Okay, time out! FLAG ON THE PLAY! I'm not judgg bee I love gay people, but please chose one. If you're not straight and you're not gay, what are you?
Contents:
- GROWG UP HIP-HOP: I’M NOT STRAIGHT AND I’M NOT GAY
- NOT GAY, NOT STRAIGHT: MEET THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO REFE TO FE THEIR SEXUALY
- AM I GAY?
GROWG UP HIP-HOP: I’M NOT STRAIGHT AND I’M NOT GAY
* i'm not gay and i'm not straight *
For19-year-old psychology stunt Greta Warren, the qutn of whether she f herself as gay or straight is a meangls terms, she believ, are jt labels. "It's somethg I found tratg durg the marriage referendum wh everyone mentg on and celebratg the gay and lbian right to marriage, wh ltle to no reference to everyone else on the sexualy spectm, " she might sound unual, but fact Greta's viewpot is one that more and more of her ntemporari share.
NOT GAY, NOT STRAIGHT: MEET THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO REFE TO FE THEIR SEXUALY
For19-year-old psychology stunt Greta Warren, the qutn of whether she f herself as gay or straight is a meangls one. * i'm not gay and i'm not straight *
A poll published the UK last week by YouGov showed that jt 46pc of 18 to 24-year-olds nsired themselv to be exclively straight, but only 6pc classed themselv as homosexual. Those who rated a zero were emed exclively heterosexual, while the people who rated a six exclively homosexual. I will never fet the pths of prsn I faced when I felt like I didn't f 'gay or straight'.
"A lot of young people are more fortable to not intify any one strict tegory, " says Ois McKenna of youth webse "But 's te that they might also intify a unique kd of discrimatn, and even rejectn om gay or straight people. If you wns someone sayg, postg, or participatg any kd of homophobic or transphobic behavr, ll them out and remd them that what they’re sayg/dog isn’t okay.
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.
AM I GAY?
Sexualy is plex and ever-evolvg, so how do you know if you're straight, gay, or somethg between? Answer the qutns about your csh and fantasi to fd out. * i'm not gay and i'm not straight *
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