http://healthyminds.org/More-Info-For/GayLesbianBisexuals.aspx Sexual Orientation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726000000/http://healthyminds.org/More-Info-For/GayLesbianBisexuals.aspx |date=26 July 2011 }}. ''American Psychiatric Association''.</ref> Since the end of the 19th century, there has been a [[LGBT social movements|global movement]] towards [[LGBT rights|increased visibility, recognition, and legal rights]] for gay people, including the rights to [[Same-sex marriage|marriage and civil unions]], [[LGBT adoption|adoption]] and [[LGBT parenting|parenting]], [[Employment Non-Discrimination Act|employment]], [[Sexual orientation and military service|military service]], [[Declaration of Montreal|equal access to health care]], and the introduction of [[anti-bullying legislation]] to protect gay [[minors|Minor_(law)]].