społeczeństwo: Bisexuality

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Bisexuality is defined as having romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior towards more than one gender or attraction that is not limited by sex or gender. The term bisexuality originated in early sexology as a descriptor for those with both homosexual and heterosexual attraction and was coined in the 19th century in German by Richard von Krafft-Ebing in his Psychopathia Sexualis, then introduced to English by Charles Gilbert Chaddock in his 1892 translation. Bisexual (or bi) was reclaimed as a sexual orientation label in the 1960s and has been defined in a variety of ways by the bisexual community, including as attraction regardless of gender or sex, attraction existing be…

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Capital punishment as a criminal punishment for homosexuality has been implemented by a number of countries in their history. It is a legal punishment in several countries and regions, all of which have Islamic-based criminal laws, except for Uganda. Gay people also face extrajudicial killings by state and non-state actors in some regions of the world. Countries where this is known to occur include: Egypt, Iraq, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Russia, and as a general rule of thumb the vast majority of places where queer people's human rights/civil liberties are restricted by law. Imposition of the death penalty for homosexuality may be classified as judicial murder of gay pe…