Deck 13: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Question 1

A _____ person is romantically and sexually attracted to members of either gender.

A)transsexual
B)transgender
C)bisexual
D)hermaphrodite

Answer 1

C

Question 2

_____ is the extreme and irrational hatred and fear of gay and lesbian people.

A)Homosapia
B)Homophobia
C)Homosapien
D)Homogeneous

Answer 2

B

Question 3

In _________, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down major aspects of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

A)March 1962
B)April 1994
C)May 2001
D)June 2013

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses in 1959.

Question 5

Many lesbians have expressed concern that men are given precedence over women when the term _____ is used by itself to refer to both genders.

A)homosexual
B)gay
C)lesbian

Question 6

_____ developed a six-point scale that placed people on a heterosexual/homosexual continuum concerning their sexual experiences.

A)Kinsey and associates
B)Maslow
C)Storms
D)Bell and associates

Question 7

Lesbian and gay people today usually become aware that they are different from most others in terms of sexual orientation before the age of ___.

A)5
B)10
C)15
D)20

Question 8

According to Kinsey's study, _____ percent of women had homosexual experiences by the age of 40.

A)4
B)19
C)25
D)39

Question 9

In surgeries for transgender people, _____ operations have been more common than the reverse.

A)male-to-female
B)female-to-male

Question 10

Kinsey found that ______ of American men had homosexual experiences leading to orgasm during their adolescent or adult lives.

A)about 3 percent
B)one-fourth
C)over one-third
D)one-half

Question 11

According to Storms' interactionist theory:

A)Abnormal hormonal levels during the prenatal period may result in homosexuality.
B)Children who mature early and are still interacting with same-gender children may remain sexually interested in the same gender.
C)Being gay or lesbian is biologically determined before people reach adolescence.
D)Lesbian and gay people have similar amounts of heterosexual experience during childhood and adolescence when compared to heterosexual people.

Question 12

As of December 2010, President Barack Obama _________ the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.

A)reinstated
B)repealed
C)replaced
D)altered

Question 13

_________ face concerns as they grow older, including health and financial security concerns.

A)Heterosexuals
B)Lesbians
C)Gays
D)Both heterosexuals and lesbian and gay people

Question 14

_____ therapy is used to try to change people who are gay or lesbian to heterosexuals.

A)Hormonal
B)Genetic
C)Conversion
D)Exchange

Question 15

The word homosexual is derived from the Greek root homo, meaning "same."

Question 16

Some estimate that at least ___ percent of service members (including active and reserve)are lesbian, gay, or bisexual.

A)1
B)2
C)5
D)10

Question 17

Gay men generally prefer the term "gay" to "homosexual."

Question 18

According to Kinsey's study, about ____ percent of men were gay throughout their lives.

A)1
B)4
C)7
D)10

Question 19

A homosexual is a person who is attracted primarily to people of the same gender to satisfy their sexual and affectional needs.

Question 20

LeVay studied the brains of cadavers and found no differences between the brains of heterosexual and gay men.

Question 21

Gay and lesbian people have lifestyles that are just as varied as those of heterosexuals.

Question 22

Describe the interactionist theory of homosexuality.

Question 23

Describe how social workers can promote optimal well-being when working with LGBT people.

Question 24

What are some of the reasons you believe people are homophobic?

Question 25

Lesbian and gay adolescents are up to ten times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual counterparts.

Question 26

Diagram Kinsey's six-point scale conceptualization of homosexuality and heterosexuality.

Question 27

There are two phases of coming out.

Question 28

It is vitally important that social workers confront their own homophobia and learn more about the special issues of lesbian and gay clients.

Question 29

While having sexual intercourse with his wife, a man frequently fantasizes about having sexual relations with other men. He has never had any actual sexual contact with a man in his adult life.   Is he a homosexual?

Question 30

Lesbian and gay people may adjust better to aging than do heterosexual people.