SSA
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- noun
- Jargon
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SSA
- The term SSA is often used in discussions about sexual orientation and identity among the LGBT community.
- gay and SSA
- SSA stands for same
Examples
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He shared his journey of understanding his SSA with the support of his friends.
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I have had friends in this situation, few of whom confided in me, but it is heartbreaking because SSA is compelling, isolating, and depressing, and leads to a secret life, estranged family relationships, illness, etc.
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Not all of us who have SSA loved ones have trouble with this reasoning.
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I completely agree with Lisa and Late for Heaven that people struggling with SSA need love, support, and prayer.
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They're not saying that people with SSA are terrible people; they're saying it is outside the cultural norm.
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I'm a Catholic from childhood who struggled with my faith and how to deal with being gay/SSA.
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But the greatest thing he said is that he is grateful for the Church's teaching on homosexuality/SSA because it is so easy for him (and others) to lie to themselves about their condition.
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I specifically avoid using the term SSA because it describes sexual attraction and nothing else, and I see that orientation as benign while finding common cause with those persecuted for this orientation.
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Many individuals identify as SSA to describe their sexual attraction to members of the same gender.
Synonyms
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4.3
Being attracted to people of the same sex
Sexual attraction to or sexual activity with people of the same sex
Surface Forms
Etymology
SSA is also used as an abbreviation for same-sex attraction, which means 'sexual attraction to people of the same gender'. So when researchers or counselors use SSA, they are talking about that kind of attraction.