From Gay to Z: A Queer Compendium by Jt Sayre

Contents:

• FROM GAY TO Z: A QUEER COMPENDIUM HARDVER – ANIMATED, MAY 10, 2022
• AM I GAY?
• FROM GAY TO Z: A QUEER COMPENDIUM KDLE EDN
• FROM GAY TO Z: A QUEER COMPENDIUM
• CHANNEL 4: GAY TO Z
• GAY TO Z
• #GAY
• FROM GAY TO Z: A QUEER COMPENDIUM
• QUEER INS FROM GAY TO Z: ACTIVISTS, ARTISTS & TRAILBLAZERS HARDVER – ILLTRATED, SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
• GAY INTERT
• FROM GAY TO Z: A QUEER COMPENDIUM
• GAY WASHGTON DC

FROM GAY TO Z: A QUEER COMPENDIUM HARDVER – ANIMATED, MAY 10, 2022

"Their goalis to celebrate artists and activists who are gay or have a gay followg " a very queer way-tothrow a ltle sha and make a ltle joy, " and the book is wildly succsful on both unts... Sayre’s nonizatn of their own “opns” on which queers hold historil importance is exactly the kd of grassroots, chaotic fan fervor that energiz gay fame the first place.

” Offerg cheeky illtratns alongsi a brisk and breezy cultural history, the gui-which foc on “artists and activists who are gay, or have a gay followg”-entertas and t equal measure. "-Library Journal"From Gay to Z n hold s own, whether as a cultural primer for a baby queer or as a library rource.

AM I GAY?

The perfect rource to dip and out of, From Gay to Z’s entri are enlighteng and entertag. Their show, The GAyBC's, a five-part seri on which this book is based also ran at Joe's Pub.

FROM GAY TO Z: A QUEER COMPENDIUM KDLE EDN

People fe a lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr inty first to themselv and then may reveal to others.

Drag shows are popular some gay, lbian, and bisexual environments. G., gay man, gay people). Avoid intifyg gay people as “homosexuals” an outdated term nsired rogatory and offensive to many lbian and gay Exprsn - Refers to how an dividual exprs their socially nstcted genr.

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Homosexual - (see Offensive Terms to Avoid) Outdated clil term nsired rogatory and offensive by many gay and lbian people.

Gay and/or lbian accurately scribe those who are attracted to people of the same sex.

Homophobia - Fear of lbians and gay men. 0 Completely Heterosexual – 6: Completely Homosexual. Some lbians may prefer to intify as gay (adj.

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) or as gay women. LGBTQQIA - An acronym ed to refer to all sexual mori: “Lbian, Gay/Genr Ntral/Genr Queer, Bisexual/Bigenr, Transgenr/Transvte/Transsexual, Qutng/Queer, Intersex, and Alli/Androgyno/Asexual.

”Liftyle - (see Offensive Terms to Avoid) Inaccurate term ed by anti-gay extremists to nigrate lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr liv. As there is no one straight liftyle, there is no one lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr Lovg Men (MLM) - Commonly ed by muni of lor to note the attractn of men to Who Have Sex wh Men - men, cludg those who do not intify themselv as homosexual or bisexual, who engage sexual activy wh other men (ed public health ntexts to avoid excludg men who intify as heterosexual) Gay - Dcrib people who self-intify as lbian or gay their personal, public and/or profsnal liv.

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Qutng - The procs of nsirg or explorg one’s sexual orientatn and/or genr Orientatn - The scientifilly accurate term for an dividual’s endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractn to members of the same and/or oppose sex, cludg lbian, gay, bisexual and heterosexual (straight) orientatns. Avoid the offensive term “sexual preference, ” which is ed to suggt that beg gay or lbian is voluntary and therefore “curable. Transgenr people may be straight, lbian, gay or bisexual.

For example, a man who transns om male to female and is attracted to other women would be intified as a lbian or a gay woman. OFFENSIVE TERMS TO AVOIDOffensive: “homosexual” (n. )Preferred: “gay” (adj.

); “gay man” or “lbian” (n. ); “gay person/people” Please e “gay” or “lbian” to scribe people attracted to members of the same sex.

#GAY

Bee of the clil history of the word “homosexual, ” is aggrsively ed by anti-gay extremists to suggt that gay people are somehow diseased or psychologilly/emotnally disorred – notns discreded by the Amerin Psychologil Associatn and the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn the 1970s.

Offensive: “homosexual relatns/relatnship, ” “homosexual uple, ” “homosexual sex, ” etc.

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Preferred: “relatnship” (or “sexual relatnship”), “uple” (or, if necsary, “gay uple”), “sex, ” etc. Intifyg a same-sex uple as “a homosexual uple, ” characterizg their relatnship as “a homosexual relatnship, ” or intifyg their timacy as “homosexual sex” is extremely offensive and should be a le, try to avoid labelg an activy, emotn or relatnship “gay, ” “lbian” or “bisexual” unls you would ll the same activy, emotn or relatnship “straight” if engaged by someone of another orientatn.

Offensive: “sexual preference”Preferred: “sexual orientatn” or “orientatn” The term “sexual preference” is typilly ed to suggt that beg lbian, gay or bisexual is a choice and therefore n and should be “cured. ” Sexual orientatn is the accurate scriptn of an dividual’s endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractn to members of the same and/or oppose sex and is clive of lbians, gay men, bisexuals and straight men and women.

QUEER INS FROM GAY TO Z: ACTIVISTS, ARTISTS & TRAILBLAZERS HARDVER – ILLTRATED, SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Offensive: “gay liftyle” or “homosexual liftyle”Preferred: “gay liv, ” “gay and lbian liv” There is no sgle lbian, gay or bisexual liftyle. Lbians, gay men and bisexuals are diverse the ways they lead their liv. The phrase “gay liftyle” is ed to nigrate lbians and gay men, suggtg that their orientatn is a choice and therefore n and should be “cured.

GAY INTERT

”Offensive: “admted homosexual” or “avowed homosexual”Preferred: “openly lbian, ” “openly gay, ” “openly bisexual” Dated term ed to scribe those who are openly lbian, gay or bisexual or who have recently e out of the closet. The words “admted” or “avowed” suggt that beg gay is somehow shameful or herently secretive.

DEFAMATORY LANGUAGE“fag, ” “faggot, ” “dyke, ” “homo, ” “sodome, ” “she-male, ” “he-she, ” “, ” “shim, ” “tranny” and siar ephets The creria for g the rogatory terms should be the same as those applied to vulgar ephets ed to target other groups. “viant, ” “disorred, ” “dysfunctnal, ” “diseased, ” “perverted, ” “stctive” and siar scriptns The notn that beg gay, lbian or bisexual is a psychologil disorr was discreded by the Amerin Psychologil Associatn and the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn the 1970s. Today, words such as “viant, ” “diseased” and “disorred” often are ed to portray gay people as ls than human, mentally ill, or as a danger to societyAssociatg gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people or relatnships wh pedophilia, child abe, sexual abe, btialy, bigamy, polygamy, adultery and/or ct Beg gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr is neher synonymo wh nor ditive of any tenncy toward pedophilia, child abe, sexual abe, btialy, bigamy, polygamy, adultery and/or ct.

Such claims, nuendo and associatns often are ed to suate that lbians and gay men pose a threat to society, to fai, and to children particular. Say they are bisexual, wh about 2% each intifyg as gay, lbian or transgenr, " Gallup says. Gallup only asked rponnts if they intified as LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr), although the LGBT muny also enpass other intifitns, such as queer.

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However, the 2017 poll only asked participants to answer "y" or "no" to whether they intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.

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6% of adults who intified as LGBT, more than half are bisexual, about a quarter are gay, 11. 4% as gay, 0. 5%) say they are gay, wh 11.

"At a time when Amerins are creasgly supportive of equal rights for gay, lbian and transgenr people, a growg percentage of Amerins intify themselv as LGBT, " Gallup says.