GAY SLANG 101 – JJ Malibu

Contents:

• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• LET’S SAY GAY
• GAY
• NFL ASSISTANT ACH OUT AS GAY
• GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN
• GAY SLANG 101
• WHAT IS ANOTHER WORD FOR GAY PERSON?
• SYNONYMS FOR GAY PEOPLE

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

Pri, formerly known as Gay Pri, is a regnn of LGBTQ inty, affirmatn of equal rights, and celebratn of visibily, digny, and diversy the LGBTQ muny. While the word homosexual is still ocsnally ed some ntexts, you might have noticed that don’t make an appearance any versn of the LGBTQ acronym.

As our age note on the term stat, “up until 1973, homosexualy was listed The Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs (DSM), psychiatry’s standard reference on the classifitn of mental illns. People aware of this former tegorizatn feel that the term homosexual still rri a negative nnotatn. And many feel that this word plac undue emphasis on sexual activy, or that sounds overly clil.” In fact, the term homosexual was liberately rejected by early gay rights activists bee, acrdg to The New York Tim, “they did not want to be intified as exclively sexual begs.”.

For the and other reasons, the term homosexual is wily nsired disparagg and offensive. Gay, on the other hand, n be ed to scribe a person of any genr who experienc same-sex attractn, although is most often ed to scribe a man who is attracted to men.

LET’S SAY GAY

The days, the term homosexual is typilly limed to medil ntexts, if ed at all. On June 28, 1969, the New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn, a bar equented by gay and genr-nonnformg people (at a time when terms like LGBTQ didn’t yet exist). They attempted to arrt the gay and trans bar patrons, which started a seri of protts agast the police.

Partially rponse to Stonewall, 1970, queer activists New York Cy anized a march to Central Park wh the theme “Gay Pri.” A more prehensive history of the Stonewall Rt or the Stonewall Uprisg n be found our Pri Month explaer. Trans activist Slyvia Rivera particular advoted for the more forceful slogan “Gay power.”.

The term queer, like the term homosexual, has a b of a troubled history. However, unlike homosexual, has been wily reappropriated by the LGBTQ muny as a label. Queer lerally means “strange or odd om a nventnal viewpot,” and by at least by the late 1800s, queer was ployed as a rogatory term for an effemate or gay man.

GAY

In 1990, this effort foced on queer as a llective term for gay and lbian people. Queer was seen as a way to refer to gays and lbians whout beg genr-sentialist or g divisns wh the muny.

homoromantic: a person who is romantilly attracted to people of the same sex or genr. Stop sayg the homophobic slurs and help break the cha of hurtful a vulnerable time like this, munitn is credibly important. After surveyg an NYC-based LGBT & Ally Performer work, we have e up wh 10 monly ed words and homophobic slurs that you may not have known were offensive to the LGBTQ+ muny and some alternative optns that will promote our children to grow up to be passnate and telligent advot for jtice their classrooms, social circl and future hom.

NFL ASSISTANT ACH OUT AS GAY

So, 's unsurprisg that theorists have wonred whether Jo was gay or transgenr.

GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN

While om a place of kdns, and of unrstandg that there are plenty of people who are still tolerant of the LGBTQ+ muny, tellg a gay person "you're so brave" rerc that beg gay is an abnormaly. Not every gay person is pletely out, some are only out to iends or iends and a portn of their fay.

GAY SLANG 101

" This homophobic slur subtly assum that a gay person wants to talk about their stggle to openly accept their sexualy. We'd love to say the remr is unnecsary, but we'll say anyway: stop sayg this homophobic slur or any variatn of . This is another phrase that alienat LGBTQ+ people, makg seem as though gay people are abnormal, and there's a necsy to keep reaffirmg you do not belong to that group.

It mak seem as though there is some fear attached to beg mistaken for gay as if there is some punishment that may be volved. When fact, gay people and their experienc are jt as diverse as anyone else. It also giv gay people a reputatn for beg "sneaky" as if beg the closet is an act to fool or trick people, but those wh "gaydar" are more apt at seekg out the lie.

WHAT IS ANOTHER WORD FOR GAY PERSON?

Instead of tellg your iend/child/fay member that you always knew they were gay, try sayg "That's great! Often tim gay and transgenr folks experience "ternalized homophobia" where, 's difficult not to listen to the voic of bulli, policians, clergy members, and even characters on televisn, who tell them they're "lookg for attentn" or "jt haven't found the right person" or "n't possibly know unls they tried. " You wouldn't ask a straight person how they knew they were straight if they'd never been a same-sex relatnship, so why the cursy when to gay people?

SYNONYMS FOR GAY PEOPLE

The sentiment is simple: all thgs stupid, nvenient, weird, loud, gross, ted, annoyg, and so forth, are brand "gay" stead. Wh a vobulary so rich and diverse wh words that scribe the thgs that irrate , why ntue to choose the word gay at all? However, at one pot history, the words "Gay" and "Lbian" were also slurs, so 's difficult to e down cidly on one si of the argument or the other.