Synonyms for GAY: animated, active, energetic, animate, lively, brisk, enthiastic, bouncg; Antonyms of GAY: ad, limp, active, animate, lifels, languid, lazy, listls
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SYNONYMS FOR ANTI-GAY
Another way to say Anti-gay? Synonyms for Anti-gay (other words and phras for Anti-gay). * words for not homosexual *
Unls they are drag performers, most Trans people would be offend by beg nfed wh drag queens or drag kgs.Gay - The adjective ed to scribe people whose endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractns are to people of the same sex (e.g., gay man, gay people). Avoid intifyg gay people as “homosexuals” an outdated term nsired rogatory and offensive to many lbian and gay people.Genr Exprsn - Refers to how an dividual exprs their socially nstcted genr.
Also straight.Homosexual - (see Offensive Terms to Avoid) Outdated clil term nsired rogatory and offensive by many gay and lbian people. Gay and/or lbian accurately scribe those who are attracted to people of the same sex.Homophobia - Fear of lbians and gay men. Some lbians may prefer to intify as gay (adj.) or as gay women.LGBTQQIA - An acronym ed to refer to all sexual mori: “Lbian, Gay/Genr Ntral/Genr Queer, Bisexual/Bigenr, Transgenr/Transvte/Transsexual, Qutng/Queer, Intersex, and Alli/Androgyno/Asexual.”Liftyle - (see Offensive Terms to Avoid) Inaccurate term ed by anti-gay extremists to nigrate lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr liv.
SYNONYMS OF GAY
As there is no one straight liftyle, there is no one lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr liftyle.Men Lovg Men (MLM) - Commonly ed by muni of lor to note the attractn of men to men.Men Who Have Sex wh Men - men, cludg those who do not intify themselv as homosexual or bisexual, who engage sexual activy wh other men (ed public health ntexts to avoid excludg men who intify as heterosexual).Openly Gay - Dcrib people who self-intify as lbian or gay their personal, public and/or profsnal liv.
However, is not universally accepted even wh the LGBT muny and should be avoid unls someone self-intifi that way.Qutng - The procs of nsirg or explorg one’s sexual orientatn and/or genr inty.Sexual Orientatn - The scientifilly accurate term for an dividual’s endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractn to members of the same and/or oppose sex, cludg lbian, gay, bisexual and heterosexual (straight) orientatns. Avoid the offensive term “sexual preference,” which is ed to suggt that beg gay or lbian is voluntary and therefore “curable.”Sexual Behavr - Refers to an dividual’s sexual activi or actns (what a person do sexually). For example, a man who transns om male to female and is attracted to other women would be intified as a lbian or a gay woman.transgenr-specific termologyCross-Drsg - To ocsnally wear cloth tradnally associated wh people of the other sex.
For example, a person who is born male and transns to bee female is a transgenr woman, whereas a person who is born female and transns to bee male is a transgenr man.OFFENSIVE TERMS TO AVOIDOffensive: “homosexual” (n. Or adj.)Preferred: “gay” (adj.); “gay man” or “lbian” (n.); “gay person/people” Please e “gay” or “lbian” to scribe people attracted to members of the same sex. Bee of the clil history of the word “homosexual,” is aggrsively ed by anti-gay extremists to suggt that gay people are somehow diseased or psychologilly/emotnally disorred – notns discreded by the Amerin Psychologil Associatn and the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn the 1970s.Offensive: “homosexual relatns/relatnship,” “homosexual uple,” “homosexual sex,” etc.Preferred: “relatnship” (or “sexual relatnship”), “uple” (or, if necsary, “gay uple”), “sex,” etc.Intifyg a same-sex uple as “a homosexual uple,” characterizg their relatnship as “a homosexual relatnship,” or intifyg their timacy as “homosexual sex” is extremely offensive and should be avoid.As a le, try to avoid labelg an activy, emotn or relatnship “gay,” “lbian” or “bisexual” unls you would ll the same activy, emotn or relatnship “straight” if engaged by someone of another orientatn.Offensive: “sexual preference”Preferred: “sexual orientatn” or “orientatn” The term “sexual preference” is typilly ed to suggt that beg lbian, gay or bisexual is a choice and therefore n and should be “cured.” Sexual orientatn is the accurate scriptn of an dividual’s endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractn to members of the same and/or oppose sex and is clive of lbians, gay men, bisexuals and straight men and women.Offensive: “gay liftyle” or “homosexual liftyle”Preferred: “gay liv,” “gay and lbian liv” There is no sgle lbian, gay or bisexual liftyle.