Knowg how to talk about inti of genr and sexualy is key to unrstandg LGBTQ+ experienc. Learn the distctns between "queer" and "gay."
Contents:
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
- UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
- 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.
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. 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.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
” / “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. 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?
QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
Are all gay men are effemate and are all lbian women mascule? 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.