Contents:
- THERE ARE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENC BETWEEN GAY AND TRANS INTI
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
THERE ARE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENC BETWEEN GAY AND TRANS INTI
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. 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.
Transgenr people may intify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or none of the above. (See Answers to Your Qutns: For a Better Unrstandg of Sexual Orientatn and Homosexualy for more rmatn on sexual orientatn. Transgenr people may be straight, lbian, gay, bisexual, or asexual, jt as nontransgenr people n be.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
For example, a transgenr woman, or a person who is assigned male at birth and transns to female, who is attracted to other women would be intified as a lbian or gay woman. Likewise, a transgenr man, or a person who is assigned female at birth and transns to male, who is attracted to other men would be intified as a gay man.
The Natnal Center for Transgenr Equaly and the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force released a report 2011 entled Injtice at Every Turn, which nfirmed the pervasive and severe discrimatn faced by transgenr people. Parents, Fai, and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG) Transgenr Network (TNET). Answers to qutns: For a better unrstandg of sexual orientatn and homosexualy.
Natnal Center for Transgenr Equaly and the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force. In his ntributn, Mr Smh argu that there are parallels between beg gay as an inty, and beg transgenr as an inty, and that both s, this should be the basis for protectg rights and benefs for the people ncerned. Givg gay people the rights and benefs tradnally afford to straight people don’t take anythg signifint away om straight people.