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Contents:
- WHAT DO CHILDREN LL THEIR GAY PARENTS?
- WHAT’S A NAME? PLENTY, IF YOU’RE A LBIAN OR GAY PARENT, SAYS GRAD-STUNT SOCLOGIST
- NAM LIKE GAY (BOY, GIRL & MORE)
- NAM STARTG WH "GAY"
WHAT DO CHILDREN LL THEIR GAY PARENTS?
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WHAT’S A NAME? PLENTY, IF YOU’RE A LBIAN OR GAY PARENT, SAYS GRAD-STUNT SOCLOGIST
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NAM LIKE GAY (BOY, GIRL & MORE)
How do lbian and gay parents navigate a world where heterosexualy is still the norm? Rafael Colonna, a Ph.D. stunt soclogy, has been terviewg same-sex parents across California to fd out. In the procs, he’s disvered that fay life, “small practic” such as assigng fay nam and tl, “have a lot of meang behd them.” * names for gay parents *
" Another gay uple I speak to say they go by "Mommy and Mommy2".
NAM STARTG WH "GAY"
* names for gay parents *
We all have iends who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, asexual, or nonbary – wh a ton of variatns and subsets. “Homosexual” – This is an outdated, clil term scribg someone who experienc same-sex attractn, and ’s nsired rogatory.
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Use the word rrectly: “Gay” do NOT mean bisexual or transgenr, and is not a synonym for “queer. “Fag/faggot/dyke” – The words have a history of beg ed a rogatory manner and are wily nsired sultg; however, you may see two gay men affectnately ll each other “fag” or an activist group that rporat the word “dyke.