变异的性行为

少数族群形成和最终消散的模式也能在性行为的领域观察到。在此，也可以说，某种压迫形式会在一些有非典型的性兴趣的个体中间促成和维系群体的团结。一旦他们组织起来，他们会诉求平等的权利。这种诉求然而会受到来自多数族群的强烈抵制，在这种角力中，这个新组成的团体并不被认为是合法的少数族群，而仅仅被人宣称为不受欢迎的各自孤立的行为古怪的人、罪犯和精神病患者。（现在）歧视被公认的人种少数族群、种族少数族群和宗教少数族群可能是错误的，但是，性“异常”（少数族群）并没有资格获得与之相同的地位。

为了对这种不公正的对待做出反应，性“异常”这个少数族群会设法创造特殊的性兴趣爱好，以此作为一个正式组织的关注中心，向大众证明其存在和教育社会大众，招募新成员和用怪异的节目给多数族群留下印象。最后，一旦性少数成长到毋庸置疑的某种规模和积累了经济和政治影响力，多数族群就会变得宽以待人和承认这个长期以来受到责难的性少数的地位。这至少意味着结束某种歧视和至少获准得到某种性权利。在这种发展的态势下，所有的歧视会一去不复返，而且性少数获准得到了完全的权利，到了这种程度，性少数会消散并融入社会多数族群。随着性少数的使命的完结，它的定义问题就失去了其社会和政治意义。像任何其他的群体一样，性少数为了继续在公众的视野里出现，可能会保持特有的外表特征并要求分享政治影响力；但是，目前，在现代社会这个庞大的社会组织结构里，性少数只是获得了自己的一个称号而已，要获得多数族群享有的各项权益仍旧遥遥无期。

不同国家的多数族群和少数族群(Majorities and Minorities in Different Countries)

旧金山的多数族群和少数族群(Majorities and Minorities in San Francisco)

Sexual Minorities: Introduction 3 - A Fight for Recognition

The pattern of minority formation and eventual dissolution can also be observed in the area of sexual behavior. Here, too, some form of oppression creates and maintains a group solidarity among certain individuals with untypical sexual interests. Once organized, they demand equal rights. This demand is then vehemently rejected by the majority on the grounds that the new group does not represent a legitimate minority, but merely the unacceptable claims of isolated eccentrics, criminals, and psychopaths. It may be wrong to discriminate against recognized ethnic, racial, and religious minorities, but sexual “abnormality” is not entitled to the same status.
In response, the new minority tries to make its particular sexual interest the focus of a formal organization, to demonstrate and educate the general public, to recruit new members, and to impress the majority with its sheer numbers. Eventually, once the group grows to a certain unsuspected size and gains economic and political influence, the majority relents and acknowledges the long-denied minority status. This means an end to at least some discrimination and the granting of at least some sexual rights. In the event that all discrimination ends and complete equal rights are granted, the minority dissolves and joins the majority. With its mission accomplished, its defining issue has become socially and politically unimportant. Like any other group, it may keep a characteristic profile in order to remain in the public eye and to claim its share of political influence, but now it provides only one of the many recognized colors in the large social fabric of modern societies.