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- ARE YOU AN OTTER, A DOLPH, OR A GAZELLE? GAY SLANG EXPLAED
- GAY SLANG
- ARE MANATE GAY
- AN ILLTRATED GUI TO REGNIZG YOUR GAY STEREOTYP
- AS MAJOR BRANDS WAVER, GAY WATER AIMS FOR AUTHENTICY
ARE YOU AN OTTER, A DOLPH, OR A GAZELLE? GAY SLANG EXPLAED
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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. G: Gay. Why gay or lbian and not “homosexual”?
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.
GAY SLANG
Gay slang is slang that arose om gay culture and muni. Gay slang vari over time and regns and terms often enter the mon vernacular." name="Dcriptn" property="og:scriptn * gay term manatee *
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.
ARE MANATE GAY
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People aware of this former tegorizatn feel that the term homosexual still rri a negative nnotatn. 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.
Instead, the terms gay and lbian are generally preferred.
AN ILLTRATED GUI TO REGNIZG YOUR GAY STEREOTYP
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.
The days, the term homosexual is typilly limed to medil ntexts, if ed at all. 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.
AS MAJOR BRANDS WAVER, GAY WATER AIMS FOR AUTHENTICY
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.”.
The term queer, like the term homosexual, has a b of a troubled history.
However, unlike homosexual, has been wily reappropriated by the LGBTQ muny as a label.