Same-sex attraction

Same-sex attraction (SSA) is a term used in professional journals [cite journal
last=Yarhouse
first=Mark
year=1998
month=Summer
title=When Clients Seek Treatment for Same-Sex Attractions: Ethical Issues in the "Right to Choose" Debate
journal=Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training
volume=35
issue=2
pages=248–259
accessdate=
doi=10.1037/h0087753 ] [cite journal
last=Haldeman
first=Douglas
url=http://tcp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/32/5/691?ck=nck
title=When Sexual and Religious Orientation Collide:Considerations in Working with Conflicted Same-Sex Attracted Male Clients
publisher=The Counseling Psychologist
volume=32
number=5
year=2004
doi=10.1177/0011000004267560
journal=The Counseling Psychologist
pages=691] [Drescher, Jack (2001). "Ethical Concerns Raised When Patients Seek to Change Same-Sex Attractions". Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy 5 (3/4): 183. Haworth Press.] and refers to a person's attractions or sexual desires for the same sex. The term is still used even if opposite sex attractions are present. [cite journal
title=Female bisexuality from adolescence to adulthood: Results from a 10-year longitudinal study
last=Diamond
first=Lisa M.
publisher=Developmental Psychology
date=2008 Jan
volume=44
number=1
url=http://www.apa.org/journals/releases/dev4415.pdf
pages=5–14] It is also used by some groups (including but not limited to ex-gays) as an alternative to using sexual orientation labels such as homosexual. The term differs from sexual orientation labels in that it refers to the attraction itself and not necessarily to a fixed sexual identity or orientation.

ee also

*Down-low
*Gynephilia and androphilia
*Men who have sex with men (MSM)
*Mixed-orientation marriage
*Non-westernized concepts of male sexuality
*Same gender loving

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