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Contents:

• AM I GAY?
• HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
• I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
• 【梗百科】I'M GAY 是啥梗？
• 'HELP, I'M GAY'
• HOW DO I KNOW IF I’M GAY?
• LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• THK I’M GAY BUT NOT SURE SEND HELP
• I’M GAY NEED HELP
• HELP! MY ONLY FRIENDS ARE HOMOPHOBIC AND DON’T KNOW I’M GAY
• HELP, I’M GAY MEME GENERATOR

AM I GAY?

Gay - While this adjective has historilly scribed men who are attracted to other men, the term now is ed to refer to anyone who experienc romantic, emotnal, or physil attractn to people of the same genr.

Sce genr inty and sexual orientatn are separate, transgenr people n intify as straight, gay, lbian, bisexual, etc. Most people the LGBTQ+ muny know om experience that acceptg your sexualy will lead to your beg a happier, more open this gui, the term gay has been ed to clu all forms of non-heterosexual attractn, whether that be people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, pansexual, or otherwise not straight. Know if you are gay.

HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY

Consir takg an onle sexualy quiz, like this one, to see if intifyg as gay feels right for you. There isn't any need to change yourself - beg gay is jt another way of simply existg, and there is nothg wrong wh at all. Neher is there anythg wrong wh you for beg gay.

The fact that I am gay is jt another facet of who I am, jt as beg creative, or optimistic, or havg brown ey is. Remember that beg gay do not require you to nform to typil gay stereotyp.

Most people who are gay are distguishable om those that aren't. Beg gay do not necsarily make you any ls mascule or feme, and there is no need or prsure to nform to stereotyp that don't feel right to you - bee you are who you are. You do not need to f to the gay muny jt as much as you don't need to f to the straight muny.

I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK

In 100 years, "gay" will be an entirely different ncept. There is no evince that "helpg gay people to bee heterosexual" is possible.

【梗百科】I'M GAY 是啥梗？

Homosexualy is not viewed as an illns and short, won't be treated as such. There are many, many gay people all sorts of muni, and there are many people there for you when you need support. Fd a group or a hangout where you feel fortable, and where there will be other gay people to talk wh.

If you were raised an environment that owns on homosexualy, you are not worth any ls. The laws the Bible were maly for health purpos - shunng homosexualy is right next to not gettg tattoos, not eatg pork, and not wearg mixed lens, but you n bet your bottom dollar all your neighbors do those thgs.

Your iends and fay love "you, " not straight you or gay you, they love you. Unrstand that a person who is gay is no different om any other person. Like everyone else, gay people have dreams and goals and want pannship and love jt like anyone else you know.

'HELP, I'M GAY'

If you are the USA, there is the Gay-Straight Alliance. What if my whole fay is agast homosexualy? I don't want to e out bee my siblgs may get bullied for havg a gay brother.

HOW DO I KNOW IF I’M GAY?

It is important to note that the Amerin Psychologil Associatn has clared that groups claimg to cure homosexualy are dangero and unhealthy.

LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT

If you are still beg supported by parents whom you are que sure would disown you for beg gay, may be pnt to wa to tell them until you are pennt. You may regret the acceptance of your orientatn the future, pecially if you're a part of the world where the gay muny is beg prosecuted by a specific culture.

Article SummaryXIf you stggle wh acceptg your attractn to the same sex, know that beg gay is pletely normal and you n be proud of who you are by fdg support and embracg your dividualy. It’s also important to unrstand that you don’t need to nform to gay stereotyp or tl, as they are artificial social nstcts.

But as a gay man, I have been fightg my whole life to enjoy the very privileg I am entled to as both a beholr and protector of them. I was one of few soldiers who joed the service before graduatg high school, but the admistratn at the time, which I believe was homophobic, chose to act as if I never existed bee of my queer hate that I experienced growg up on Long Island was my first enunter wh how others would treat me as a queer soldier.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

We asked Stan Jon, who has amic, profsnal, and personal experience helpg those sortg out their homosexual orientatn, to let listen on one of his nversatns wh "Todd, " a pose drawn om many of Stan's teractns. But did you know that Melbourne is also home to a high proportn of people who intify as LGBTIQ+ (Lbian Gay Bisexual Trans Queer Intersex)?

It is also perfectly normal when this means intifyg as gay, queer, same-sex attracted or LGBTIQ+. The oppose may also be te, wh some people first intifyg as gay or lbian and subsequently intifyg as bisexual. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angel Tim) To the edor: I wonr if the LGBTQ+ muny realiz that the Supreme Court lg favor of a webse signer who didn’t want to create weddg s for gay upl n work our favor as well.

(“How the ripple effect of the Supreme Court’s 303 Creative cisn uld swamp civil rights, ” Opn, July 12)As a gay man, I am always ncerned if the bs where I spend my money are supportive of my muny. New York (CNN) — In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.

THK I’M GAY BUT NOT SURE SEND HELP

In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that. “The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them, ” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer.

Gay Water, however, is out and proud.

The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny. “Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self, ” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry.

I’M GAY NEED HELP

The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail.

Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water. “Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg. For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch.

Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails, ” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN. “There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns, ” Roth said. Of urse, other drks e the word “gay, ” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space.

HELP! MY ONLY FRIENDS ARE HOMOPHOBIC AND DON’T KNOW I’M GAY

If you didn’t know, you’ve probably gused as much—most straight people don’t re this much about makg the Church a better place for gay people. In 6th gra, I realized I was gay*, and I swore I would never let anyone know who I really was. I grew up hearg that beg gay was bad, dirty, and disgtg.

When a gay person me on TV or was seen public, people mented how gross gay marriage was and how godls gay people were. If the topic ever me up church, was a simple statement that God was agast homosexualy. Still gay.

Time and time aga I begged God to heal me if beg gay wasn’t how I was supposed to be, and time and time aga change didn’t seem to be His will. I remember watchg the show Next on MTV the first time a gay man was the nttant. ” I remember readg any book for school where two guys had a close iendship—A Separate Peace, The Cholate Wars, The Chosen—wantg for them to be gay and to lose myself the story.

HELP, I’M GAY MEME GENERATOR

In middle school I played leadg rol both of our theater productns, but high school I quickly realized that the same people the theater club where also our Gay-Straight Alliance. I uld not risk anyone spectg that I was gay. Gay marriage was a particularly ntent topic durg the 2008 electn, so naturally, our ernment class played out the same divisive nversatns found on CNN.

Untentnally fulfillg stereotyp, I was one of the most arnt opponents of gay marriage—thkg that perhaps that would throw people off my trail. Then she said wh omniscience, “I bet you’re secretly gay, and one day you’re gog to e out.

You’re jt so homophobic bee you don’t want anyone to know who you are. I am most ashamed of the moments where my fear of beg outed and disgt of my homosexualy turned to homophobia that hurt others.