This Amerin Psychologist reprt prents suggtns for avoidg heterosexual bias language ncerng lbians, gay men and bisexual persons.
Contents:
- LGBTQIA+ (LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR,QUEER/QUTNG, INTERSEX, ALLY/ASEXUAL +) STUDI: HOME
- HETEROSEXUAL VS GAY - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?HETEROSEXUAL | GAY |AS NOUNS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HETEROSEXUAL AND GAYIS THAT HETEROSEXUAL IS HETEROSEXUAL WHILE GAY IS NAPE.AS A VERB GAY ISTO CROW.OTHER COMPARISONS: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?HETEROSEXUAL VS YTERGAYHETEROSEXUAL
LGBTQIA+ (LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR,QUEER/QUTNG, INTERSEX, ALLY/ASEXUAL +) STUDI: HOME
Myth: Lbian, gay and bisexual people n be intified by certa mannerisms or physil characteristics. People who are lbian, gay or bisexual e as many different shap, lors and siz as do people who are heterosexual. * gay lgbt hetero *
Typilly, for those who intify as queer, the terms lbian, gay, and bisexual are perceived to be too limg and/or ght wh cultural nnotatns they feel do not apply to them.
HETEROSEXUAL VS GAY - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?HETEROSEXUAL | GAY |AS NOUNS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HETEROSEXUAL AND GAYIS THAT HETEROSEXUAL IS HETEROSEXUAL WHILE GAY IS NAPE.AS A VERB GAY ISTO CROW.OTHER COMPARISONS: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?HETEROSEXUAL VS YTERGAYHETEROSEXUAL
Gallup timat that 7.2% of the U.S. adult populatn is lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. * gay lgbt hetero *
Also known as SGL, this is a term ed by some Ain Amerin people as an Aocentric alternative to what are nsired Eurocentric, or whe, inti like gay and lbian. Biphobia may be exprsed ments that reflect doubts about the legimacy of bisexualy as an orientatn, accurately implyg that is not real, “jt a phase” or a ver for someone not ready to e out as gay.
* gay lgbt hetero *
Note, the terms “gay marriage” and “same-sex marriage” should be avoid, as they n suggt marriage for same-sex upl is somehow different or ls equal than other marriag.
Bee of the clil history of the word “homosexual, ” is aggrsively ed by anti-LGBTQ activists to suggt that people attracted to the same sex are somehow diseased or psychologilly/emotnally disorred – notns discreded by the Amerin Psychologil Associatn and the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn the 1970s. Intifyg a same-sex uple as “a homosexual uple, ” characterizg their relatnship as “a homosexual relatnship, ” or intifyg their timacy as “homosexual sex” should be avoid. As a le, try to avoid labelg an activy, emotn, or relatnship gay, lbian, bisexual, or queer unls you would ll the same activy, emotn, or relatnship “straight” if engaged by someone of another orientatn.