Infantileregressions：Observationofchildrenintheirearliestyearssuggeststhatmanyofthem，perhapsmost，haveafear，ordislike，ofthosewhoaredifferentfromthemselves.Thisis，indeed，aninfantiledisorder.Mostofthosewhohavetheblessingofeducationgrowoutofthisdisorder.Theycometoacceptthediversityofhumanbeingsandofotherformsoflifeontheplanet.Butsomeneverdo.
Thesourcesofinfantilediscriminationagainstthosewhoaredifferent，thestrangers，aremanyandvaried.Sexualorientationisonlyonesuchsourceofdifference.IncountriesinfluencedbyJudeo-Christian-Islamicreligioustraditions，scripturaltextsmaybefoundtosuggest，intherevealedreligion，thatpeoplewho“choose”asexualorientationotherthanthatofthemajorityheterosexualone，areevil-doers，alientoGod’sloveandtotheverypurposeofsexualfeelingsastheyexistinthenaturalorderofthings：theprocreationofthespecies，thebirthofnewgenerations，andthefurtheranceofnaturalevolution.
Chinaisnot，forthemostpart，greatlyinfluencedbysuchreligiousdogmas.True，therearesuchreligionsinChina.However，theoverwhelmingmajorityofthepeopleofChinaarenotadherentstosuchbeliefs.Tothisextent，Chinaseemstoanoutsideracountrysusceptibletoscientificandrationalargumentsaboutrevealedvariationsinhumansexuality.WhereGodorreligionarethoughttorejectsuchvariations，thejobofthescientist，sociologist，andlawyer，seekingtosecurechangesofattitudesandinstitutions，ismuchmoredifficult.
However，China，althoughnotreligiousinthissense，hasstrongtraditions-especiallyofthefamilyandoftheimportanceofmarriage，ofbegettingchildrenandcontinuingthefamilyname.Suchconsiderationsmakeitdifficulttoachieveacceptanceoftheexistenceandrightsofsexualminorities-ofexclusivelygayandlesbianpeople；bisexuals；transgenderandintersexminorities.Suchpeopleappeartodefythebinaryassumptionsofpastculturalnorms，includinginChina：thatallhumanityisneatlydividedintoheterosexualmenandheterosexualwomen，leavingnospaceforthosewhosedesires，physicalandpsychicneedsandsexualorientationaredifferent.