Knowg how to talk about inti of genr and sexualy is key to unrstandg LGBTQ+ experienc. Learn the distctns between "queer" and "gay."
Contents:
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
- QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
- DIFFERENC AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, HETEROSEXUAL INDIVIDUALS, AND THOSE WHO REPORTED AN OTHER INTY ON AN OPEN-END RPONSE ON LEVELS OF SOCIAL ANXIETY
- UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
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. GAY: Used some cultural settgs to reprent men who are attracted to men a romantic, erotic and/or emotnal sense.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
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.
? SummaryIn the ntext of LGBTQ+ inty, the word gay is typilly ed reference to a person who is sexually and/or romantilly attracted to people of their own sex or genr. Some people may intify as both gay and queer, though others may e only one of the terms or a different term altogether. You may have qutns about why some people intify as gay, queer, both, or another specific way.
In this article, we will expla how the terms gay and queer are ed differently the ntext of sexualy and genr inty. What is the difference between the words gay and queer?
QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
Both gay and queer are often ed as self-intifyg terms.
In the ntext of sexual inty, the word gay is generally ed to mean “of, relatg to, or beg a person who is sexually or romantilly attracted to people of their own sex or genr. ” Often, the word gay is ed specifilly reference to men who are attracted to other men. Women who are attracted to other women often e the word lbian, though some women also e the term gay as well.
Some people may intify as both gay and queer, wh some g the terms to dite different thgs different ntexts. A man who is attracted to other men may intify as gay while also intifyg as part of the queer muny. Rults dited that a sample reced a liberal urban populatn, lbian/gay, and heterosexual dividuals rated siar levels of social anxiety across four Liebowz Social Anxiety Sle subsl (fear, avoidance, social, and performance; Liebowz, 1987).
DIFFERENC AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, HETEROSEXUAL INDIVIDUALS, AND THOSE WHO REPORTED AN OTHER INTY ON AN OPEN-END RPONSE ON LEVELS OF SOCIAL ANXIETY
Alternatively, dividuals who intified as bisexual, or dited a wre- sexual orientatn rated signifintly higher levels of social anxiety than the heterosexual, and lbian/gay groups. Lbian (L), gay (G), and bisexual (B) dividuals experience social and stutnal prejudice and opprsn social teractns (Mays & Cochran, 2001), ls social support than heterosexual dividuals (Saen & Pantalone, 2006), ternalized shame, and are the targets of sexual mory vlence (Kg, et.
Prev rearch has foced largely on dividuals intifyg as gay, ls on lbians, ltle on dividuals intifyg as bisexual (Rt, 2002), and barely at all on those who intify as other sexual inti. Stemmg om biased beliefs that bisexuals are unstable their inty, greedy, immature, and/or immoral) is experienced om not only the heterosexual populatn, but also om lbian and gay populatns (Brewster, Moradi, DeBlaere, & Velez, 2013; Brewster & Moradi, 2010; Burlon, 2005; Weiss, 2003). Though rearch is sparse, a Nurs’ Health Study revealed signifint dispari between dividuals who dited a an “other” tegory for their sexual orientatn pared to lbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual groups on health and psychologil measur (Case et al., 2004).
Margalized sexual orientatns) are likely to experience a high equency of stigma-related thoughts durg social suatns, suggtg that non-heterosexual dividuals might have more negative thoughts surroundg social suatns than heterosexuals (Smart & Wegner, 1999), higher levels of social anxiety (along wh lower self-teem and greater fears of negative evaluatn) have been found LGB populatns when pared to heterosexual dividuals (gay men: Pachankis & Goldied, 2006; LGB: Gilman, Cochran, Mays, Hugh, Ostrow, & Ksler, 2001; Potoczniak, Ala, & DeBlaere, 2007; Saen & Pantalone, 2006). Comparable rearch has been replited sampl of gay man, monstratg that higher expectatns of rejectn, and more equent experienc of discrimatn are lked to higher levels of social anxiety (Hatzenbuehler, Nolen-Hoeksema, & Erickson, 2008; Pachankis, Goldied, & Ramrattan, 2008). Given the higher prevalence of SAD LGB populatns, we mt nsir the bed impacts of livg wh both a margalized sexual orientatn and experiencg mental health stggl, as the tersectnaly uld potentially make both inti more summary, gay and lbian populatns face signifint mental health dispari pared to their heterosexual unterparts.
UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI
Individuals who intify as gay or lbian also endure social opprsn and stigma, which has been lked to higher levels of social anxiety.
Even though rearch on gay and lbian populatns uld theoretilly extend to other sexual mory groups (i.