The term 'LGBTI' confuses desire, behaviour and identity – it's time for a rethink
- Written by Dennis Altman, Professorial Fellow in Human Security, La Trobe University
Desire, behaviour and identity are distinct, and do not always overlap.AAP/David Moir
The rise of sexually transmissible diseases made front-page news in The Age, which tried to make sense of the rise among “gay men” and “heterosexual people”.
This illustrates the increasingly common confusion between behaviour and identity....
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