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Thereasonsforsuchchangesarecomplex.Someproponentsofequalityforsexualminoritiescontestthatitisevennecessarytoexplainandjustifythedevelopments.Theyassertthat,inprinciple,itisnobusinessoftheStateorthecommunitytodiscriminateamongstcitizensinbasiccivilrightsonthefootingofwhatthosecitizensdosexuallyintheirrelationswithotheradultsorinthebondsthattheyformwithotherhumanbeings.Forthem,theseareprivatematters.Theorganisedcommunityhasnorighttointerfere.Ithasadutytotreatallpersonswithequalitybecausethatisafeatureinherentinthehumandignityofallofus.

Giventhatinmany(perhapsmost)countriesoftheworldlaws,religion,socialstigmaandotherimpedimentsstillexisttotrueopennessaboutsexualorientation,outsidethemajoritynorm,thewidespreadchangesthathaveoccurredinthepastfewdecadesareremarkable.Itisworthcollectingsomeofthecauses.Theyinclude:

(1)Theadvanceofunderstandingofhumanpsychologyandtheresearchperformedduringthetwentiethcenturyintofeaturesofsexualattraction.ThewritingsofSigmundFreud,AlfredKinsey,EvelynHookerandothershelpedtodemonstrate,empirically,thevarietyofsexualexpressionamongsthumanbeingsandtheimperfectionsofthestrictbinaryassumptionuponwhichearliermoralattitudes,inpartatleast,hadrested;