The gay world is often reprented as some sort of monolhic whole that has the same culture. That is a lie. It is actually broken down to a handful of substrata to which each gay belongs. Here they are.
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AndrophiliaAndrophilia and gynephilia are terms ed behavral science to scribe sexual orientatn, as an alternative to a genr bary homosexual and heterosexual nceptualizatn. ClonThe standardised gay male look In the 70's the look clud a motache, mcle shirt/flannel shirt and Levi's The late 80's - 90's clud short hair, long siburns, whe tee-shirt, shorts/jeans and Doc boots wh grey socks.
CottaggBrish gay slang for engagg anonymo sex a public lavatory a 'ttage' ('tea-room' gay Amerin vernacular) or cisg for sexual partners wh the tentn of havg sex elsewhere. CSD (German Pris)The abbreviatn CSD stands for Christopher Street Day - a historic day of remembrance of the first known ristance of homosexuals and transsexuals to state and social discrimatn. Faggot (also Fag)A male homosexual Like dyke, this term was origally ed as an ephet, but has been adopted by many of the people to whom refers There is no general agreement about the orig of the term.
FairyA male homosexual, pecially one who acts or drs an effemate manner This was a mon rogatory term for homosexuals durg much of the twentieth century Like dyke and faggot, gay people have reclaimed. FluffyTerm ed by lbians Meang a woman is turned on In gay male leather circl, this meant term is meant for someone who isn't to the drs Deriv om the scriptn of someone who wears bulky or "fluffy" sweaters A putdown om a leather man might be: "You look awfully fluffy tonight". Friend of Dorothy'sReferred to as beg gay This term has roots om Judy Garland, whose mil abily and tragic life story were so popular wh gay dienc and of urse om, "The Wizard of Oz", the classic mil.
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GynaeotropeDerived - A lbian Kurt Hiller suggted this term 1946 (and androtrope for a gay male), bee of what he nsired the negative nnotatns of "homosexual" Neher term ught on. GynephiliaAndrophilia and gynephilia are terms ed behavral science to scribe sexual orientatn, as an alternative to a genr bary homosexual and heterosexual nceptualizatn. HodophobiaNot to be nfed wh “homophobia, ” which is an aversn or hostily to, disda for, or fear of gay sexual orientatn or gay people, “hodophobia” actually refers to an irratnal or disproportnate fear of travelg.
HomophobiaIrratnal fear of gay people and of homosexualy Gee Weberg, thor of Society and the Healthy Homosexual, ed this word the early 1970's It filled a need for a gay people at that time bee, one word, eloquently nveyed the ia that was gay-bashers, not gays themselv, who had a problem.