We can all choose the material we want to justify or support an argument, but there has to be a meeting point of agreement, that in human nature, homosexuality is as natural as being male or female.
Dr Tiger H Devore, a New York-based psychologist, in a recent interview said that Western civilizations created the binary delineation, male and female. In reality, he said, there are three genders, male, intersex, and female.
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In India where on Nov 12, 2009 the Indian election authorities granted independent identity status to those who are intersex or transsexual, allowing them to be counted in the census and to vote – both democratic rights. It is reported that in remote villages in the Dominican Republic and other countries, there are the guevedoces, people identified as female at birth and transformed into male at puberty; all accepted as part of their respective societies and cultures.
According to the Oct 2006 The Medical News report, 1,500 species in the animal kingdom practise homosexuality. Petter Boeckman, academic advisor for the ‘Against Nature’s Order?’ exhibition at the Norwegian Natural History Museum of the University of Oslo, said, “One fundamental premise in social debates has been that homosexuality is unnatural. This premise is wrong. Homosexuality is both common and highly essential in the lives of a number of species.”
Editorial comment:
Dr Tiger H Devore, New York-based psychologist, says, “In reality, he said, there are three genders, male, intersex, and female.” We disagree that the situation is clear cut. Gender identification does not always correlate with biological sex, especially for intersex people.
