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Contents:

• LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT
• WRG THE "I'M GAY" LETTER
• GAYLETTER SHOP
• WHAT WORDS CAN I SAY TO DECLARE THAT I’M GAY?
• HOW TO SAY “GAY” IN SIGN LANGUAGE
• TOP 10 FASCATG GAY TEXTS FROM HISTORY
• I'M GAY CROSSWORD ANSWER
• HOW TO SAY I'M GAY DIFFERENT LANGUAG
• I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN

LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT

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WRG THE "I'M GAY" LETTER

As “homosexual” began to feel clil and pejorative, gay beme the rigur mastream term to refer to same-sex attractn the late 1960s and early ’70s.

GAYLETTER SHOP

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WHAT WORDS CAN I SAY TO DECLARE THAT I’M GAY?

Some women who are attracted to women prefer the terms gay or queer refers to someone who rejects or do not intify wh the genr bary of man or woman. The acronym stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr.

HOW TO SAY “GAY” IN SIGN LANGUAGE

Homosexual, gay, lbian: A person who is attracted to people of the same genr.

TOP 10 FASCATG GAY TEXTS FROM HISTORY

“Gay” has several meangs bee n refer to a homosexual male or female, but “lbian” only refers to a homosexual female. The word “queer” is also a tricky term bee has been, and still is many s, a very offensive word for gay people. I thk I might be gay or bi or trans or queer.

I'M GAY CROSSWORD ANSWER

RencilgWorks, “Lutheran Introductn to Our Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer Neighbors”.

HOW TO SAY I'M GAY DIFFERENT LANGUAG

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I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN

Consirg a recent survey by the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) found that 12 percent of the populatn intifi as LGBTQIA+, 's more ccial than ever to unrstand the termology around this growg muny. Until somewhat recently, variatns of the term "gay muny" were ed to enpass the entirety of the group that we now refer to as LGBTQIA+. Magaze, the first acronym to take shape the 1990s was "GLBT, " ed to scribe those who intified as eher gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr.