Defn of gay
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GAY
* what does gay mean in 2019 *
” For a long time – I hated that word, was attached to paful memori of homophobia and vlence.
THAT'S GAY
I realised ’s not an eher or, I’m a gay man, who proudly belongs to the wir queer muny.
Many people choose not to e , whether bee of s history or otherwise, and no one should feel forced to personally intify as queer as synonymo to ‘gay’, ‘bi’, ‘trans’ or however else they intify. Queer 2019 isn’t really for me to fe, but I hope that we will see creasg reprentatn (culturally and polilly) for all queer people, specifilly AFAB, trans, and non-bary POC, the folks still too-often exclud om discsns of “gay rights. The term "gay" may be nfg and even foreign to some, forcg people to ask, "What is gay?" or "Am I Gay?" And while some might thk the fn of "gay" is simple, to many, actually isn't.
WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE A GAY MAN?
While "gay" n be thought of as a synonym to "homosexual," there is more to the meang of gay than that. Homosexualy is nsired to be same-sex sexual attractn and behavr and "gay" is a synonym of homosexualy.
The term "homosexualy"1 was first ed by Victorian scientists who nsired same-sex sexual attractn and behavr a "moral ficiency."2.
Homosexualy is still the rrect term clilly, but even though homosexualy is no longer nsired immoral, some people feel there are still negative overton to the word given s orig.