SIGNIFICADOS ASIGNADOS AL ESTABLECIMIENTO DE VíNCULOS AFECTIVOS Y LA POSIBLE CONFORMACIóN FAMILIAR POR PARTE DE JOVENES ADULTOS HOMOSEXUALES

The following research started from the qualitative method and was oriented towards the description of the significances built by homosexual young adults, according to the establishment of affective links and the possible family conformation. The results showed there are different ways of being a homosexual. Today, it is considered as a lifestyle choice such as heterosexuality, but many efforts have been required to change this idea; owing to some society groups that in some particular cases perpetuate concepts about them. In spite of this fact, homosexuals, along their growth, have built common affective necessities related to their forms of interacting. Most of them confer a special value to the affective link within a family or couple relationships.