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Contents:

• GAY (HOMOSEXUAL) AND GAY (HAPPY)
• GLAD / SYNONYMS / GAY
• GAY / SYNONYMS / GLAD
• GLAD AND GAY
• 'GLAD TO BE GAY': THE STGGLE FOR GAY LIBERATN BEYOND LEGAL RIGHTS

GAY (HOMOSEXUAL) AND GAY (HAPPY)

GLAAD, formerly Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, anizatn created 1985 that is voted to unterg discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) dividuals the media and promotg unrstandg, acceptance, and equaly. The anizatn that later would be named GLAAD was formed November of that year when members of the cy’s gay and lbian muny met to discs their dissatisfactn wh the suatn— particular, the portrayal of AIDS the New York Post—and the need to take a stand agast the famatory and sensatnalistic media verage. They ially anized unr the name the Gay and Lbian Anti-Defamatn League but changed 1986 to the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) after pyright issu were raised wh the origal name.

Issu that have drawn signifint GLAAD attentn clu the media’s portrayal of the gay marriage movement, hate-motivated crim, antigay advocy, the hate lyrics found the songs of some mil artists, dulent advertisg found ads om the “ex-gay” movement, and the bullyg of LGBTQ group prents annual media awards at ceremoni generally held New York Cy, Los Angel, and San Francis. The first GLAAD awards were prented 2013 the anizatn chose to disntue the e of “Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn” and elected to stead e s longtime acronym, GLAAD, as s official name. Acronym for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer.

GLAD / SYNONYMS / GAY

The term “gay muny” should be avoid, as do not accurately reflect the diversy of the muny.

Sexual orientatns n clu heterosexual (straight), lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, asexual, and other orientatns.

GAY / SYNONYMS / GLAD

Avoid the offensive term “sexual preference, ” which is ed to accurately suggt that beg gay, lbian, or bisexual is voluntary and “curable. Transgenr people have sexual orientatns too, and they may be straight, lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, etc.

Some lbians may prefer to intify as gay (adj. ) or as gay women. Avoid intifyg lbians as “homosexuals.

G., gay man, gay people). Avoid intifyg gay people as “homosexuals” an outdated term nsired rogatory and offensive to many lbian and gay people.

GLAD AND GAY

Typilly, for those who intify as queer, the terms lbian, gay, and bisexual are perceived to be too limg and/or ght wh cultural nnotatns they feel do not apply to them. Homosexual. Also known as SGL, this is a term ed by some Ain Amerin people as an Aocentric alternative to what are nsired Eurocentric, or whe, inti like gay and lbian.

Biphobia may be exprsed ments that reflect doubts about the legimacy of bisexualy as an orientatn, accurately implyg that is not real, “jt a phase” or a ver for someone not ready to e out as gay. Homophobia.

Prejudice or hatred toward gay, lbian, bisexual, or queer people, exprsed speech or actns. Note, the terms “gay marriage” and “same-sex marriage” should be avoid, as they n suggt marriage for same-sex upl is somehow different or ls equal than other marriag.

'GLAD TO BE GAY': THE STGGLE FOR GAY LIBERATN BEYOND LEGAL RIGHTS

Openly Gay/Lbian/Bisexual/Transgenr. “Openly gay” has been ed to scribe people who self-intify as gay their personal, public, and/or profsnal liv. A person who self-intifi as gay, lbian, bisexual, queer and/or transgenr their personal, public, and/or profsnal liv.

For example: Ricky Mart is an out gay pop star om Puerto Ri. Historilly ed to selectively persecute gay people, the state laws often referred to as “sodomy laws” were led unnstutnal by the U.

“homosexual” (n.