Contents:
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
- WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “GAY” AND “HOMOSEXUAL"? IS ONLY BY GENR?
- DIFFERENC AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, HETEROSEXUAL INDIVIDUALS, AND THOSE WHO REPORTED AN OTHER INTY ON AN OPEN-END RPONSE ON LEVELS OF SOCIAL ANXIETY
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
LGBTQ2S+ ALLY: Someone who nonts heterosexism, anti- LGBTQ2S+ bias, heterosexual and cisgenr privilege themselv and others; believ that heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia are social jtice issu.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
Not bee they are bad, or homophobic, or transphobic… but bee the reali are not their own lived experience, or bee workg alongsi the groups may be a newer experience for them. Even today’s relatively forward-thkg society, wh all of the rmatnal and tnal advantag provid by the Inter and related digal technologi, many people have a limed unrstandg of what means to be homosexual, bisexual, and genr dysphoric. From personal experience, I n tell you that when I found out at 14 years old that beg gay was an actual thg, I experienced credible relief.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “GAY” AND “HOMOSEXUAL"? IS ONLY BY GENR?
To be a homosexual man or woman means havg a personally signifint and meangful romantic and/or sexual attractn primarily to adults of the same sex. (To be an openly gay man or woman impli a personal social tegratn wh one’s homosexualy, cludg beg “out” by fully acceptg one’s homosexualy and sharg about wh iends, fay, and others.
DIFFERENC AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, HETEROSEXUAL INDIVIDUALS, AND THOSE WHO REPORTED AN OTHER INTY ON AN OPEN-END RPONSE ON LEVELS OF SOCIAL ANXIETY
Y, people wh genr inty issu will typilly self-intify as heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual, jt as people who are perfectly fortable wh their birth sex tend to self-intify their sexual orientatn, but genr inty do not any way fluence who or what one fds romantilly and sexually sirable. Terms I hear fairly often clu pansexual, polysexual, heteroflexible, homoflexible, queer, sexually open-md, MSM (men who have sex wh men), and WSW (women who have sex wh women). If you are terted learng more about sexual orientatn and/or genr dysphoria, there are many eful rourc provid by plac like the Los Angel Genr Center, Parents and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG), the CDC’s GLBT Rource Page, the Human Rights Campaign, and hundreds of lol GLBT-supportive webs.
Robert Weiss LCSW, CSAT-S is the thor of Cise Control: Unrstandg Sex Addictn Gay Men and Sex Addictn 101: A Basic Gui to Healg om Sex, Porn, and Love Addictn, and more.