Sexual diversity: The sad story of a happy reality

Abstract

Sexual diversity is the norm in human beings and far from feeling fear and rejection, we should protect and promote it. This paper reviews the possible causes of this fear towards sexual diversity. It conceptualizes the different dimensions around which sexuality can be experienced in very different ways. A historical journey is made to understand that sexual heterogeneity has accompanied us from the beginning of our existence, how it has been seen by society and by science, pointing out the fundamental milestones, the main authors who have made relevant contributions to end up with a categorical vision of sexual orientation and how the consideration of homosexuality has evolved in the different manuals of classification of mental problems. Reference is also made to the havoc caused by LGTBphobia among people who depart from the current heterocentrism, the milestones in the social struggle for the sexual rights of the LGTBI community, the legislative improvements in Spain and the road ahead.