Knowg how to talk about inti of genr and sexualy is key to unrstandg LGBTQ+ experienc. Learn the distctns between "queer" and "gay."
Contents:
- I CALL MYSELF GAY
- ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
- QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
I CALL MYSELF GAY
LGBTQIA+ is an abbreviatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer or qutng, tersex, asexual, and more. The terms are ed to scribe a person’s sexual orientatn or genr inty. * nonbinary and gay *
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.
As GLAAD not, "Transgenr people may be straight, lbian, gay, bisexual or queer.
A person who transns om female to male and is attracted solely to men would typilly intify as a gay man. Acrdg to The Trevor Project, a non-prof anizatn foced on suici preventn efforts among lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng youth, there are a number of pronouns that n be ed:. I Call Myself Gay.
ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
LOG IN WITH FACEBOOKHome›Polics and Activism›I Call Myself Gay›When I tell people that I’m “nonbary and gay, ” I get some nfed reactns. This is unrstandable—at prent, “gay” generally means “attracted to the same genr as onelf, ” so naturally, they wonr what gayns means to someone wh a nonbary genr. When I expla to them that to me, beg gay means that I’m generally to girls and girl-of-center people, I’m met wh even more nfn, and some disbelief the validy of my own nonbary genr.
QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
After all, if I ll myself gay, and am to girls, don’t that make me a girl as well?
I cid to reclaim “gay” a way that sued me. When I ll myself gay, easily gets the pot across that I’m not straight— and rri wh the assumptn that I’m not really to guys (bee I am so often assumed to be a girl).