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IS LLG A HOMOSEXUAL PERSON “GAY” OFFENSIVE?
The followg is a list of LGBT-related slurs that are, or have been, ed as suatns or allegatns about lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr and non-bary people, or to refer to them a rogatory (that is, cril), pejorative (disapprovg or ntemptuo), or otherwise sultg manner. ↑ Cathy Crimms; How the Homosexuals Saved Civilizatn: The Time and Heroic Story of How Gay Men Shaped the Morn World. ↑ Hatbrott 2006: En sammanställng av polisanmälngar med ämlgsfientliga, islamofobiska, antisemiska och homofobiska motiv.
↑ David Campos; Unrstandg Gay and Lbian Youth: Lsons for Straight School Teachers, Counselors, and Admistrators - page: 215. Avoid the offensive term “sexual preference, ” which is ed to accurately suggt that beg gay, lbian, or bisexual is voluntary and “curable.
OFFENSIVE WORDS…”GAY” BEG USED AS AN INSULT
Avoid intifyg gay people as “homosexuals” an outdated term nsired rogatory and offensive to many lbian and gay people. Typilly, for those who intify as queer, the terms lbian, gay, and bisexual are perceived to be too limg and/or ght wh cultural nnotatns they feel do not apply to them.
Also known as SGL, this is a term ed by some Ain Amerin people as an Aocentric alternative to what are nsired Eurocentric, or whe, inti like gay and lbian. Biphobia may be exprsed ments that reflect doubts about the legimacy of bisexualy as an orientatn, accurately implyg that is not real, “jt a phase” or a ver for someone not ready to e out as gay. Note, the terms “gay marriage” and “same-sex marriage” should be avoid, as they n suggt marriage for same-sex upl is somehow different or ls equal than other marriag.
“Openly gay” has been ed to scribe people who self-intify as gay their personal, public, and/or profsnal liv. A person who self-intifi as gay, lbian, bisexual, queer and/or transgenr their personal, public, and/or profsnal liv.