Knowg how to talk about inti of genr and sexualy is key to unrstandg LGBTQ+ experienc. Learn the distctns between "queer" and "gay."
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QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
* meaning of gay g a y *
Is a backronym for gay standg for Good As You.
It is meant to transform the historic e of gay as a slur to an exprsn of gay Pri. The term gay has referred to someone who exhibs sexual sire or behavr toward a person or persons of their same sex sce at least the 1930s. Historilly, gay has been ed as an extremely offensive slur, eveng evolvg to a tch-all sult for “stupid” the 1980–90s.
However, large part due to reclamatn by Gay Rights activists over the s, gay has sce bee a preferred term to refer to gay men—and preferred over homosexual, a term that wh a lot of paful baggage. Beg nakedly anti-gay is still a stance that might st you jobs, iends, and rpect 21st century society. Pl Flynn’s 2017 book about gay Brish culture is tled Good As You: From Prejudice to Pri—30 Years of Gay Bra.
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Good As You has also been ed as a song tle, cludg by Eternal Summers 2012 and Sundrsed 2015, though the stanc are about heartache, not gay Pri. Time’s up Glov off You won’t like hearg , but GAY = #GoodAsYou & opposg #SSM is bigoted #LGBTI #EqualMarriage.
You know this untry gay stands for Good As You.
Rumors persist that good as you is the orig of g gay for a homosexual man or LGBTQ person more generally, but that’s bog etymology (à la golf g om Gents Only, Ladi Forbidn). Stands for good at yoga, but the evince for this is lackg, not even on flyers for gay yoga class. Sexual orientatn refers to the endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractn to members of the same and/or other genrs, cludg lbian, gay, bisexual and straight orientatns.