13 other words for gay you should know about

Contents:

• 13 OTHER WORDS FOR GAY YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
• VOBULARY FOR DISCSG GAY, LGBT ISSU
• ADJECTIV FOR GAY
• SYNONYMS OF GAY
• GAY
• GAY DICTNARY
• WORD TO SCRIBE GAY PEOPLE WHO ARE A RELATNSHIP WH EACH OTHER

13 OTHER WORDS FOR GAY YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT

Gay is also an inty term ed to scribe a male-intified person who is attracted to other male-intified people a romantic, sexual, and/or emotnal sense. Homophobia — Homophobia means to have an irratnal fear or tolerance of people who are homosexual or havg feelgs of homosexualy.

LGBTQ+ — LBGT is an abbreviatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (often ed to enpass sexual preference and genr inti that do not rrpond to heterosexual norms). 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.

VOBULARY FOR DISCSG GAY, LGBT ISSU

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.”. 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. 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).

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.

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. To expand the rults, click one of the above tegori.homosexual, homosexual personThere are no tegori unrneath this one.This tegory is also filed unr:Thgs → sexualy (related to).

ADJECTIV FOR GAY

Ntie – bear – benr – bottom – bum band – bum chum – bumr – bummer – butch – butt hugger – rpet muncher – tcher – chaser – chickenhawk – chicken hawk – cub – drag kg – dyke – fag – faggot – Fairy – femme – flamer – u – fudge packer – gay – gaylord – girliend – GLBT – hasbian – homo – homo thug – the closet – jobby jabber – lemon – lez – lipstick lbian – mge muncher – mo – nellie – nelly – Peter Puffer – pole smoker – poof – Poofter – power top – puff – queer – shirt lifter – sister – versatile – wasbian. GLAAD prefers that we don’t e the term homosexual bee ’s “aggrsively ed by anti-gay extremists to suggt that gay people are somehow diseased or psychologilly/emotnally disorred. But, people who are gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr also re about a wi variety of other polil, social, and cultural issu.

Before gay beme a sexual orientatn, simply meant happy and reee or “havg or showg a merry, lively mood” or “lorfully bright”.

SYNONYMS OF GAY

As well, if you check out any English-language news media, there are ually several articl every day that ver gay rights, gay people and how other stutns society feel (for example, the Church).

The days the word ‘homosexual’ is ed more official suatns (eg a scientist might talk about homosexualy) and n sound a ltle negative regular nversatn. Beg transgenr is separate though to sexual orientatn – for example, a transgenr person might intify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or asexual jt like heterosexual people (or fact, they might not intify wh any of the above).

A metrosexual is a straight man who lik thgs which are tradnally (and perhaps stereotypilly) nnected to gays such as expensive or brand clothg, moisturisers, rg much more about his appearance, etc.

GAY

Words which are nsired offensive or pejorative and ed – but which you might hear hip-hop songs or movi – clu poof, homo, and fag.

I thk ‘homo’ is que out of date now, the only time I hear the days is when one straight male iend pliments another straight male:. Homophobic bullyg – when someone is picked on eher verbally or physilly based on their sexual orientatn (or perceived orientatn). Homophobic hate crime – A ‘hate crime’ is when a vlent or threateng act is ma towards someone who is LGBT or perhaps of a mory group society.

Intertgly bible bashg is ed negatively to say a Christian is tryg to impose their beliefs on others, whereas gay bashg scrib vlence agast gay people. Christa Aguilera had a big h wh ‘Betiful’, wrten by a gay song-wrer and which seeks to support those who have been bullied or ridiculed. The Gay Agenda is a pejorative term ed by opponents to say that LGBT people are tryg to take over or ntrol certa elements society orr to fluence mastream opn, the media and polics.

GAY DICTNARY

Opponents say the homosexual mafia will monise anyone, pecially celebri or policians, who disagree wh their stanc and views.

WORD TO SCRIBE GAY PEOPLE WHO ARE A RELATNSHIP WH EACH OTHER

The Gay Agenda is specifilly said to target Christians, who are perceived to be behd the tim and who exprs strong disapproval towards the gay liftyle.

Same-sex marriage (or gay marriage) is a topic of major discsn throughout the English-speakg world, pecially Atralia, the USA and the UK. Nb Regardg arguments agast gay marriage, at this stage I haven’t found an article which giv logil reasons for keepg the stutn between a man and a woman.

To e out (of the closet) – to tell your iends and/or fay that you are gay or lbian or bisexual; to make known to others that you are gay or lbian.