"Homosexual" and "Heterosexual": Questioning the Terms Response

Jonathan Ned Katz's article about Homosexual and Heterosexual terms got my attention. I always thought of Homosexual meaning gay or lesbian, while heterosexual ment straight, but I was wrong there is a much deeper meaning of the two words that has changed dramatically over time. For example, when Katz says "At the same time, the label heterosexual was also appropriated by doctors as a word for the erotic intercourse of men with women. But since intercourse was not necessarily reproductive , the word 'heterosexual,' well into the twentieth century, continued to signify a bad, immoral relation" (177).  I thought this was interesting to note since terms change and have different meaning to different generations. I've never actually thought of LGBT people before my lifetime so this article gave me insight of what it was like. Also this article has allowed me to think of the future of LGBT and how different it will be from 2011. I predict and hope that in the future our world will be more understanding and less judgmental to anyone who can identify themselves as LGBT. I believe the sum of Katz's article was when he said "Erotic and gender relationships are always under construction and reconstruction within specific historical settings" (179). So who knows what will change or stay the same in 50 years?