The everyday women expla the programme, which airs tonight at 10.30pm, how they are more fortable referrg to themselv as a 'gay woman' or 'queer' to avoid beg 'sexualised'.
Contents:
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
- HOMOSEXUAL WOMEN SAY THEY SCRIBE THEMSELV AS 'QUEER' OR 'GAY' BEE 'LBIAN' HAS BEEN HIJACKED BY MEN WHO 'FETISHIZE' SAME-SEX FEMALE RELATNSHIPS ON SCREEN
- BEG A GAY WOMAN – LABELS AND STEREOTYPG
- AM I GAY?
- WHY ARE THERE GAY WOMEN?
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
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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.
Not bee they are bad, or homophobic, or transphobic… but bee the reali are not their own lived experience, or bee workg alongsi the groups may be a newer experience for them. E., bisexual, gay, straight. Homosexual women have revealed that they sometim prefer not to intify as a lbian due to the term beg 'sexualised by men' a new Channel 4 documentary Where Have All The Lbians Gone?
HOMOSEXUAL WOMEN SAY THEY SCRIBE THEMSELV AS 'QUEER' OR 'GAY' BEE 'LBIAN' HAS BEEN HIJACKED BY MEN WHO 'FETISHIZE' SAME-SEX FEMALE RELATNSHIPS ON SCREEN
30pm, how they are more fortable referrg to themselv as a 'gay woman' or 'queer' to avoid beg 'sexualised'.
BEG A GAY WOMAN – LABELS AND STEREOTYPG
Homosexual women have revealed that they sometim prefer not to intify as a lbian due to the term beg 'sexualised by men' a new Channel 4 documentary Where Have All The Lbians Gone?. Pictured, Angela Jolie Gia (1998) durg a very racy scene wh a womanExplag what she would say if a man approached her a bar, ntal hygienist Js says: 'I would e the word gay woman. 'While another person terviewed, a poet, explas she hat beg lled a 'gay woman bee I'm a lbian'.
AM I GAY?
'When the meras take to the streets and ask homosexual women what they thk, one says: 'I don't like the word lbian', while another says: 'When I was growg up, lbian was the big, bad word. Often ed to refer to asexual people a siar manner as “gay” or “straight” are ed to refer to homosexual or heterosexual people.
Ally: A person who supports and rpects sexual diversy, acts acrdgly to challenge homophobic and heterosexist remarks and behavrs, and is willg to explore and unrstand the forms of bias wh themselv. A gay or bisexual man who has facial/body hair and a cuddly body.
WHY ARE THERE GAY WOMEN?
An umbrella term that refers to members of a subculture the gay and bisexual male muni and is often fed as more of an attu or sense of fort wh natural masculy and bodi.
Bicur: An dividual who typilly intifi as gay or straight while showg some cursy for a relatnship or sexual activy wh a person of the genr they do not favor. (Related terms: heteroflexible, homoflexible).
Sometim adopted affirmatively by gay men to refer to themselv.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
Faghag/Ffly: A woman who associat mostly or exclively wh gay or bisexual men.
Fluid: A sexual or genr inty that exists beyond a bary system of eher gay or straight, man or woman. Gay: At tim, “gay” is ed to refer to all people, regardls of sex, who have their primary sexual and or romantic attractns to people of the same sex.