Knowg how to talk about inti of genr and sexualy is key to unrstandg LGBTQ+ experienc. Learn the distctns between "queer" and "gay."
Contents:
- QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
- WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE A GAY MAN?
- BEG GAY FOR SOMEONE
- HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
* what does it mean to gay someone *
Homosexualy refers to attractn between people who are the same sex. It om the Greek word homos, meang “the same.
WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE A GAY MAN?
People who are homosexual uld refer to themselv as gay, lbian, LGBTQ, queer, or a number of other terms. Many people who are gay velop feelgs for people of the same sex their teenage years. There are many different synonyms for “homosexualy, ” as the term self is most mon synonym is “gay” or “lbian.
” Gay ually means a man beg attracted to another man, while lbian means a woman is attracted to another woman.
BEG GAY FOR SOMEONE
“LGBTQ” is an acronym that stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of homophobia the Uned Stat and around the world.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
In many untri, ’s illegal to be gay. People who are anti-gay have spread several harmful myths monizg homosexualy. Among them clu:Myth 1: LGBTQ Members Make Bad ParentsMany people who are gay have lovg fai and raise happy, succsful children.
Myth 2: Beg Gay Is a Choice and Can Be FixedBeg gay is not a choice, or somethg that n be changed.
The Amerin Medil Associatn is agast therapy that is “based on the assumptn that homosexualy is a mental disorr or that the person should change their ’s important to know that there is nothg wrong wh lovg people of the same genr as you.