We review scientific research
and legal authorities to argue that the immutability of sexual orientation
should no longer be invoked as a foundation for the rights of individuals with
same-sex attractions and relationships (i.e., sexual minorities).
On the basis of scientific research as well as U.S. legal rulings regarding lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) rights, we make three claims:
On the basis of scientific research as well as U.S. legal rulings regarding lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) rights, we make three claims:
- First, arguments based on the immutability of sexual orientation are unscientific, given what we now know from longitudinal, population-based studies of naturally occurring changes in the same-sex attractions of some individuals over time.
- Second, arguments based on the immutability of sexual orientation are unnecessary, in light of U.S. legal decisions in which courts have used grounds other than immutability to protect the rights of sexual minorities.
- Third, arguments about the immutability of sexual orientation are unjust, because they imply that same-sex attractions are inferior to other-sex attractions, and because they privilege sexual minorities who experience their sexuality as fixed over those who experience their sexuality as fluid.
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By: Diamond LM1, J Rosky C2.
- 1 Department of Psychology , University of Utah.
- 2 S. J. Quinney College of Law , University of Utah.
- J Sex Res. 2016 Mar 17:1-29.
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