The Homosexual Culture: Homosexual Household & History of homosexuals Acquina Renee Ridley ANT101: Cultural Anthropology Gretchen Henderson November 16, 2008 Raising Children in a Gay/Lesbian Household This one statement proves my argument that gay and lesbians can and do raise healthy and well-adjusted children. When you look at the next quote it is a better statement that we as gay and lesbians are good and loving parents and that our homes are just as supportive as heterosexual households are. This I the hard part of this paper, because I have to speak on the myths surrounding gay and lesbian parenting. We have people who do not now or want to know the truth about gay parenting and then we have the bible thumpers who cannot see past their noses. As you read further you may notice that some words used to name homosexuals comes from things used to burn the bodies. While doing research on culture this popped up and seemed like the next step in this writing process after some insight on the feelings of raising children. Since this is a draft, this is aline of thinking on the Gay and lesbian culture. The definition of marriage is to take a husband, according to Rictor Norton this is what he discovered on the word marriage, Grand Larousse – and the Oxford English Dictionary for good measure – I discover that the word "marry" comes from the Latin term for "a husband" (_maritus_), which comes from the Latin word for "a man" (_mas, maris_). The notion of "marriage" therefore does not seem to refer to "wives". (Norton), the word faggot and where it comes from, cultures where cross-dressing was nothing unusual, some famous people dating back to the 1800’s. This seems like two papers in one and maybe it is but this is just a brief look at the gay and lesbian culture form an insider. When the word faggot is said first thing that comes to mind is little white bugs in the bottom of the trash can but when it is used to describe a peopleit brings to mind a man having...