Pierre Gay | Créd Agrile CIB

Contents:

• KARE JEAN-PIERRE REFLECTS ON G OUT AS GAY: 'WASN'T AN EASY THG'
• 'AN OUT GAY WOMAN': KARE JEAN-PIERRE HOP TO EMPOWER LGBTQ YOUTH AS WHE HOE PRS SECRETARY
• PIERRE GAY
• JEREMIE PIERRE GAY

KARE JEAN-PIERRE REFLECTS ON G OUT AS GAY: 'WASN'T AN EASY THG'

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.

'AN OUT GAY WOMAN': KARE JEAN-PIERRE HOP TO EMPOWER LGBTQ YOUTH AS WHE HOE PRS SECRETARY

G: Gay. Why gay or lbian and not “homosexual”?

PIERRE GAY

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. 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.

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.

JEREMIE PIERRE GAY

Instead, the terms gay and lbian are generally preferred.

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.