Chickens and otters and bears, oh my! Six typ of gay you should probably know before you Tweet

Contents:

• CHICKENS AND OTTERS AND BEARS, OH MY! SIX TYP OF GAY YOU SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW BEFORE YOU TWEET
• 20 GAY GREEK GODS
• DICK LESCH’S GUI TO SEVENTI GAY SLANG
• GAY SLANG 101
• 12 SLANG WORDS FOR GAY – USE THE TERMS TO ADDRS THEM!
• BT GAY SATYR/ FN

CHICKENS AND OTTERS AND BEARS, OH MY! SIX TYP OF GAY YOU SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW BEFORE YOU TWEET

As many members of the LGBTQ+ muny will know, an "otter" is a word ed to scribe a th and hairy gay man. And if you're still nfed, here's your mi gay glossary so that you may never make Jam Mart's mistake:.

Bear - A gay man who tends to be large, hairy, butch and sometim mistaken as heterosexual. Cub - A young gay man who is often hairy and heavy-set, and likely to grow to a bear. Otter - A hairy yet lean gay man; not que as hairy as a bear and not que as young as a twk.

Flamer - A particularly effemate or mp gay man. Twk - Like a chicken, he is a gay man who is generally small and youthful, wh ltle facial or body hair. Chicken - A young or young-lookg gay man (or sometim an unrage boy) who is often pretty the face and sexually naive.

20 GAY GREEK GODS

A gay guy who has, often notably, hairy legs but ltle to no upper body/cht hair. A gay cupbearer on Mount Olymp?

While tolerance is often prented as a sign of civilizatn's advancement, a readg of Greek mythology reveals greater acceptance of homosexualy ancient Athens than n be boasted wh today's world religns.

The LGBT Greek gods and migods prove gay culture is no morn ventn. While Homer never explicly stat a gay relatnship between Achill and sikick Patrocl, many scholars read a romantic nnectn between the two, as only Patrocl ever drew out a passnate si to the famoly arrogant warrr. Rearcher Johanna Hypatia-Cybelaia wr that lbian and gay vote worshipped her as Artemis Orthia, and that lbian port Pamphilia referred to the godss hymn as Artemis Pergaea.

DICK LESCH’S GUI TO SEVENTI GAY SLANG

Above: Athena, center, a mural by John Sger SargentAphrodeWhile the godss of love is not intified promently as lbian herself, the Greek poet Sappho (as sapphic) of Lbos (y, as lbian) told many homoerotic tal and named Aphrode as the greatt patron and ally of lbians and homosexuals wh the Greek pantheon of gods.

GAY SLANG 101

Above: Enrique Simo, El Juic Paris (1904)ErosWhile the bt-known myths of Eros pict the son of Aphrode as a fertily god -- the versn that proved spiratnal to the popularized Roman god Cupid -- later Greek myths portrayed Eros as one of several wged erot, and the one regard as a protector of homosexual culture, acrdg to rearch the scholarly book Among Women: From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic the Ancient World. Often ed to refer to asexual people  a siar manner as “gay” or “straight” are ed to refer to homosexual or heterosexual people. Ally: A person who supports and rpects sexual diversy, acts acrdgly to challenge homophobic and heterosexist remarks and behavrs, and is willg to explore and unrstand the forms of bias wh themselv.

A gay or bisexual man who has facial/body hair and a cuddly body. An umbrella term that refers to members of a subculture the gay and bisexual male muni and is often fed as more of an attu or sense of fort wh natural masculy and bodi.

12 SLANG WORDS FOR GAY – USE THE TERMS TO ADDRS THEM!

Bicur: An dividual who typilly intifi as gay or straight while showg some cursy for a relatnship or sexual activy wh a person of the genr they do not favor.

(Related terms: heteroflexible, homoflexible). Sometim adopted affirmatively by gay men to refer to themselv.

Faghag/Ffly: A woman who associat mostly or exclively wh gay or bisexual men.

BT GAY SATYR/ FN

Fluid: A sexual or genr inty that exists beyond a bary system of eher gay or straight, man or woman. Gay: At tim, “gay” is ed to refer to all people, regardls of sex, who have their primary sexual and or romantic attractns to people of the same sex.