Queer vs. Gay: How The Words Are Different, And Why It’s Important |

Contents:

• WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “GAY” AND “HOMOSEXUAL"? IS ONLY BY GENR?
• QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
• “GAY” OR “HOMOSEXUAL”: THE WORDS WE E N DIVI PUBLIC OPN ON CIVIL RIGHTS

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “GAY” AND “HOMOSEXUAL"? IS ONLY BY GENR?

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sirable "label, " and when Jtice Samuel Alo par gay marriage. However, when I checked Oxford English Dictnary, renrs “gay” as:.

1 (of a person, pecially a man) homosexual.

QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT

Relatg to or ed by homosexuals:. A homosexual, pecially a man.

Also OALD f Gay as:.

] HOMOSEXUAL. Aren’t “gay” and “homosexual” the same thg except “gay” beg applied to men? What’s the difference between “gay” and “homosexual” other than genr attribut?

“GAY” OR “HOMOSEXUAL”: THE WORDS WE E N DIVI PUBLIC OPN ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Both gay and homosexual n be ed for both sex, and they mean mostly the same thg; the differenc are subtle. Probably bee the word lbian exists as well, one is slightly more likely to refer to men when g the word gay; but note that is very often also ed for women. When ed as a noun, gay seems to refer to men a b more often than as an adjective, although is still very often ed to refer to both men and women.

The word homosexual seems to be pletely genr-ntral. Gay is more rmal: homosexual is more formal, and so is more likely to be ed e. As a nsequence, g homosexual n sometim sound a ltle b as if you were scribg patients, as if were some mental illns.

It is stronger when ed as a noun (an homosexual, homosexuals). Note that gay is currently the procs of beg ed more formal ntexts too.