homosexuality

romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex
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homosexuality

Summary

homosexuality is a sexual orientation[1]. homosexuality draws 12,592 Wikipedia views per month (sexual_orientation category, ranking #5 of 37).[2]

Key Facts

  • homosexuality's instance of is recorded as sexual orientation[3].
  • homosexuality's instance of is recorded as romantic orientation[4].
  • homo- is named after homosexuality[5].
  • sexuality is named after homosexuality[6].
  • homosexuality followed prehomosexual[7].
  • homosexuality is a type of non-heterosexuality[8].
  • homosexuality is a type of monosexuality[9].
  • homosexuality is a type of homoaffectivity[10].
  • homosexuality's Commons category is recorded as Homosexuality[11].
  • homosexuality's said to be the same as is recorded as homosexualism[12].
  • homosexuality is the opposite of heterosexuality[13].
  • homosexuality comprises lesbianism[14].
  • homosexuality comprises male homosexuality[15].
  • homosexuality comprises situational sexual behavior[16].
  • homosexuality's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Homosexuality[17].
  • homosexuality's Commons gallery is recorded as Homosexuality[18].
  • homosexuality's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[19].
  • homosexuality's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20].
  • homosexuality's described by source is recorded as Red Blue Translator[21].
  • homosexuality's used by is recorded as homosexual[22].
  • homosexuality's has effect is recorded as same-sex relationship[23].
  • homosexuality's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C84363[24].
  • homosexuality's different from is recorded as homoromantic[25].
  • homosexuality's different from is recorded as homosociality[26].
  • homosexuality's hashtag is recorded as homosexual[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include sexual orientation[3] and romantic orientation[4]. Recorded subclass of include non-heterosexuality[8], monosexuality[9], and homoaffectivity[10]. homosexuality is the opposite of heterosexuality[13].

Origins

Things named after include homo-[5], an umbrella term[28] and sexuality[6].

Use and Application

Components include lesbianism[14], a sexual orientation[29]; male homosexuality[15], a sexual orientation[30]; and situational sexual behavior[16], a human sexual behavior[31]. homosexuality's used by is recorded as homosexual[22].

Influence

Things named for homosexuality include LGBTQ term[32], an initialism[33] and Homintern[34], a conspiracy theory[35].

Why It Matters

homosexuality draws 12,592 Wikipedia views per month (sexual_orientation category, ranking #5 of 37).[2] homosexuality has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] homosexuality is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for homosexuality include LGBTQ term[32], an initialism[33] and Homintern[34], a conspiracy theory[35].

References

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by
    On focus list of wikimedia project WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies, Wiki99/LGBT+, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of non-heterosexuality, monosexuality, homoaffectivity
    Instance of sexual orientation, romantic orientation
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1825, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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