A brief history of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr social movements

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• 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
• LGBTQIA+ (LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR,QUEER/QUTNG, INTERSEX, ALLY/ASEXUAL +) STUDI: HOME
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
• PROTECTG THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX (LGBTQI+) PEOPLE
• THE AVAILABILY AND TYPE OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER NTENT ON SPERM, OOCYTE, AND EMBRYO PROVIR WEBS
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER MUNY
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX (LGBTQI+)
• A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH, 2021

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

Some lbians may prefer to intify as gay or as gay women. GAY.

People are often nfed by the terms lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and the related acronym LGBTQIA+.

LGBTQIA+ (LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR,QUEER/QUTNG, INTERSEX, ALLY/ASEXUAL +) STUDI: HOME

LGBTQIA+: The first four letters of this standard abbreviatn are “Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr.

Some lbians may prefer to intify as gay (adj.

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE

) or as gay women. Avoid intifyg lbians as “homosexuals, ” a rogatory term (see Offensive Terms to Avoid).

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

Gay: The adjective ed to scribe people whose endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractns are to people of the same sex (e. G., gay man, gay people). Avoid intifyg gay people as “homosexuals, ” an outdated term nsired rogatory and offensive to many lbian and gay people.

PROTECTG THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX (LGBTQI+) PEOPLE

Queer: Once nsired a meang slur for beg gay, “queer” is beg reclaimed by some as a self-affirmg umbrella term, pecially among those who nsir other labels rtrictive. Some still believe ’s a homophobic slur, so should be avoid unls quotg or scribg someone who self-intifi that way. GAY: Used some cultural settgs to reprent men who are attracted to men a romantic, erotic and/or emotnal sense.

THE AVAILABILY AND TYPE OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER NTENT ON SPERM, OOCYTE, AND EMBRYO PROVIR WEBS

Not all men who engage same-genr sexual behavr intify as gay, and as such this label should be ed wh utn. LGBTQ2S+ ALLY: Someone who nonts heterosexism, anti- LGBTQ2S+ bias, heterosexual and cisgenr privilege themselv and others; believ that heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia are social jtice issu.

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER MUNY

Not bee they are bad, or homophobic, or transphobic… but bee the reali are not their own lived experience, or bee workg alongsi the groups may be a newer experience for them.

E., bisexual, gay, straight. LGBTQIA+ stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer (or sometim qutng), tersex, asexual, and others.

G (Gay): Gay is ually a term ed to refer to men/men-aligned dividuals who are only attracted to people of the same/siar genr. However, lbians n also be referred to as gay. The e of the term gay beme more popular durg the 1970s.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

Today, bisexual and pansexual people sometim e gay to sually refer to themselv when they talk about their siar genr attractn. The regnn of bisexual dividuals is important, sce there have been perds when people who intify as bi have been misunrstood as beg gay.

Other acronym variatns that are sometim ed clu LGBTIQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex, and queer) and LGBTQQIP2SAA (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, qutng, tersex, pansexual, two-spir (2S), androgyno, and asexual). Where a variety of orientatns and inti had prevly been referred to as "the gay muny" and later "the gay and lbian muny, " the acronym eventually evolved as a way to be more clive of other inti. “Coverage of LGBTQ issu has moved beyond simplistic polil dichotomi and toward more fully realized reprentatns, not only of the diversy of the LGBTQ muny, but also of LGBTQ people’s liv, their fai, and their fundamental cln the fabric of Amerin society, ” explas GLAAD, or the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn.

For example, you wouldn’t say “Ali is LGBTQIA+”—you’d say “Ali is gay. Even more clive variatns exist, such as LGBTQI2S (which reprents lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, qutng, queer, tersex, and Two-Spir).

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX (LGBTQI+)

If you are terted learng more about what terms and phras should be avoid, GLAAD, the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, has a reference page that offers helpful rmatn on LGBTQ terms as well as rmatn on terms that are specific to the transgenr muny. Rearch suggts that while attus have shifted towards greater acceptance, LGBTQ+ people still face nsirable homophobia and discrimatn. But the term n sometim seem to imply that there is a sgle, homogeno group when there are actually many dividual muni ma up of diverse dividuals.

A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH, 2021

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