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

Contents:

• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
• UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI
• QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE

GAY: Used some cultural settgs to reprent men who are attracted to men a romantic, erotic and/or emotnal sense.

Not all men who engage same-genr sexual behavr intify as gay, and as such this label should be ed wh utn.

LGBTQ2S+ ALLY: Someone who nonts heterosexism, anti- LGBTQ2S+ bias, heterosexual and cisgenr privilege themselv and others; believ that heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia are social jtice issu.

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

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.

Gay and lbian people are unique dividuals, jt like everyone else.

UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI

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.

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

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. ” (This “gay” as a noun, which don’t work. Some lbian women prefer to intify as “gay, ” and that’s ok.