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Sigmund Freud is considered to be one of the early sexologists, together with Magnus Hirschfeld and Havelock Ellis. His views on homosexuality (that it is not a disease and cannot be altered by therapeutical methods) are close to contemporary attitudes towards this issue. Contrary to some very active theoretical considerations of sexuality of early psychodynamic psychotherapists, the issues of sexual dysfunctions and gender dysphoria have been neglected in the last few decades. Group analysis has been particularly silent about the topic. Sex is a biological determinant that denotes body and is usually considered through a binary concept of masculinity or femininity (although non-binary, intersex conditions do exist). Despite the theoretical acceptance of the basic human bisexuality, a single article has not been published about the psychodynamic aspects of intersex conditions. Gender identity is the internal perception of one's gender, our self-representation, in terms of masculinity/femininity or maleness/femaleness. Gender role is a social stereotype of behaviours, dressing and expected reactions of men and women in a specific society at a specific time. Apart from transgender people, whose gender identity is incongruent with their sex, there is a myriad of non-binary people who do not perceive their gender identity as a male-female dichotomy, but in different forms of androgynous or gender-neutral perceptions of themselves (self-representations). The aim of dynamic psychotherapy including group analysis, should be the creation of a space where a person's identity, experience, thoughts and feelings can be questioned and explored in a secure setting. In such circumstances, there is a possibility to meet one's own self, which can be expressed as non-heterosexual and non-binary, in addition to expected heterosexual and binary norms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adaptation in partnership model, presupposes the existence of three components (individual, partnership, and social), which determine the outcome and course of partner relations. Many papers argue that gender roles which are formed through a process of socialization determine how a relationship begins, flows and how it ends. Starting from this assumption can be assumed that homosexual relationships differ significantly from heterosexual relationships because there are two persons of the same sex that society imposes the same gender. The aim of this study was to check the applicability of the theoretical model on men of the homosexual population in Serbia. What we were particularly interested in are the ways of showing love in homosexual men and heterosexual relationships. The results were interpreted in accordance with the previously obtained data on gender roles and their impact on behavior in partner relationships. The study included 200 males, aged 18 to 59 years. All participants were in stable homosexual relationships (100 participants) or in heterosexual marriages (100 participants). Instruments we used are: Scale of love (Braiker & Kelly, 1979), Ways of expressing love scale (Huić et al., 2010) and the Relationship satisfaction scale (Huić et al., 2010). The results show that homosexual men perceived greater closeness in a relationship, they are more satisfied with their relationships and reported more frequent showing love to partner and from the partner. Ways of showing love (Sacrifice, Verbal expression of emotions and Instrumentality in roles outside the home) were significant predictors of satisfaction in partnership relation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]