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The Gender diverse and the Genderless Conceptions of Marriage and Children’s Right to Develop their Sexual Identity
2016
The article is a philosophical analysis of the meaning structure of two competing conceptions of marriage with regard to children’s right to develop their sexual identity. These two conceptions of marriage make different metaphysical assumptions about human nature, which lead to different conceptions about the preconditions of children’s sexual development. The gender diverse conception assumes that human beings are born with a biological sex and they can be integrated persons only when living in terms with it. In order to develop their sexual identity they benefit from male-female interaction within the nuclear family. The genderless conception assumes that children are free to construct t…
Is Gayness a Test from Allah? Typologies in Muslim Stances on Homosexuality
2014
The article presents a spectrum of views within Muslim discourse on questions such as: “Is non-hetero predilection congenital and as such created by God?,” “Are non-hetero feelings/actions sinful as such?,” “Should the authorities in Muslim states punish homosexual acts?,” “Should lesbian and gay Muslims marry partners of the opposite gender?” The stances presented are based on texts by Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Heba Gamal Kotb, Abdelwahab Bouhdiba, Amreen Jamal and Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle. Stances presented by various Muslim internet sites are also considered. The review is grouped into a four-way typology: strongly traditional; moderately traditional; moderately progressive; and strongly progr…
L’identità sessuale LGBTQI+. Processi sottesi tra vissuti e percezioni degli adolescenti
2022
Adolescence is one of the phases of the family life cycle which is characterized by a fluctuating mix of emotions through changes, evolutions and discoveries; a continuous search for their spaces, their places, their borders and the characteristics of their identity. If this continuous research is combined with a sexual identity that differs from the strongly cisnormal and heteronormed models of contemporary society, the “coming out” of adolescents who belong to the LGBTQI+ community is difficult to manage. […]