1.   But TV critic Ken Parish Perkins discusses why TV has trouble portraying gays and lesbians as sexual beings.

2.   First, being identified as sexual beings permeates their childhood.

3.   His film thus portrays children as sexual beings without presenting them as sex objects.

4.   My belly exposed me as not only a spiritual guide but a sexual being.

5.   She was a sexual being who took control of her own destiny.

6.   She was being flaunted as a sexual being.

7.   And she sliced through gender stereotypes by focusing on female sexuality at a time when women were not considered sexual beings.