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• 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
• SYNONYMS OF GAY
• GAY
• MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH
• GAY (ADJ.)
• WHAT DO "GAY" MEAN?

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

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. 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. And many feel that this word plac undue emphasis on sexual activy, or that sounds overly clil.” 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.”.

Gay, on the other hand, n be ed to scribe a person of any genr who experienc same-sex attractn, although is most often ed to scribe a man who is attracted to men. On June 28, 1969, the New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn, a bar equented by gay and genr-nonnformg people (at a time when terms like LGBTQ didn’t yet exist). Partially rponse to Stonewall, 1970, queer activists New York Cy anized a march to Central Park wh the theme “Gay Pri.” A more prehensive history of the Stonewall Rt or the Stonewall Uprisg n be found our Pri Month explaer.

SYNONYMS OF GAY

Queer lerally means “strange or odd om a nventnal viewpot,” and by at least by the late 1800s, queer was ployed as a rogatory term for an effemate or gay man.

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Although Lbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, and Queer (LGBTQ+) people have been around for lennia, the evolutn of language means that those wh the muny ntue to fd more clive and accurate terms to bt scribe themselv, as Stonewall’s ever-evolvg glossary of terms prov. Aromantic people are also the ace tegory and, siarly to asexual people, may intify as gay, lbian, heterosexual, or queer to fe the directn of their attractn to others. Homosexual: This antiquated term was ed historilly to refer to people who were attracted to people of the same genr, but ’s rarely ed today.

” Beg trans or transgenr is unnnected to sexual orientatn, so a trans person may intify as gay, straight, lbian, or whatever is right for them the same way a cisgenr person would. Transsexual: Like “homosexual, ” “transsexual” is largely an outdated, historil term ed to refer to someone whose genr is different om what they were assigned at birth. (SPOT.ph) Wh a transgenr woman  Congrs and the immense populary of shows like Queer Eye and RuPl's Drag Race, gay culture is currently at the foreont of mastream Filipo nscns a way has never been before.

MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH

Provg jt how funny the evolutn of language n be, achoo is the newt eratn of the classic beki term "pamta," which refers to gay men who seem like they're straight. Gay is also an inty term ed to scribe a male-intified person who is attracted to other male-intified people a romantic, sexual, and/or emotnal sense.

GAY (ADJ.)

LGBTQ+ — LBGT is an abbreviatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (often ed to enpass sexual preference and genr inti that do not rrpond to heterosexual norms). Unls they are drag performers, most Trans people would be offend by beg nfed wh drag queens or drag kgs.Gay - The adjective ed to scribe people whose endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractns are to people of the same sex (e.g., gay man, gay people).

WHAT DO "GAY" MEAN?

Avoid intifyg gay people as “homosexuals” an outdated term nsired rogatory and offensive to many lbian and gay people.Genr Exprsn  - Refers to how an dividual exprs their socially nstcted genr. Also straight.Homosexual - (see Offensive Terms to Avoid) Outdated clil term nsired rogatory and offensive by many gay and lbian people. Some lbians may prefer to intify as gay (adj.) or as gay women.LGBTQQIA  - An acronym ed to refer to all sexual mori: “Lbian, Gay/Genr Ntral/Genr Queer, Bisexual/Bigenr, Transgenr/Transvte/Transsexual, Qutng/Queer, Intersex, and Alli/Androgyno/Asexual.”Liftyle - (see Offensive Terms to Avoid) Inaccurate term ed by anti-gay extremists to nigrate lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr liv.

As there is no one straight liftyle, there is no one lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr liftyle.Men Lovg Men (MLM)  - Commonly ed by muni of lor to note the attractn of men to men.Men Who Have Sex wh Men - men, cludg those who do not intify themselv as homosexual or bisexual, who engage sexual activy wh other men (ed public health ntexts to avoid excludg men who intify as heterosexual).Openly Gay - Dcrib people who self-intify as lbian or gay their personal, public and/or profsnal liv.

However, is not universally accepted even wh the LGBT muny and should be avoid unls someone self-intifi that way.Qutng - The procs of nsirg or explorg one’s sexual orientatn and/or genr inty.Sexual Orientatn - The scientifilly accurate term for an dividual’s endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractn to members of the same and/or oppose sex, cludg lbian, gay, bisexual and heterosexual (straight) orientatns.

Avoid the offensive term “sexual preference,” which is ed to suggt that beg gay or lbian is voluntary and therefore “curable.”Sexual Behavr - Refers to an dividual’s sexual activi or actns (what a person do sexually).

For example, a man who transns om male to female and is attracted to other women would be intified as a lbian or a gay woman.transgenr-specific termologyCross-Drsg - To ocsnally wear cloth tradnally associated wh people of the other sex. For example, a person who is born male and transns to bee female is a transgenr woman, whereas a person who is born female and transns to bee male is a transgenr man.OFFENSIVE TERMS TO AVOIDOffensive: “homosexual” (n. Or adj.)Preferred: “gay” (adj.); “gay man” or “lbian” (n.); “gay person/people” Please e “gay” or “lbian” to scribe people attracted to members of the same sex.

Bee of the clil history of the word “homosexual,” is aggrsively ed by anti-gay extremists to suggt that gay people are somehow diseased or psychologilly/emotnally disorred – notns discreded by the Amerin Psychologil Associatn and the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn the 1970s.Offensive: “homosexual relatns/relatnship,” “homosexual uple,” “homosexual sex,” etc.Preferred: “relatnship” (or “sexual relatnship”), “uple” (or, if necsary, “gay uple”), “sex,” etc.Intifyg a same-sex uple as “a homosexual uple,” characterizg their relatnship as “a homosexual relatnship,” or intifyg their timacy as “homosexual sex” is extremely offensive and should be avoid.As a le, try to avoid labelg an activy, emotn or relatnship “gay,” “lbian” or “bisexual” unls you would ll the same activy, emotn or relatnship “straight” if engaged by someone of another orientatn.Offensive: “sexual preference”Preferred: “sexual orientatn” or “orientatn” The term “sexual preference” is typilly ed to suggt that beg lbian, gay or bisexual is a choice and therefore n and should be “cured.” Sexual orientatn is the accurate scriptn of an dividual’s endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractn to members of the same and/or oppose sex and is clive of lbians, gay men, bisexuals and straight men and women.Offensive: “gay liftyle” or “homosexual liftyle”Preferred: “gay liv,” “gay and lbian liv” There is no sgle lbian, gay or bisexual liftyle. The phrase “gay liftyle” is ed to nigrate lbians and gay men, suggtg that their orientatn is a choice and therefore n and should be “cured.”Offensive: “admted homosexual” or “avowed homosexual”Preferred: “openly lbian,” “openly gay,” “openly bisexual” Dated term ed to scribe those who are openly lbian, gay or bisexual or who have recently e out of the closet.

The words “admted” or “avowed” suggt that beg gay is somehow shameful or herently secretive.DEFAMATORY LANGUAGE“fag,” “faggot,” “dyke,” “homo,” “sodome,” “she-male,” “he-she,” “,” “shim,” “tranny” and siar ephets The creria for g the rogatory terms should be the same as those applied to vulgar ephets ed to target other groups.“viant,” “disorred,” “dysfunctnal,” “diseased,” “perverted,” “stctive” and siar scriptns The notn that beg gay, lbian or bisexual is a psychologil disorr was discreded by the Amerin Psychologil Associatn and the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn the 1970s. Today, words such as “viant,” “diseased” and “disorred” often are ed to portray gay people as ls than human, mentally ill, or as a danger to societyAssociatg gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people or relatnships wh pedophilia, child abe, sexual abe, btialy, bigamy, polygamy, adultery and/or ct Beg gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr is neher synonymo wh nor ditive of any tenncy toward pedophilia, child abe, sexual abe, btialy, bigamy, polygamy, adultery and/or ct.

Such claims, nuendo and associatns often are ed to suate that lbians and gay men pose a threat to society, to fai, and to children particular.

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In May, the Temecula Valley Unified School District’s board voted 3 to 2 to reject a new curriculum that clud discsns on the gay rights movement and mentned Harvey Milk, the first out gay man elected to public office California.

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