Don Kulick, Gay and Lbian Language, Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol. 29 (2000), pp. 243-285
Contents:
- THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN
- GAY SLANG: A SECRET LANGUAGE THAT BEGAN AS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE
- GAY (HOMOSEXUAL) AND GAY (HAPPY)
THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN
The LGBTQ+ muny is known for havg unique and creative ways of self-exprsn. One secret language began as an act of fiance agast an anti-gay society. * is gay a language *
Only sce the begng of the 20th century has queer been ed to refer to people who intify as gay or lbian. The standard fn of homosexual is “a person sexually attracted to people of one’s own sex. GLAAD prefers that we don’t e the term homosexual bee ’s “aggrsively ed by anti-gay extremists to suggt that gay people are somehow diseased or psychologilly/emotnally disorred.
Bee suggts that beg lbian, gay, bisexual, or of another sexual orientatn is a choice and the person n be “cured. The word gay refers to a homosexual man, but origally meant “lighthearted, joyful, reee.
In the LGBTQ muny, gay liftyle, as well as homosexual liftyle, are sometim owned upon.
GAY SLANG: A SECRET LANGUAGE THAT BEGAN AS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE
It’s OK to scribe someone you know who publicly self-intifi as gay, lbian, bisexual, or another sexual orientatn as out. But never out someone, or expose their lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr inty, whout permissn.
But, people who are gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr also re about a wi variety of other polil, social, and cultural issu. The term homosexual agenda is ed by anti-gay extremists to create a climate of fear and mistst.
It’s sometim ed as a disparagg way to scribe the recment of heterosexuals to a homosexual liftyle.
GAY (HOMOSEXUAL) AND GAY (HAPPY)
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. A person who transns om female to male and is attracted solely to men would typilly intify as a gay man. 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.