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she/her gay

A she/her gay is an inty specifilly scribg a gay (turian, or vcian) dividual who she/her pronouns eher exclively or alongsi other pronouns. Someone who intifi as a she/her gay may also intify as multipronomial, if they e other pronouns, or pronoun non-nformg...

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SHE/HER GAY

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.

A she/her gay is an inty specifilly scribg a gay (turian, or vcian) dividual who she/her pronouns eher exclively or alongsi other pronouns. Someone who intifi as a she/her gay may also intify as multipronomial, if they e other pronouns, or pronoun non-nformg, if they see the e of she/her pronouns as not nformg to what is expected of their genr inty tradnally.

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Most she/her gays do not intify as a woman, though some who are multigenr, genrfluid, a turigirl, or otherwise may. Bee pronouns n differ om one's genr, a gay dividual n e any pronouns they wish and this do not reveal anythg about their genr inty or exprsn.

She/her gays are also sometim referred to as she/her vcians, she/her ctheans, she/her turians, she/her veldians, and other variants. Siar inti for gay dividuals clu neopronoun gay, they/them gay, and /s gay. The e of she/her pronouns by cisgenr gay men, along wh words such as "girl" or "honey, " is a long-standg and creasgly visible practice.

For many gay men, g the words wh their iends is a way of embracg femy and showg vulnerabily or affectn to others who share their inti. Creatg a shared culture — cludg language — around femy n be a way of reclaimg the bas for opprsn many gay men have experienced, as well as disptg the harmful genr few if any lguistic practic are all one thg, all the time. It may be time to reevaluate cis gay men’s e of words like "she" and "girl" to make sure they align wh ongog efforts to rpect nonbary genr inti, and avoid makg assumptns about people’s pronouns.

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