This Amerin Psychologist reprt prents suggtns for avoidg heterosexual bias language ncerng lbians, gay men and bisexual persons.
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HETEROSEXUAL VS GAY - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?HETEROSEXUAL | GAY |AS NOUNS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HETEROSEXUAL AND GAYIS THAT HETEROSEXUAL IS HETEROSEXUAL WHILE GAY IS NAPE.AS A VERB GAY ISTO CROW.OTHER COMPARISONS: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?HETEROSEXUAL VS YTERGAYHETEROSEXUAL
* gay o heterosexual *
This means that beg transgenr (feelg like your assigned sex is very different om the genr you intify wh) isn’t the same thg as beg gay, lbian, or bisexual.
Many asexual people feel romantilly attracted to people — so they may intify as asexual, and also as gay, lbian, bisexual, or straight.
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. Sce 1975, APA has lled on psychologists to take the lead removg the stigma of mental illns that has long been associated wh lbian, gay, and bisexual orientatns. The prejudice and discrimatn that people who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual regularly experience have been shown to have negative psychologil effects.