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Before the latter half of the 19th century, the word "gay" simply referred to someone who was "reee, " "cheerful, " or "bright and showy, " acrdg to The Oxford Dictnary of Difficult Words. Acrdg to the Universy of Illois, "gay" is still ed to scribe a number of thgs, cludg the LGBTQIA+ muny as a whole, a sgle dividual who do not intify as straight, and men who are attracted to other men a "romantic, erotic and/or emotnal sense.

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Stay ahead of the trend fashn and beyond wh our ee weekly Liftyle Ed newsletterStay ahead of the trend fashn and beyond wh our ee weekly Liftyle Ed newsletter In October, people the US will observe LGBT+ history month, a perd durg which we reflect on and celebrate the history and achievements of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr month-long perd of observance, which is different than Pri Month June, was created 1994 by Missouri high school history teacher Rodney Wilson, the first openly gay public school teacher the state. It was also durg the mid-to-late 1980s that the language ed to refer to the gay muny changed, acrdg to PkNews, as the acronym LGB was first troduced, to refer to those who were lbians, gay or bisexual. Although not everyone the queer muny choos to subscribe to specific labels, this is the most monly ed list of terms to refer to non-hetero is an ialism for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr.

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