Contents:
- LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT
- JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
- GAYLETTER SHOP
- SUFFOLK COUNTY CLEAN WATER PLAN, FIVG LLEGE LOANS, AND SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS LG
- COLORADO'S GAY GOVERNOR WR TAYLOR SWIFT AN EPIC OPEN LETTER
LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT
"Rpondg to Obama’s open letter, nservativ, cludg The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh, roasted the former print, potg out that “the only books that anyone on the right is challengg are pornographic books about gay sex. Barack Obama has fally e out as gay. At least that mt be what he's sayg, bee he says that the books that are beg challenged schools are the on that shaped his the only books that anyone on the right is challengg are pornographic books about gay… — The Matt Walsh Show (@MattWalshShow) July 18, 2023Thank you @BarackObama for makg clear that you support sexually explic books for kids.
(Kent Nishimura / Los Angel Tim) To the edor: I wonr if the LGBTQ+ muny realiz that the Supreme Court lg favor of a webse signer who didn’t want to create weddg s for gay upl n work our favor as well.
JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
(“How the ripple effect of the Supreme Court’s 303 Creative cisn uld swamp civil rights, ” Opn, July 12)As a gay man, I am always ncerned if the bs where I spend my money are supportive of my muny. 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.
GAYLETTER SHOP
Before then, the term "gay" was ed to refer to both men and women, although was more closely associated wh men. G: Gay. 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.
SUFFOLK COUNTY CLEAN WATER PLAN, FIVG LLEGE LOANS, AND SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS LG
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.
The letters stand for: Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr. This is the most well-known of all the acronyms, butg back the mid-1980s as a way to une the muny and move away om the often rogatory-laced “homosexual” (among other words). Major profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay.
COLORADO'S GAY GOVERNOR WR TAYLOR SWIFT AN EPIC OPEN LETTER
Last Febary, Maxen nnected wh lebacker Carl Nassib, who beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay 2021, as he navigated a path forward. Skip to ntentGAYLETTER Shop. — Dan McCally, East Islip High urt’s artist lg irks rear If Supreme Court jtic want to be thought of as origalists, they should take a ser look at the First Amendment, pecially the part where says, “Congrs shall make no law rpectg an tablishment of relign” “Artist lg seen as feat for gay rights, ” News, July 1].
— Bce Stasi, Setket I had to lgh at “The Sopranos” and “Whe Lot” star Michael Imperli’s rponse to a Supreme Court lg by “forbiddg bigots and homophob” om watchg his shows [“ ‘Sopranos’ star wants to ‘forbid bigots’ om watchg his work, ” flash!, July 4].
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.