13 other words for gay you should know about

Contents:

• DEFN OF 'GAY'
• 13 OTHER WORDS FOR GAY YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
• GAY (ADJ.)
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• SYNONYMS OF GAY

DEFN OF 'GAY'

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. Siar to trans (below), the word “cis” om the Lat meang “on the same si as.”Gay: The word “gay” is generally ed to scribe someone who is sexually or romantilly attracted to people of the same genr.

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.

“Homosexual” n also be found antiquated medil ntexts that nsir same-sex attractn to be a medilly dangero ndn. After all, the fn of “trans” Lat is “through, across, and beyond.” 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. Laverne Cox and Calyn Jenner are both trans women.Transsexual: Like “homosexual,” “transsexual” is largely an outdated, historil term ed to refer to someone whose genr is different om what they were assigned at birth.

13 OTHER WORDS FOR GAY YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT

Avoid intifyg gay people as “homosexuals” an outdated term nsired rogatory and offensive to many lbian and gay Exprsn - Refers to how an dividual exprs their socially nstcted genr. Homosexual - (see Offensive Terms to Avoid) Outdated clil term nsired rogatory and offensive by many gay and lbian people. 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 Lovg Men (MLM) - Commonly ed by muni of lor to note the attractn of men to 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) Gay - Dcrib people who self-intify as lbian or gay their personal, public and/or profsnal liv.

Qutng - The procs of nsirg or explorg one’s sexual orientatn and/or genr 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.

GAY (ADJ.)

Avoid the offensive term “sexual preference, ” which is ed to suggt that beg gay or lbian is voluntary and therefore “curable.

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. 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.

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 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.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

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.

SYNONYMS OF GAY

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.

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.