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Contents:

• QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
• THE 'GAY' WORD: WHAT DO MEAN WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE E NEGATIVELY?
• GAYER
• MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH
• WHAT IS THE MEANG OF: GAYER
• IS GAYER A WORD THE ENGLISH DICTNARY?
• GAY

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.

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

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?

GAYER

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. When I was growg up, I noticed somethg about the word “gay”. A word that origally meant happy and reee beme a ntral label to scribe homosexualy, and end up beg a term ed to ppot somethg people don’t like, fd embarrassg, or want to distance themselv do this mean that young people are more homophobic than ever before?

MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH

He says: “We fd schools have high levels of sual homophobic language, and high rat of homophobic bullyg.

” However Durham soclogist Mark McCormack argu the way the word “gay” is beg ed do not rry homophobic tent.

“But ’s very hard for people who heard ‘gay’ as beg solely homophobic, like I did growg up, to see that n mean somethg different to a different generatn. “The problem wh sayg ‘that’s so gay’ is that even though you and your iends might know you’re not beg homophobic, if you’re g a public or semi-public space, other people might see you as homophobic, ” he jt my stunt overdraft as my budget, I cid to make a documentary explorg how this piece of language had evolved, and speak to people both gay and straight to see how they felt aboutthe word takg on a negative gay people I spoke to were ntent wh the word evolvg, while there were straight people who were outraged.

WHAT IS THE MEANG OF: GAYER

Younger people, whom we might have expected to have more awarens of what means to intify as gay bee of media verage, were often the mographic fendg the negative e of this olr people I spoke to felt strongly that should not be allowed to be ed negatively. The language we e, nscly or subnscly, n reflect our feelgs towards “rgh, that’s gay” reveals a lack of llective unrstandg of what means to intify as gay. Equal marriage legislatn may suggt that society has advanced s thkg, but there remas a gap s grasp of gay inty, culture and the week leadg up to the premiere of my documentary, The Gay Word, s trailer was shown a London cema.

IS GAYER A WORD THE ENGLISH DICTNARY?

Staff noticed how the dience’s body language often shifted and beme awkward on jt seeg the word gay projected on Soho, I hand out stickers promotg the film and reactns were mixed.

Dpe beg a famoly gay-iendly area, one person hastily said: “I’m not gay”.

GAY

In makg this film, I’ve learned jt how much of a load term gay what is the solutn? One sendary school teacher told me staff often “turn a bld eye” to behavur that may be makg gay pupils feel unfortable at young people I met while makg this film told me that school is tough and not a place they n flourish.

”Until this chang, young people will ntue to grow up feelg that the word “gay” means alien, embarrassg, stupid, or wrong. Somebody so gay, other gays make fun of them for beg a gay.