Editing Sexual minority (section)

== Origins ==
The term ''sexual minority'' was most likely coined in the late 1960s under the influence of [[Lars Ullerstam]]'s book ''The Erotic Minorities: A Swedish View'', which is strongly in favor of tolerance and empathy to [[paraphilia]]s such as [[paedophilia]] and uncommon sexualities in which people were labeled "sex criminals".<ref name=GSM1>{{cite web|last1=Lattimer|first1=Julia|title=GSM acronym better than LGBT alphabet soup|url=http://www.collegiatetimes.com/opinion/gsm-acronym-better-than-lgbt-alphabet-soup/article_f7a325a4-5acd-11e4-bf0d-001a4bcf6878.html|work=Collegiate Times|access-date=11 June 2015}}</ref> The term was used as analogous to [[ethnic|ethnic minority]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=DeGagne|first1=Alexa|title=Queering the language of 'sexual minorities' in Canada|url=http://www.congress2013.ca/blog/queering-language-sexual-minorities-canada|work=University of Alberta|access-date=11 June 2015|date=6 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612220449/http://www.congress2013.ca/blog/queering-language-sexual-minorities-canada|archive-date=12 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Ullerstam|first1=Lars|title=The Erotic Minorities: A Swedish View|date=1967|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=whGGAAAAIAAJ|access-date=12 March 2015}}</ref>

Scientists such as [[Ritch Savin-Williams]] support using the term in order to accurately describe adolescent youths who may not identify as any common culturally-defined [[sexual identity]] label ([[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexual]], ''et cetera'') but who still have attractions towards those of the same [[anatomical sex]] as themselves.<ref name=Savin-Williams1>Savin-Williams, Ritch C. "A critique of research on sexual-minority youths." Journal of adolescence 24.1 (2001): 5-13.</ref>