Y. A natnal poll asked lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer or qutng people age 13 to 24.
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I CALL MYSELF GAY
The crease the number of visible gay and trans people is sometim treated as a cursy or a e for ncern by crics, but ’s not a surprise. It’s normal. * gay and nonbinary *
I Call Myself Gay. LOG IN WITH FACEBOOKHome›Polics and Activism›I Call Myself Gay›When I tell people that I’m “nonbary and gay, ” I get some nfed reactns. This is unrstandable—at prent, “gay” generally means “attracted to the same genr as onelf, ” so naturally, they wonr what gayns means to someone wh a nonbary genr.
When I expla to them that to me, beg gay means that I’m generally to girls and girl-of-center people, I’m met wh even more nfn, and some disbelief the validy of my own nonbary genr. After all, if I ll myself gay, and am to girls, don’t that make me a girl as well? I cid to reclaim “gay” a way that sued me.
When I ll myself gay, easily gets the pot across that I’m not straight— and rri wh the assumptn that I’m not really to guys (bee I am so often assumed to be a girl). So, gay is a great shorthand for me to e— pecially around those who unrstand that my inti sometim require g accepted terms nontradnal said, the nfn remas a central theme peopl’ reactns to me tellg them that I’m “nonbary and gay”.