Gay Defn & Meang - Merriam-Webster

Contents:

• SLANG/GAY & LBIAN
• SYNONYMS OF GAY
• GAY
• GAY (ADJ.)
• WORDS THAT START WH GAY
• MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH
• WORDS WH GAY

SLANG/GAY & LBIAN

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. While the word homosexual is still ocsnally ed some ntexts, you might have noticed that don’t make an appearance any versn of the LGBTQ acronym. As our age note on the term stat, “up until 1973, homosexualy was listed The Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs (DSM), psychiatry’s standard reference on the classifitn of mental illns.

People aware of this former tegorizatn feel that the term homosexual still rri a negative nnotatn. ” In fact, the term homosexual was liberately rejected by early gay rights activists bee, acrdg to The New York Tim, “they did not want to be intified as exclively sexual begs. For the and other reasons, the term homosexual is wily nsired disparagg and offensive.

SYNONYMS OF GAY

Instead, the terms gay and lbian are generally preferred.

Gay, on the other hand, n be ed to scribe a person of any genr who experienc same-sex attractn, although is most often ed to scribe a man who is attracted to men. The days, the term homosexual is typilly limed to medil ntexts, if ed at all. On June 28, 1969, the New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn, a bar equented by gay and genr-nonnformg people (at a time when terms like LGBTQ didn’t yet exist).

GAY

They attempted to arrt the gay and trans bar patrons, which started a seri of protts agast the police.

Partially rponse to Stonewall, 1970, queer activists New York Cy anized a march to Central Park wh the theme “Gay Pri. Trans activist Slyvia Rivera particular advoted for the more forceful slogan “Gay power.

GAY (ADJ.)

The term queer, like the term homosexual, has a b of a troubled history. However, unlike homosexual, has been wily reappropriated by the LGBTQ muny as a label. Queer lerally means “strange or odd om a nventnal viewpot, ” and by at least by the late 1800s, queer was ployed as a rogatory term for an effemate or gay man.

In 1990, this effort foced on queer as a llective term for gay and lbian people. Queer was seen as a way to refer to gays and lbians whout beg genr-sentialist or g divisns wh the muny.

WORDS THAT START WH GAY

homoromantic: a person who is romantilly attracted to people of the same sex or genr. Aromantic Homosexual — A person who has sexual attractn to the same genr, but they do not experience romantic attractn.

Gay — Gay is an umbrella term ed to refer to people who experience a same-sex or same-genr attractn.

MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH

Gay is also an inty term ed to scribe a male-intified person who is attracted to other male-intified people a romantic, sexual, and/or emotnal sense.

Gay Aromantic — A person who has sexual attractn to the same genr, but they do not experience romantic attractn. Heteroflexible — A person who intifi as straight but may have ocsnal homosexual activy. Homoaro — A person who has sexual attractn to the same genr, but they do not experience romantic attractn.

(also known as Gay Aromantic, or Aromantic Homosexual).

WORDS WH GAY

Homophobia — Homophobia means to have an irratnal fear or tolerance of people who are homosexual or havg feelgs of homosexualy. LGBTQ+ — LBGT is an abbreviatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (often ed to enpass sexual preference and genr inti that do not rrpond to heterosexual norms). LGBTQ — Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (or qutng).

LGBTQIA — Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer (or qutng), tersex, and asexual (or alli).

LGBTA — Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and asexual/aromantic/agenr.

LGBT*IQ – Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans*, Intersex, and Queer and/or Qutng. LGBTIQQ — Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Intersex, Queer, and Qutng. LGBTQ2 — Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Two-Spir.

LGBTQ2+ — Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer (or sometim qutng), and two-spired. GLBT — A variatn of LGBT starts wh gay and is perceived as ls femist.