Although early writers also used the adjective homosexual to refer to any single-sex context (such as an all-girls' school), today the term is used exclusively in reference to sexual attraction and activity. Beginning in the 1990s, some of these have been "reclaimed" as positive words by gay men and lesbians, as in the usage of queer studies, queer theory, and even the popular American television program Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Gay and lesbian are the most common alternatives. Generally, and most famously in ancient Greece, erotic attraction and sexual pleasure between males has been an ingrained, accepted part of the cultural norm. Richard von Krafft-Ebing's 1886 book Psychopathia Sexualis elaborated on the concept. As such, the current use of the term has its roots in the broader 19th century tradition of personality taxonomy. Lesbian, however, always denotes female.

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