Gay Defn & Meang - Merriam-Webster

Contents:

• LLEGE GAY
• GAY
• WHAT DO ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ ACTUALLY SAY?

LLEGE GAY

Sexual orientatn refers to the endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractn to members of the same and/or other genrs, cludg lbian, gay, bisexual and straight orientatns.

GAY

As GLAAD not, "Transgenr people may be straight, lbian, gay, bisexual or queer. A person who transns om female to male and is attracted solely to men would typilly intify as a gay man. LGBTQIA+ stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer (or sometim qutng), tersex, asexual, and others.

G (Gay): Gay is ually a term ed to refer to men/men-aligned dividuals who are only attracted to people of the same/siar genr.

However, lbians n also be referred to as gay. The e of the term gay beme more popular durg the 1970s. Today, bisexual and pansexual people sometim e gay to sually refer to themselv when they talk about their siar genr attractn.

WHAT DO ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ ACTUALLY SAY?

The regnn of bisexual dividuals is important, sce there have been perds when people who intify as bi have been misunrstood as beg gay. Other acronym variatns that are sometim ed clu LGBTIQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex, and queer) and LGBTQQIP2SAA (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, qutng, tersex, pansexual, two-spir (2S), androgyno, and asexual). Where a variety of orientatns and inti had prevly been referred to as "the gay muny" and later "the gay and lbian muny, " the acronym eventually evolved as a way to be more clive of other inti.