There is no ‘gay gene.’ There is no ‘straight gene.’ Sexualy is jt plex, study nfirms | PBS NewsHour

Contents:

• QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
• USG THE WORD 'GAY' DON'T MAKE YOU HOMOPHOBIC ANYMORE THAN USG 'BLACK' MAK YOU RACIST
• WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?
• RSIAN GAY SLANG
• SYNONYMS OF GAY
• THE 'GAY' WORD: WHAT DO MEAN WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE E NEGATIVELY?
• THERE IS NO ‘GAY GENE.’ THERE IS NO ‘STRAIGHT GENE.’ SEXUALY IS JT PLEX, STUDY NFIRMS
• THERE IS NO 'NTRAL' WORD FOR ANTI-GAY BIAS

QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT

? 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. 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.

I know that "words change meang over time" and "everyone says so 's jt part of the vobulary now" and " meant somethg else before meant homosexual" and "herp rp ee speech rp. I also unrstand that you believe that gleang a "homosexual nnotatn" om your pejorative e of the word is jt "oversensive" and "vigilante thought policg, " which you fd obnox. your gay iend isn't actually offend by your e of the term, and he's only keepg his mouth shut so that he don't make you feel awkward (spe the fact that you may be makg him feel awkward).

USG THE WORD 'GAY' DON'T MAKE YOU HOMOPHOBIC ANYMORE THAN USG 'BLACK' MAK YOU RACIST

Do you really thk 's fair that your sistence upon g a word a certa way should tmp other people's wish that you stop g that word that way bee mak them feel like sh and they al wh that om heteronormative society enough so they really don't need their so-lled "iends" to spew latently homophobic nonsense at them as well?

In your se, Sir/Madam Heterosexual, you have straight privilege, which means that you don't have to swim agast the current of homophobic bullsh that greets jt about every LGBT person every day. On Monday durg one of my regular yearly viss to my grandmother, she was watchg ITV's This Morng and on was Will Young wh Rosie Ellgham talkg about homophobic bullyg schools wh particular emphasis on the e of the word 'gay'. ), the topic was very much foced on how the word gay is always negative and should be eviscerated along wh anyone who don't agree wh jt me or do Will look knackered this image?

My school days weren't the easit time my life, but that wasn't bee of rampant homophobia was bee of rampant disablaphobia or whatever you would ll general mockery of the disabled. You see, words are jt words, their meang is pennt entirely on the ntext of their the segment, Will said:I thk there are thgs: there's the word 'gay' has bee a negative nnotatn, 's ed a lot, 'that's so gay'.

WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?

I thk there's out and out homophobic bullyg, and then there's this e of the word 'gay', which has bee every day vobulary, people don't thk 's to here he seems to be talkg sense.

The are the really harrowg statistics: 23 per cent of young gay people will try to kill themselv and 56 per cent will is of urse very tragic and somethg mt be done, but what's your pot? Most people I have spoken to and ed the word the different ntexts have unrstood the ntext and not sisted on tellg me how I'm stroyg society or killg childrenThe popular animated show South Park ma an episo on the e of the term 'faggot' Amerin culture and how is no longer broadly nsired a homophobic and abive term, rather refers to nsirate idts. The problem of homophobic bullyg is not to suggt that the e of certa words is negative regardls of ntext, fact, such a msage n have the reverse effect as there is the ntuo promotn of such words as homophobic, therefore any e of will be seen as targeted at the neart homosexual.

RSIAN GAY SLANG

Counselg for those who may be subjected to homophobic bullyg, a strong stance of schools agast any and all bullyg and the promotn of LGBT sex tn alongsi heterosexual sex tn are the solutns to the problems of homophobic bullyg. Jt like you won't beat racism by preventg people g the 'n' word all ntexts, you won't end homophobia by banng any word that may even broadly apply to LGBT people a negative way. Some archivist or queer historian may rroborate or squash this ia, one I heard om a gay elr and pass on to you — that “queer” was actually the word preferred by the first wave of queens, h om the closet, sweatg word-of-mouth disthequ that migrated through the cy.

SYNONYMS OF GAY

So many zgers are rerd om those trials that this seems plsible: Sir John Douglas, the Marqus of Queensbury (serly), who first lled Wil a sodome and lnched the gay playwright’s epic mise, reportedly lled Wil a “snob queer” durg the proceedgs.

THE 'GAY' WORD: WHAT DO MEAN WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE E NEGATIVELY?

“Queer” addrs the fluidy of genr and sexual orientatn and f those who e as people foced on problems largely ignored by the gay rights movement: racism, wage equaly, women’s rights, transphobia, and so on. The word beme cemented antigay lgo wh the famo CBS Reports episo “The Homosexuals, ” which aired on March 7, 1967 (I would be born on the same day 25 years later).

THERE IS NO ‘GAY GENE.’ THERE IS NO ‘STRAIGHT GENE.’ SEXUALY IS JT PLEX, STUDY NFIRMS

A self-intified gay woman, she rried the bt sign the crowd, one that exemplified slur-reclamatn: “DYKE: We might not go down history, but we’ll do down on your sister!

THERE IS NO 'NTRAL' WORD FOR ANTI-GAY BIAS

It’s easy to see how “faggot” beme a hate word wh s implitn that gay men should that meang, words like “flamer” and “flamg” formed as rogatory terms for feme men.