Gay Defn & Meang - Merriam-Webster

Contents:

• GAY
• MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH
• AM I GAY?
• WHAT IS THE ADVERB FOR GAY?
• ADJECTIV FOR GAY
• GAY DICTNARY

GAY

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MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH

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In May, the Temecula Valley Unified School District’s board voted 3 to 2 to reject a new curriculum that clud discsns on the gay rights movement and mentned Harvey Milk, the first out gay man elected to public office California. That same year, Pieters beme a natnal spokperson for AIDS awarens and gay polil activism after his historic terview wh televangelist Tammy Faye on her broadst, which fied the work's homophobic tennci. Avoid intifyg gay people as “homosexuals” an outdated term nsired rogatory and offensive to many lbian and gay Exprsn - Refers to how an dividual exprs their socially nstcted genr.

Homosexual - (see Offensive Terms to Avoid) Outdated clil term nsired rogatory and offensive by many gay and lbian people. LGBTQQIA - An acronym ed to refer to all sexual mori: “Lbian, Gay/Genr Ntral/Genr Queer, Bisexual/Bigenr, Transgenr/Transvte/Transsexual, Qutng/Queer, Intersex, and Alli/Androgyno/Asexual. ”Liftyle - (see Offensive Terms to Avoid) Inaccurate term ed by anti-gay extremists to nigrate lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr liv.

AM I GAY?

As there is no one straight liftyle, there is no one lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr Lovg Men (MLM) - Commonly ed by muni of lor to note the attractn of men to Who Have Sex wh Men - men, cludg those who do not intify themselv as homosexual or bisexual, who engage sexual activy wh other men (ed public health ntexts to avoid excludg men who intify as heterosexual) Gay - Dcrib people who self-intify as lbian or gay their personal, public and/or profsnal liv. Qutng - The procs of nsirg or explorg one’s sexual orientatn and/or genr Orientatn - The scientifilly accurate term for an dividual’s endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractn to members of the same and/or oppose sex, cludg lbian, gay, bisexual and heterosexual (straight) orientatns. Avoid the offensive term “sexual preference, ” which is ed to suggt that beg gay or lbian is voluntary and therefore “curable.

For example, a man who transns om male to female and is attracted to other women would be intified as a lbian or a gay woman.

Bee of the clil history of the word “homosexual, ” is aggrsively ed by anti-gay extremists to suggt that gay people are somehow diseased or psychologilly/emotnally disorred – notns discreded by the Amerin Psychologil Associatn and the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn the 1970s.

WHAT IS THE ADVERB FOR GAY?

Intifyg a same-sex uple as “a homosexual uple, ” characterizg their relatnship as “a homosexual relatnship, ” or intifyg their timacy as “homosexual sex” is extremely offensive and should be a le, try to avoid labelg an activy, emotn or relatnship “gay, ” “lbian” or “bisexual” unls you would ll the same activy, emotn or relatnship “straight” if engaged by someone of another orientatn. Offensive: “sexual preference”Preferred: “sexual orientatn” or “orientatn” The term “sexual preference” is typilly ed to suggt that beg lbian, gay or bisexual is a choice and therefore n and should be “cured. ” Sexual orientatn is the accurate scriptn of an dividual’s endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractn to members of the same and/or oppose sex and is clive of lbians, gay men, bisexuals and straight men and women.

ADJECTIV FOR GAY

Offensive: “gay liftyle” or “homosexual liftyle”Preferred: “gay liv, ” “gay and lbian liv” There is no sgle lbian, gay or bisexual liftyle. The phrase “gay liftyle” is ed to nigrate lbians and gay men, suggtg that their orientatn is a choice and therefore n and should be “cured.

”Offensive: “admted homosexual” or “avowed homosexual”Preferred: “openly lbian, ” “openly gay, ” “openly bisexual” Dated term ed to scribe those who are openly lbian, gay or bisexual or who have recently e out of the closet. DEFAMATORY LANGUAGE“fag, ” “faggot, ” “dyke, ” “homo, ” “sodome, ” “she-male, ” “he-she, ” “, ” “shim, ” “tranny” and siar ephets The creria for g the rogatory terms should be the same as those applied to vulgar ephets ed to target other groups.

GAY DICTNARY

“viant, ” “disorred, ” “dysfunctnal, ” “diseased, ” “perverted, ” “stctive” and siar scriptns The notn that beg gay, lbian or bisexual is a psychologil disorr was discreded by the Amerin Psychologil Associatn and the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn the 1970s. Today, words such as “viant, ” “diseased” and “disorred” often are ed to portray gay people as ls than human, mentally ill, or as a danger to societyAssociatg gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people or relatnships wh pedophilia, child abe, sexual abe, btialy, bigamy, polygamy, adultery and/or ct Beg gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr is neher synonymo wh nor ditive of any tenncy toward pedophilia, child abe, sexual abe, btialy, bigamy, polygamy, adultery and/or ct.

Such claims, nuendo and associatns often are ed to suate that lbians and gay men pose a threat to society, to fai, and to children particular.

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.