I'm gay and don't want to patronize bigots. Thanks, Supreme Court - Los Angel Tim

Contents:

• CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER
• POPE FRANCIS SHOWERS GAY MISTRY WH PRAISE DURG PRI MONTH
• US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
• GAY PRI
• LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT

CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER

Consirg a recent survey by the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) found that 12 percent of the populatn intifi as LGBTQIA+, 's more ccial than ever to unrstand the termology around this growg muny. Until somewhat recently, variatns of the term "gay muny" were ed to enpass the entirety of the group that we now refer to as LGBTQIA+.

Magaze, the first acronym to take shape the 1990s was "GLBT, " ed to scribe those who intified as eher gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr. " This notatn clus space for those intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer (and some s, "qutng"), tersex, asexual (and sometim "ally"), and the "+" is for a plethora of other orientatns and inti.

Before then, the term "gay" was ed to refer to both men and women, although was more closely associated wh men.

POPE FRANCIS SHOWERS GAY MISTRY WH PRAISE DURG PRI MONTH

Before the latter half of the 19th century, the word "gay" simply referred to someone who was "reee, " "cheerful, " or "bright and showy, " acrdg to The Oxford Dictnary of Difficult Words. Sce then, the word "gay" has fully replaced the term "homosexual, " which many found to be too clil and was riddled wh stigma.

Acrdg to the Universy of Illois, "gay" is still ed to scribe a number of thgs, cludg the LGBTQIA+ muny as a whole, a sgle dividual who do not intify as straight, and men who are attracted to other men a "romantic, erotic and/or emotnal sense. (And, while this should go whout sayg, the ia that intifyg as bisexual is a "way statn" om straight to gay is an accurate and hurtful stereotype. The "A" LGBTQIA+ n also refer to the term "ally, " which is ed to fe someone who "nonts heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, heterosexual, and genrstraight privilege themselv and others, " acrdg to the Universy of Illois.

US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT

" — Amandla Stenberg"I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one nng out of the closet.

GAY PRI

" — River Phoenix"I thk beg gay is a blsg, and ’s somethg I am thankful for every sgle day.

" — Sylvia Rivera"You don't have to be gay to be a supporter, you jt have to be human.

" — Ellen DeGener"After a long ternal journey, you now embrace beg gay, regnizg as a wonrful and tegrally important ponent part of the totaly that is you.

LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT

" — Senator Tammy Baldw "As anyone who is gay will nfirm, beg that way is not somethg you bee, is a set of emotnal and physil rpons that jt are. AdvertisementSKIP WisemanJune 21, 2018Updated on June 7, 2019When I me out as gay more than 10 years ago, there were only four letters monly ed to group var sexual and genr mori: L, G, B and letters were an evolutn toward cln — an expansn of the language ed to reprent a disparate group that had often jt been lled “the gay muny.

We have updated this list to reflect more mon them among the follows is a by-no-means clive list of AND LESBIAN It’s important to start wh the basics, and “gay” and “lbian” are as basic as gets. As “homosexual” began to feel clil and pejorative, gay beme the rigur mastream term to refer to same-sex attractn the late 1960s and early ’70s. Gradually, as what was then lled the gay liberatn movement gaed steam, the phrase “gay and lbian” beme more popular as a way to highlight the siar-yet-separate issu faced by women the fight for is still sometim ed as an umbrella term, but the days, also refers specifilly to men, as “gay men and lbians.