What is the meang of "Pray the gay away"? - Qutn about English (US) | HiNative

Contents:

• WHAT DO “PRAY THE GAY AWAY” MEAN?
• TRANS THE GAY AWAY
• GAY
• ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
• THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”
• WH GAY ABANDON
• MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH
• WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE GAY? DEFN AND MEANG OF GAY
• TRANSG THE GAY AWAY
• GAY (HOMOSEXUAL) AND GAY (HAPPY)
• HOW TO BEHAVE AROUND GAY PEOPLE IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT THEM
• PRAY AWAY THE GAY
• GAY (ADJ.)

WHAT DO “PRAY THE GAY AWAY” MEAN?

The term “pray the gay away” is often ed as a term to reprent a belief that a person’s sexual orientatn or genr inty n be changed through prayer. A large part of this belief system is the e of gay nversn therapy, often unr the guise of different nam like “genr rercement” or “inty dysfunctn”. Our show, “Pray the Gay Away”®, is a ser mil edy that looks at many polil, theologil and cultural beliefs the Uned Stat that have fueled both the growth and rejectn of morn nversn therapy.

Gay nversn therapy is an approach that has been ed for over a century worldwi, but the morn versn of gay nversn therapy grew strength and ntued to build startg the 1980’s. Our show, “Pray the Gay Away”®, is set 1982 as we show the growg support for gay nversn therapy that to nflict wh the growth of the gay rights movement (known today as LGBQT+ Rights).

Here are a few articl to get you started on the topics of gay nversn therapy and the belief systems that are referred to as “pray the gay away”.

TRANS THE GAY AWAY

9, 2019 – Teachers qu prott over what they nsir anti-gay policy at Christian school Shorele – Seattle Tim.

GAY

The revelatns surroundg Marc Bachmann's psychotherapy practice along wh his statements equatg gay people to barbarians reflect the eply held view among too many people that homosexualy is a psychologil or moral choice that n be altered and ed should be. There are several nservative relig anizatns, like Exod Internatnal and Homosexuals Anonymo, that claim to have helped people change their sexual orientatn through prayer, unselg, or a batn of both.

Moreover, there are licensed mental health profsnals who practice what are lled reparative or nversn therapi signed to make gay people heterosexual.

The bt-known group of such clicians is the Natnal Associatn for Rearch and Therapy of Homosexualy (NARTH), led by psychologist Joseph Nilosi. He and his followers claim that gays and lbians suffer om a damagg blend of childhood trma, shamg their fai of orig, and chronic unmet needs for love and affectn om their same-sex parents.

ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER

Reparative therapy supposedly helps gay clients bee heterosexual by workg wh them to amelrate toxic feelgs stemmg om their damaged childhoods. Robert Spzer, a proment psychiatrist who, oddly enough, led the charge to remove homosexualy as a disease om the Diagnostic and Statistil Manual, had unrtaken rearch wh 200 women and men who unrwent reparative therapy and believed themselv to be "cured" of homosexualy, as evinced by their abily to engage sexual relatns wh the oppose sex, marry heterosexually, and nceive children.

THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”

In fact, there are many reports of people unrgog treatments offered by ex-gay mistri who not only return to homosexualy but have also been trmatized by this so-lled therapy.

It is important to regnize that the great majory of psychotherapy profsnals argue vociferoly that such "treatment" is uhil bee homosexualy is not an illns — rather the "illns" is our tolerance of sexual and genr behavrs fallg outsi rtrictive societal norms. I also tell clients that reparative and nversn therapi, bis beg effective, are psychologilly harmful to gays and lbians, which is another reason I do not remend them and will not assist clients procurg such treatment.

People like Marc and Michele Bachmann believe that acceptg and even celebratg gay and lbian people will evably lead to the moral cle of our society.

WH GAY ABANDON

trans the gay away (third-person sgular simple prent trans the gay away, prent participle transg the gay away, simple past and past participle transed the gay away). 2020 Febary 13, Mary Kate Fa (quoted), Mary Farrow, “On transgenrism: Common ground, and real differenc, between Catholics and radil femists”, Catholic News Agency‎[1]:We're seeg this new 'trans-the-gay-away' movement happeng, and people thk that 's progrsive, when realy this is happeng some of the most nservative areas across the globe.

2020 May 4, Moni Rose, “10 paful thgs I learned when my dghter transned”, MertorNet‎[2]:One plsible le of quiry by those qutng transng is whether volv homophobia, as the phrase "trans the gay away".

2021 Augt 12, Petra Kdler, “Conversn Therapi Bill”, Irish Tim (Letters)‎[3]:A gay clician there rigned due to ncerns that some parents appeared overly happy to "trans the gay away".

MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH

2022 September 12, Hayley Dixon, “Tavistock clic 'puttg young gay people at risk by treatg them as trans'”, The Telegraph‎[4]:LGB Alliance believ that treatment at the NHS’s Tavistock Clic is "transg the gay away".

That same year, Pieters beme a natnal spokperson for AIDS awarens and gay polil activism after his historic terview wh televangelist Tammy Faye on her broadst, which fied the work's homophobic tennci.

WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE GAY? DEFN AND MEANG OF GAY

Rapoe, who is gay, is an outspoken advote for LGBTQ+ rights and was a lear the natnal team’s fight for genr equaly, which paid off last year when U. Biren, also known as JEB, were leadg figur gay and lbian movements the District and surroundg areas. Jenna Lyons, the first openly gay hoewife, and Jsel Taank, the first Indian hoewife, jo the diverse st tend to better reprent all of the different kds of New Yorkers.

The word gay dat back to the 12th century and om the Old French “gai, ” meang “full of joy or mirth.

TRANSG THE GAY AWAY

For centuri, gay was ed monly speech and lerature to mean happy, reee, bright and showy, and did not take on any sexual meang until the 1600s.

GAY (HOMOSEXUAL) AND GAY (HAPPY)

At that time the meang of gay as reee evolved to imply that a person was unrtraed by morals and prone to nce and promiscuy. “Gay hoe” was monly ed to refer to a brothel and, later, “gaiety” was ed as a mon name for certa plac of entertament.

In the 1890s, the term “gey t” (a Sttish variant of gay) was ed to scribe a vagrant who offered sexual servic to women or a young traveler who was new to the road and the pany of an olr man. This latter e suggts that the younger man was a sexually submissive role and may be among the first tim that gay was ed implyg a homosexual relatnship.

HOW TO BEHAVE AROUND GAY PEOPLE IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT THEM

In 1951, gay appeared the Oxford English Dictnary for the first time as slang for homosexual, but was most likely ed this way “unrground” at least 30 years earlier. ” This le (ad-libbed by Grant) n be terpreted to mean that he was behavg a happy-go-lucky or lighthearted way but is accepted by many as the first e of gay to mean homosexual a mastream movie.

When gay is ed today to mean stupid or unsirable ( has only been ed this way sce the 1990s), rri wh a history of negative judgment and rigid ias about who or what is acceptable.

PRAY AWAY THE GAY

As part of the curriculum, Unheard Voic featur a sectn on the word “gay, ” s history and how to e the word properly.

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GAY (ADJ.)

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