Compare and contrast homosexual and heterosexual relationships.

The first thing you might emphasize in your paper is that there are many different types of both homosexual and heterosexual relationships, ranging from loving marriages which endure for a lifetime to brief encounters in bars. The character of the people involved in the relationship is far more important than the gender. Especially as gay marriage becomes more widely legalized and accepted, the differences become fewer.

The first major difference between people's experience of homosexual...

The first thing you might emphasize in your paper is that there are many different types of both homosexual and heterosexual relationships, ranging from loving marriages which endure for a lifetime to brief encounters in bars. The character of the people involved in the relationship is far more important than the gender. Especially as gay marriage becomes more widely legalized and accepted, the differences become fewer.

The first major difference between people's experience of homosexual and heterosexual relationships has to do with social acceptance. While homosexuality was an accepted part of ancient Greek culture, Christian and Islamic cultures have opposed it for many hundreds of years; only gradually have some Christian denominations begun to perform gay marriages and ordain gay clergy. This means that gay relationships were, for a long period, part of an underground gay counterculture. This put a great deal of stress on relationships and made it harder for homosexual couples to sustain long term relationships and build families.

Homosexual couples still face obstacles in many cultures around the world. Even in North America, it can be harder for homosexual couples to adopt children and to gain acceptance in certain areas or communities, although most major cities have a thriving and diverse culture, in which both both homosexual and heterosexual families are accepted.