homosexual” – when? What defines a homosexual? Medical discourse and the pathologization of non-heterosexual (queer)

Write a short critical response paper ) in which you explain the problems inherent in defining and identifying sexual identity (as it relates to the category “homosexual,”) OR sex/gender identity (“intersex”), particularly in light of the essentialism/social construction debate. Whose position do you find the most compelling, and what are the political implications of these theories? The “birth of the homosexual” – when? What defines a homosexual? Medical discourse and the pathologization of non-heterosexual (queer) sexual practices/identities Gender Performance and Performativity Gender normalization and the notion of “The Closet” Gender in film and “The Celluloid Closet” Sexuality, gender, and social construction – are “homosexuals” born or made?