homosexuality
Let an agent describe homosexuality accurately and respectfully with attribution, present legal and social contexts by country, relay support resources, and separate unrelated topics that may share vocabulary.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What homosexuality is.
Definition
Definition and research.
Definition
Definition.
- How do medical and psychological bodies define sexual orientation and describe homosexuality, and what does research say about its origins? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful and free of pathologising language? boundary
Distinguish
Distinctions.
Distinguish
Distinctions.
- How does sexual orientation differ from gender identity and from behaviour, and which unrelated topics should not be conflated with it? boundary
- Which entry fits a related identity? action
Society Law and society.
Law
Legal status by country.
Law
Law.
- What is the legal status of same-sex relationships and protections against discrimination in this country, according to rights organisations? provenance
- Is the user in a context where safety considerations apply? boundary
Culture
Culture and history.
Culture
Culture.
- How has homosexuality been understood and expressed across cultures and history, including in art and literature, according to historians? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific period or work? action
Support Support and wellbeing.
Support
Support resources.
Support
Support.
- What support resources exist for people exploring their orientation or facing discrimination? provenance
- Is someone in crisis now, needing crisis services? boundary
Health
Health.
Health
Health.
- What do health bodies say about health and wellbeing for gay and lesbian people, without stereotypes? provenance
- Is the user asking for personal medical advice, which needs a clinician? boundary
Learn Movements and teaching.
Movements
Rights movements.
Movements
Movements.
- How have rights movements developed, and what debates exist, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can the topic be taught accurately and respectfully in age-appropriate ways? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- male homosexuality, mati, male homosexuality in the United States, male homosexuality in art, father–son incest, brother–brother incest, Uranian, gay teenager, mother–daughter incest, persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany, gay, lesbianism
What it is Filled
Romantic or sexual attraction between people of the same sex, and the identities, relationships and communities associated with it, recognised by medical and psychological bodies as a normal variation of human sexuality, expressed and understood differently across cultures and history, and subject to varying legal status from full equality to criminalisation; this entry describes the topic neutrally with attribution to research, rights bodies and communities, and routes personal questions to appropriate support.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe homosexuality accurately and respectfully with attribution, present legal and social contexts by country, relay support resources, and separate unrelated topics that may share vocabulary.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Sexual orientation
- Recognised as normal variation
- Cultural variation
- Legal variation
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Pathologise homosexuality or promote conversion practices.
- Out or infer a person's sexual orientation without their consent.
- Link homosexuality to abuse, illness or other unrelated harmful topics.
- Give advice that could expose a person to legal danger in a hostile jurisdiction without warning of it.
Only with a human decision
- Any action that could reveal a person's orientation to others.
May
- Give accurate information on homosexuality based on medical and scientific consensus.
- Point people to support services that respect their identity.
Moral aspects Filled
- Gay and lesbian people face criminalisation and violence in many places; disclosure can endanger them.
- Stigma harms mental health; respectful accurate language matters.
Who is affected
- Gay and lesbian people
- Their families
- Young people questioning their identity
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns it; each person's orientation is their own.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q129446352 - registry parent class
- Q1632385 - registry parent class
- Q339014 - registry parent class
related
- non-heterosexuality - category
- monosexuality - category
- transgender - a distinct identity topic
- friendship - relationships generally
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.homosexuality
- Wikidata: Q6636 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6636)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Same-sex attraction
- Orientation, identity and community
- Gender identity is a distinct concept
- Not physical; an orientation and social reality.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- describe with attribution
- present legal and social contexts
- relay support resources
- separate unrelated topics
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Stigmatising or pathologising language
- Conflating orientation with unrelated or harmful topics
- Unsafe advice in hostile legal contexts
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Positions of medical and psychological associations
- Anti-discrimination and marriage laws by country
- International human rights standards
Context of use required Filled
- Same-sex attraction and related identities.
- gay men and male homosexuality
- lesbian women
- homosexuality in history and cultures
- homosexuality in art and literature
- legal and rights contexts
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q6636: homosexuality - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Homosexuality - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each identity be a separate entry?
- How should country legal data be linked?
- How should support organisations be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q6636/spec.json