Map showing the status of homosexuality laws of the world.      No information Homosexuality legal      Same-sex marriages allowed      Other same-sex unions allowed      No same-sex unions allowed      Same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions recognized Homosexuality illegal      Minimal penalty      Large penalty      Life in prison      Death penalty      No info on penalty

A same-sex couple is a pair of people of the same sex who pursue a romantic or sexual relationship together. An organism's sex is defined by the gametes it produces males produce male gametes (spermatozoa or Sperm) while females produce female gametes (ova or Egg cells; individual NOTICE TO WOULD-BE-ROMEOS*************** Generally speaking human sexuality is how people experience and express themselves as sexual beings

The term "same-sex relationship" may be used when the sexual orientation of participants in a same-sex relationship is not known. Sexual orientation is believed to refer to "an enduring pattern of emotional romantic and/or sexual attractions to men women or both sexes As bisexual or pansexual people may participate in same-sex relationships, some activists claim that referring to a same-sex relationship as a "gay relationship" or a "lesbian relationship" is a form of bisexual erasure. Bisexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of both sexes or to a bisexual orientation Pansexuality or anthrosexuality ( anthro- literally meaning human human sexual (sometimes referred to as omnisexuality) is a Sexual orientation Activism, in a general sense can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change Bisexual erasure is the tendency to ignore remove falsify or reexplain evidence of Bisexuality in the historical record, academic materials, the

The term "same-sex marriage" is used similarly. Same-sex marriage (also referred to as gay marriage) is a term for a legally or Socially recognized Marriage between two people of the same

See also

• Courtship
• Civil union
• Same-sex marriage
• Registered partnership
• Domestic partnership
• Human sexual behavior