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Contents:

• HOW TO ADDRS A MARRIED GAY COUPLE WH THE SAME LAST NAME
• “GAY” OR “HOMOSEXUAL”: THE WORDS WE E N DIVI PUBLIC OPN ON CIVIL RIGHTS
• CO WORDS FOR “GAY” IN CLASSIC FILMS

HOW TO ADDRS A MARRIED GAY COUPLE WH THE SAME LAST NAME

Feel ee to apply the l when you’re referrg to a married gay uple on thgs like weddg vatns, holiday rds, and letters. Addrs each member of a male married gay uple as “Mr.

“GAY” OR “HOMOSEXUAL”: THE WORDS WE E N DIVI PUBLIC OPN ON CIVIL RIGHTS

All the l for addrsg a married gay uple wh the same last name apply whether they have chosen to e 1 last name or to e a hyphenated versn of both their last nam.

There are general l you n follow, but not every gay uple has the same preference, so they might appreciate if you ask. Addrs each member of a female married gay uple as “Mrs.

This uld apply anytime you're vg a married gay person you know to some kd of formal event and you're vg they're partner as a "pl 1.

CO WORDS FOR “GAY” IN CLASSIC FILMS

There are no l set stone about whose name you have to put first when you’re addrsg a gay uple. For example, one member of a gay married uple might intify as more feme and would th prefer to be lled Mrs.

By the mid-20th century, nfirmed bachelor was beg ed as a phemism for “gay man. ” Amerin and Brish newspaper obuari at this time—when men largely remaed closeted due to stigmas agast homosexualy–ed language like never married or nfirmed bachelor stead of terms such as “homosexual.