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Contents:
- QUEERNS IS A MEME: WHY ALL THE GOOD SOCIAL MEDIA IS GAY
- THAT'S GAY
- IS BEG GAY A S?
- THE SPECTM: THE ‘GAYT THG’ YOU’VE EVER DONE
QUEERNS IS A MEME: WHY ALL THE GOOD SOCIAL MEDIA IS GAY
Is beg gay a s? Is a s to be gay? Is sful to have same-sex-attractns? * maybe it's a gay thing *
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THAT'S GAY
* maybe it's a gay thing *
There was Polari, a 20th century Brish slang form often ed as a to ss out other gay people or protect onelf om prosecutn.
In his 1996 book Word’s Out: Gay Men’s English, Leap explaed that d language helps “nfirm gay inty durg rmal nversatns between strangers public plac.
Many mem reference ternalized homophobia, ignorant qutns om cishet iends, and the challeng of g out to fay members. Cheyenne agre, pecially when I brg up the moody world of gay Tumblr. You don't simply shout "I'm gay" and a rabow halo sprouts atop your head.
IS BEG GAY A S?
Unls you personally intify as LGBTQIA+ or love someone who do, there is a good chance you bee oversaturated by what you thk are too many stori about gay rights, transgenr kids, and pronoun e. You are fatigued om all of the “gay stuff” nstantly beg shoved your face; you are fe wh the “liftyle” but why n’t we jt live and let live? Tell me aga how tired you are of seeg another story about trans kids and gay people.
LGBT is still a popular term ed to discs genr and sexual mori, but all GSRM are wele beyond lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people who nsent to participate a safe space.
Estimat as to the number of gay people the populatn range om 1--20 to 1--10, so why are some people gay? Are they gay by choice or is beg gay geic? The simplt answer is to look at the fn of the word "gay." The term gay is a synonym for homosexual, which is fed as,1,2.
THE SPECTM: THE ‘GAYT THG’ YOU’VE EVER DONE
In other words, 5-10% of people experience same-sex sexual attractn or behavr; of urse, this don't speak to what mak people gay. No one knows for certa why any dividual is gay, but the current thought is that beg gay is not a choice. (read: Cure the Gay: Gay Conversn Therapy – Real or Hoax?) The reasons people are gay are both physlogil and psychologil.