I Am Gay, And I Am Proud

Contents:

• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• I AM GAY, AND I AM PROUD
• I AM GAY AND PROUD QUOT & SAYGS
• I’M PROUD OF BEG GAY BEE HELPED SHAPE WHO I AM AS A PERSON, WHILE NOT ULTIMATELY FG ME.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

It shouldn't be embraced wh paras makg gays and the rt look like a bunch of circ animals. 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.

I AM GAY, AND I AM PROUD

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

I AM GAY AND PROUD QUOT & SAYGS

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. 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.

homoromantic: a person who is romantilly attracted to people of the same sex or genr. Runng durg Gay Pri Month, June 1-30, wh a goal of 300 gifts 30 days, PFP will enurage donatns via the web on Facebook and Twter. Usg stori wh gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr characters or them, Pri Films and Plays velops human stori that speak for the muny and is sential viewg for all dienc.

I’M PROUD OF BEG GAY BEE HELPED SHAPE WHO I AM AS A PERSON, WHILE NOT ULTIMATELY FG ME.

PFP's ntts - the Great Gay Play Contt, Women's Work ( for works by women wh lbian characters or them) and the Great Gay Screenplay Contt - reach their ncln durg Ftival Weekends of readgs and workshops sponsored by Center on Halsted. The 2011 Great Gay Play Contt wner, Learn To Be Lata by Enrique Ueta, has had multiple regnal productns, and the 2012 wner At The Flash by Sean Chandler and David Leeper was Jeff-remend Chigo and recently nclud a succsful n Los Angel.

SHOWBIZ Ariana DeBose, Outft, 'Gay Days, ' 'Drag Race, ' Keke Palmer 2023-07-28 - Queer, Osr-wng performer/actor Ariana DeBose beme one of three people who have joed the Amerin Film Instute's board of tste, The Hollywood Reporter noted.