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Contents:

• 13 OTHER WORDS FOR GAY YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
• SYNONYMS OF GAY
• VOBULARY FOR DISCSG GAY, LGBT ISSU
• ADJECTIV FOR GAY
• GAY DICTNARY
• WORD TO SCRIBE GAY PEOPLE WHO ARE A RELATNSHIP WH EACH OTHER
• AS MAJOR BRANDS WAVER, GAY WATER AIMS FOR AUTHENTICY

13 OTHER WORDS FOR GAY YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT

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.

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).

LGBTIQAPD – Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer and/or Qutng, Intersex, Asexual and/or Ally, Pansexual, and Demi-sexual. 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.

SYNONYMS OF GAY

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. And many feel that this word plac undue emphasis on sexual activy, or that sounds overly clil.” 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.”.

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. 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). Partially rponse to Stonewall, 1970, queer activists New York Cy anized a march to Central Park wh the theme “Gay Pri.” A more prehensive history of the Stonewall Rt or the Stonewall Uprisg n be found our Pri Month explaer.

VOBULARY FOR DISCSG GAY, LGBT ISSU

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. Ntie – bear – benr – bottom – bum band – bum chum – bumr – bummer – butch – butt hugger – rpet muncher – tcher – chaser – chickenhawk – chicken hawk – cub – drag kg – dyke – fag – faggot – Fairy – femme – flamer – u – fudge packer – gay – gaylord – girliend – GLBT – hasbian – homo – homo thug – the closet – jobby jabber – lemon – lez – lipstick lbian – mge muncher – mo – nellie – nelly – Peter Puffer – pole smoker – poof – Poofter – power top – puff – queer – shirt lifter – sister – versatile – wasbian.

Gay is a word that has bee so ubiquo the English language: ’s hard to image what life would be like if we didn’t have . A thg to note is that even though the term “gay” is ed for men and women alike, ’s more often ed for men than for women.

Before gay beme a sexual orientatn, simply meant happy and reee or “havg or showg a merry, lively mood” or “lorfully bright”. The synonyms vivac and gay are sometim terchangeable, but vivac suggts an activens of gture and w, often playful or allurg.

ADJECTIV FOR GAY

As well, if you check out any English-language news media, there are ually several articl every day that ver gay rights, gay people and how other stutns society feel (for example, the Church). The days the word ‘homosexual’ is ed more official suatns (eg a scientist might talk about homosexualy) and n sound a ltle negative regular nversatn. Beg transgenr is separate though to sexual orientatn – for example, a transgenr person might intify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or asexual jt like heterosexual people (or fact, they might not intify wh any of the above).

GAY DICTNARY

A metrosexual is a straight man who lik thgs which are tradnally (and perhaps stereotypilly) nnected to gays such as expensive or brand clothg, moisturisers, rg much more about his appearance, etc. Words which are nsired offensive or pejorative and ed – but which you might hear hip-hop songs or movi – clu poof, homo, and fag.

WORD TO SCRIBE GAY PEOPLE WHO ARE A RELATNSHIP WH EACH OTHER

I thk ‘homo’ is que out of date now, the only time I hear the days is when one straight male iend pliments another straight male:. It n be ed negatively, but also wh the muny to talk about someone who is clearly gay (and easily tectable wh your gaydar).

AS MAJOR BRANDS WAVER, GAY WATER AIMS FOR AUTHENTICY

Homophobic bullyg – when someone is picked on eher verbally or physilly based on their sexual orientatn (or perceived orientatn). Homophobic hate crime – A ‘hate crime’ is when a vlent or threateng act is ma towards someone who is LGBT or perhaps of a mory group society. A homophobic sult is when someone says somethg which is offensive or sultg to a person who is gay (or believed to be gay).