This gui explas how to e language rpectfully and clively when workg wh and referrg to lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and genr diverse, tersex, and queer and qutng people. It's for Victorian public sector employe.
Contents:
- “GAY” OR “HOMOSEXUAL”: THE WORDS WE E N DIVI PUBLIC OPN ON CIVIL RIGHTS
- LGBT TERMOLOGY: IS IT CORRECT TO SAY GAY MARRIAGE OR MARRIAGE EQUALY?
- NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS
“GAY” OR “HOMOSEXUAL”: THE WORDS WE E N DIVI PUBLIC OPN ON CIVIL RIGHTS
This Amerin Psychologist reprt prents suggtns for avoidg heterosexual bias language ncerng lbians, gay men and bisexual persons. * politically correct way to say gay *
When you intify a same-sex uple as “a homosexual uple, ” classifi their relatnship as “a homosexual relatnship. What to say stead: ”relatnship, ” “uple” (or, if necsary, “gay/lbian/same-sex uple”), “sex, ” etc. A good le of thumb is to avoid labelg an activy, emotn, or relatnship as gay, lbian, bisexual, or queer.
Phras like “gay liftyle, ” “homosexual liftyle, ” and “transgenr liftyle” are ed to gra LGBTQ+ people. Notns of a so-lled “homosexual agenda” are ventns of Anti-LGBTQ extremists who have created terms like the “gay agenda” to still fear when LGBTQ+ people are jt tryg to pursue equal opportuni. Sce transgenr aligns wh lbian, gay, bisexual, and queer, you would never say somethg like Kristen Stewart is “lbianed, ” so you wouldn’t say “Laverne Cox is transgenred.
LGBT TERMOLOGY: IS IT CORRECT TO SAY GAY MARRIAGE OR MARRIAGE EQUALY?
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For example, the term “homosexual” is more likely to be ed to intify a group who some feel are outsi of society, while “gay and lbian” are much more clive terms. They fd that pared to “gay and lbian, ” “homosexual” cu certa people to crease their opposn to civil rights polici that benef gay men and lbians. Our rearch shows that important differenc between the terms “homosexual” and “gay and lbian” shape public opn on civil rights polici.
In a historil review of words ed to scribe gay men and lbians, we fd that the term “gay” has been ed by advocy groups to signal pri and acceptance of sexual inty. The more clil term “homosexual, ” on the other hand, has been ed to pathologize and stigmatize same-sex sire. “Homosexual” is a strong marker of outgroup inty, or belongg to a group that is other om and who live outsi of our society.
Public opn on gay and lbian rights has changed a dramatilly over time, but the divid e of the terms “homosexual” and “gay and lbian” remas. As recently of Augt 2017, pamphlets Atralia ed the word “homosexual” to emphasize the supposed viance of same-sex marriage ahead of a referendum on marriage equaly.
NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS
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At the same time, posive verage typilly ed “gay and lbian” to scribe the upl affected by the referendum. Compared to “gay and lbian, ” “homosexual” cu certa people to crease their opposn to civil rights polici that benef gay men and lbians.
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Past rearchers tted whether thorarianism alone creas hostily to “homosexuals” pared to “gays and lbians, ” but found mixed rults. For some straight (or heterosexual) people, “homosexuals” are clearly outsi of the norm; for others, so-lled “homosexuals” are actually part of their social group. The word “homosexual” should most negatively affect the attus of thorarians who also view gay men and lbians as an outgroup.
All participants were asked about their opn on two civil rights polici affectg gay men and lbians. However, for half of participants the policy qutns referred to “homosexuals, ” while the other half were asked about “gays and lbians. ” By parg participants’ attus about the “homosexual” policy to participants’ attus about “gay and lbian” policy, we are able to tt whether the word “homosexual” cu group inty when termg policy posns.
Send, our historil rearch shows that the word “homosexual” is often ed Born Aga Christian church to bat the cultural acceptance of gay men and lbians.