Defns | The Office of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex Life | Vanrbilt Universy

Contents:

• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
• UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI
• GAY WOMAN
• WHAT'S A GAY TRANSSEXUAL WOMAN?
• GAY WOMAN

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE

GAY: Used some cultural settgs to reprent men who are attracted to men a romantic, erotic and/or emotnal sense. Not all men who engage same-genr sexual behavr intify as gay, and as such this label should be ed wh utn. LGBTQ2S+ ALLY: Someone who nonts heterosexism, anti- LGBTQ2S+ bias, heterosexual and cisgenr privilege themselv and others; believ that heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia are social jtice issu.

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.

UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI

Gay and lbian people are unique dividuals, jt like everyone else. Gay is an adjective that scribe people who are physilly, romantilly, emotnally and/or spirually attracted to other people of the same genr. In the past, “gay” specifilly referred to men who are attracted to men.

GAY WOMAN

Now, is mon for “gay” to be ed by anyone who is attracted to their same genr. Example: “I’ve always known that I am gay. ” / “I totally support my gay sister.

WHAT'S A GAY TRANSSEXUAL WOMAN?

Avoid sayg: “That person is a gay.

” (This “gay” as a noun, which don’t work.

GAY WOMAN

Some lbian women prefer to intify as “gay, ” and that’s ok.

No one knows for sure what mak a person straight, gay, lbian, or even bisexual or transgenr. Is te that I have to have sex wh someone of the same genr to know that I’m gay?