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Contents:

• HOW TO SAY “GAY” IN SIGN LANGUAGE
• THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN
• GAY DICTNARY
• GAY
• ENGLISH PRONUNCIATN OF GAY
• HOW TO SIGN ‘GAY’ OR ‘QUEER’? AMERIN SIGN LANGUAGE ERS DON’T AGREE.
• NFL ACH OUT AS GAY HISTORIC MOMENT AMERIN SPORTS
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN IS FIRST AMERIN MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

HOW TO SAY “GAY” IN SIGN LANGUAGE

Pri, formerly known as Gay Pri, is a regnn of LGBTQ inty, affirmatn of equal rights, and celebratn of visibily, digny, and diversy the LGBTQ muny. While the word homosexual is still ocsnally ed some ntexts, you might have noticed that don’t make an appearance any versn of the LGBTQ acronym.

As our age note on the term stat, “up until 1973, homosexualy was listed The Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs (DSM), psychiatry’s standard reference on the classifitn of mental illns.

THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN

People aware of this former tegorizatn feel that the term homosexual still rri a negative nnotatn.

GAY DICTNARY

And many feel that this word plac undue emphasis on sexual activy, or that sounds overly clil.” In fact, the term homosexual was liberately rejected by early gay rights activists bee, acrdg to The New York Tim, “they did not want to be intified as exclively sexual begs.”. For the and other reasons, the term homosexual is wily nsired disparagg and offensive.

Gay, on the other hand, n be ed to scribe a person of any genr who experienc same-sex attractn, although is most often ed to scribe a man who is attracted to men. On June 28, 1969, the New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn, a bar equented by gay and genr-nonnformg people (at a time when terms like LGBTQ didn’t yet exist). They attempted to arrt the gay and trans bar patrons, which started a seri of protts agast the police.

Partially rponse to Stonewall, 1970, queer activists New York Cy anized a march to Central Park wh the theme “Gay Pri.” A more prehensive history of the Stonewall Rt or the Stonewall Uprisg n be found our Pri Month explaer. Trans activist Slyvia Rivera particular advoted for the more forceful slogan “Gay power.”. However, unlike homosexual, has been wily reappropriated by the LGBTQ muny as a label.

GAY

Queer lerally means “strange or odd om a nventnal viewpot,” and by at least by the late 1800s, queer was ployed as a rogatory term for an effemate or gay man. Queer was seen as a way to refer to gays and lbians whout beg genr-sentialist or g divisns wh the muny. homoromantic: a person who is romantilly attracted to people of the same sex or genr.

This article prents suggtns for avoidg heterosexual bias language ncerng lbians, gay men, and bisexual persons.

ENGLISH PRONUNCIATN OF GAY

The article suggts preferred termology and also prents ways of creasg the visibily of lbians, gay men, and bisexual persons language. The Commtee on Lbian and Gay Concerns (CLGC) has nsired issu of heterosexual bias language sce was found 1980.

Comments were soliced om the Amerin Psychologil Associatns (APA's) Divisn 44 and om the Associatn of Lbian and Gay Psychologists.

Problems occur language ncerng lbians, gay men, and bisexual persons when the language is too vague or the ncepts are poorly fed.

HOW TO SIGN ‘GAY’ OR ‘QUEER’? AMERIN SIGN LANGUAGE ERS DON’T AGREE.

Language may be ambiguo reference, so that the rear is uncerta about s meang or s cln and excln creria; and the term homosexualy has been associated the past wh viance, mental illns, and crimal behavr, and the negative stereotyp may be perpetuated by biased language. The term sexual orientatn is preferred to sexual preference for psychologil wrg and refers to sexual and affectnal relatnships of lbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual people. The word preference suggts a gree of voluntary choice that is not necsarily reported by lbians and gay men and that has not been monstrated psychologil rearch.

The terms lbian sexual orientatn, heterosexual sexual orientatn, gay male sexual orientatn, and bisexual sexual orientatn are preferable to lbianism, heterosexualy, homosexualy, and bisexualy.

Lbian and gay male are preferred to the word homosexual when ed as an adjective referrg to specific persons or groups, and the terms lbians and gay men are preferred to homosexuals ed as nouns when referrg to specific persons or groups. The terms gay male and lbian refer primarily to inti and to the morn culture and muni that have veloped among people who share those inti.

NFL ACH OUT AS GAY HISTORIC MOMENT AMERIN SPORTS

Some men and women have sex wh others of their own genr but do not nsir themselv to be gay or lbian. The terms gay as an adjective and gay persons as a noun have been ed to refer to both mal and femal.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

However, the terms may be ambiguo reference bee rears who are ed to the term lbian and gay may assume that gay refers to men only. Th, is preferable to e gay or gay persons only when prr reference has specified the genr posn of this term.

Terms such as gay male are preferable to homosexualy or male homosexualy, as are grammatil renstctns (e. G., "his lleagu knew he was gay" rather than "his lleagu knew about his homosexualy"). The same is te for lbian place of female homosexual, female homosexualy, or lbianism.

Likewise, is eful that women and men not be nsired "oppos" (as "oppose sex") to avoid polarizatn, and that heterosexual women and men not be viewed as oppose to lbians and gay men. When referrg to sexual behavr that nnot be scribed as heterosexual, gay, lbian, or bisexual, special re needs to be taken.

DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT

For example, scriptns of sexual behavr among animal speci should be termed male-male sexual behavr or male-female sexual behavr rather than homosexual behavr or heterosexual behavr. Although may seem cumbersome at first, is cleart to e the term lbians, gay men, and bisexual women or men when referrg clively to members of the groups.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN IS FIRST AMERIN MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Lbians, gay men, and bisexual men and women often feel ignored by the general media, which take the heterosexual orientatn of their rears for granted. Ways to crease the visibily of lbians, gay men, and bisexual persons clu the followg:.

Referrg to lbians, gay men, and bisexual persons suatns other than sexual relatnships.