Sup? Lookg? Party? WEHOville helps you unrstand the gay app lgo.
Contents:
- SUP? LOOKG? PARTY? A GUI TO GAY APP LGO
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER MUNY
- GAY SLANG 101
SUP? LOOKG? PARTY? A GUI TO GAY APP LGO
You've certaly read and heard the acronym LGBTQ, which stands for lbian/gay/bisexual/transgenr/queer, untls tim. But both genr and sexual orientatn exist on a spectm — and there are untls words, phras, and acronyms (like GNC,… * cd gay term *
Pri, formerly known as Gay Pri, is a regnn of LGBTQ inty, affirmatn of equal rights, and celebratn of visibily, digny, and diversy the LGBTQ muny.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER MUNY
* cd gay term *
G: Gay.
GAY SLANG 101
Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer muny (LGBTQ muny), any untry, regn, cy, or other loly, a group of persons who intify as lbian, gay ( the narrow sense of beg a male who is sexually or romantilly attracted to other mal), bisexual, transgenr, or * cd gay term *
Why gay or lbian and not “homosexual”?
While the word homosexual is still ocsnally ed some ntexts, you might have noticed that don’t make an appearance any versn of the LGBTQ acronym. As our age note on the term stat, “up until 1973, homosexualy was listed The Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs (DSM), psychiatry’s standard reference on the classifitn of mental illns. People aware of this former tegorizatn feel that the term homosexual still rri a negative nnotatn.
” In fact, the term homosexual was liberately rejected by early gay rights activists bee, acrdg to The New York Tim, “they did not want to be intified as exclively sexual begs. For the and other reasons, the term homosexual is wily nsired disparagg and offensive. Instead, the terms gay and lbian are generally preferred.