Knowg how to talk about inti of genr and sexualy is key to unrstandg LGBTQ+ experienc. Learn the distctns between "queer" and "gay."
Contents:
- UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
- IS A LBIAN, GAY OR BISEXUAL INTY MORE COMMON TODAY?
- QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
- HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
- LBIANS MORE ACCEPTED THAN GAY MEN AROUND THE WORLD, STUDY FDS
UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI
New data show higher percentag of lbian, gay and bisexual inti. * gay vs lesbians *
Gay and lbian people are unique dividuals, jt like everyone else. Gay is an adjective that scribe people who are physilly, romantilly, emotnally and/or spirually attracted to other people of the same genr. In the past, “gay” specifilly referred to men who are attracted to men.
Now, is mon for “gay” to be ed by anyone who is attracted to their same genr. Example: “I’ve always known that I am gay. ” / “I totally support my gay sister.
Avoid sayg: “That person is a gay.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
* gay vs lesbians *
” (This “gay” as a noun, which don’t work. Some lbian women prefer to intify as “gay, ” and that’s ok.
No one knows for sure what mak a person straight, gay, lbian, or even bisexual or transgenr. Is te that I have to have sex wh someone of the same genr to know that I’m gay? Are all gay men are effemate and are all lbian women mascule?
IS A LBIAN, GAY OR BISEXUAL INTY MORE COMMON TODAY?
Lady Gaga: 'They told me I was too gay.' * gay vs lesbians *
Although n sometim seem like one type of gay person is shown over and over aga the media or on TV, gay people aren’t tomatilly effemate, and lbian women aren’t tomatilly mascule – fact, those stereotyp leave out a lot of other personali and characteristics. Gay and lbian people are unique dividuals, jt like everyone else, and n exprs themselv an fe number of ways! There’s no wrong way to be gay or lbian.
I feel like gay and lbian people only work certa typ of profsns.
QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
Answer:Actually, you n fd gay and lbian people all different typ of profsns! Certa stereotyp offer a limed view on what gay and lbian people do for work.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
For example, not all gay men are terted fashn, theatre, or the arts. While there may be some jobs that tend to have more gay or lbian people them than others, often has to do wh the cultural acceptance they might fd that particular field. Can gay people have stable romantic relatnships?
There is no herent reason why gay or lbian upl would be unable to have a stable romantic relatnship. However, sce marriage is still illegal for same-sex upl many stat, gay and lbian relatnships have ls support om society. Advot for Youth – I Thk I Might Be LbianAdvot for Youth – I Thk I Might Be GayPFLAG – Be YourselfPlanned Parenthood – Sexual Orientatn.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
Not bee they are bad, or homophobic, or transphobic… but bee the reali are not their own lived experience, or bee workg alongsi the groups may be a newer experience for them. E., bisexual, gay, straight. Recent survey data the US and the UK revealed that the proportn of the populatn who intifi as lbian, gay, or bisexual has risen slightly and that this trend is particularly salient among the youngt generatn: Generatn Z.
In the UK, only a slight majory of Gen Z members dite that they have an exclively heterosexual attractn, while the US, a Gallup poll dit that roughly 15% of Gen Z intifi as lbian, gay, or bisexual – pared to 7.
LBIANS MORE ACCEPTED THAN GAY MEN AROUND THE WORLD, STUDY FDS
9% intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual when asked about their sexual inty today. Percentage of each generatn intifyg as Bisexual, Gay or Lbian based on Amerin Gallup 2020 data.
9% of the Baby Boomers surveyed the US dited they were not heterosexual, many more may have still had same-sex experienc throughout their lifpan, but they simply do not firmly intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual.
It is much easier to e out today as lbian, gay, or bisexual than was even jt 10 years ago, let alone 20, 30, 40 or 50 years ago. In Canada, for example, any dividual 53 years of age or olr 2021 was born at a time when homosexualy was a crimal offence.