Infe article wh the word "gay" -- "Is he gay?" vs. "Is he a gay?" - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

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• INFE ARTICLE WH THE WORD "GAY" -- "IS HE GAY?" VS. "IS HE A GAY?"
• HE IS GAY / HE IS A GAY.
• HE IS GAY/HE IS A GAY
• HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
• HOW TO TELL IF YOUR BOYIEND IS GAY
• HOW TO DISCREETLY FD OUT IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS GAY
• IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
• IS HE GAY?
• 15 SIGNS YOUR BOYIEND MAY BE GAY – AND WHAT YOU SHOULD DO
• GAY
• 9 SIGNS TO WATCH OUT FOR IF YOU THK YOUR BOYIEND IS GAY
• WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?

INFE ARTICLE WH THE WORD "GAY" -- "IS HE GAY?" VS. "IS HE A GAY?"

He is a gay, on the other hand, assigns this person to the tegory of "Gay", wh the herent assumptn that this person fs the norms and stereotyp of that tegory.

HE IS GAY / HE IS A GAY.

Assigng others to groups or tegori they do not chose for themselv is generally appropriate, which is why the word "Gay" is shiftg to a scriptn, rather than a tegorisatn. I don't thk I've ever heard "gay" ed as a sgular noun (as your example "he is a gay"), although 's sometim so ed the plural ("he favors equal rights for gays").

HE IS GAY/HE IS A GAY

I thk many non-nativ (pecially Spanish and Asian nativ) mistakenly thk that "He is gay" is somehow g "gay" as a noun.

(It's not a slur, but 's also not the way I would expect a gay person or someone who actually lik gay people to scribe them.

The term has been e as a noun wh the meang "homosexual man" sce the 1970s, as "gays are opposed to that policy. " Although some dislike this age, is mon, such as the se of "LGBT" ("lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr"), and particularly the nam of var anizatns such as Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG) and Children Of Lbians And Gays Everywhere (COLAGE). It is sometim ed as a sgular noun, as "he is a gay", such as s e to ic effect by the Ltle Bra character Dafydd Thomas.

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY

As was mentned, Ltle Bra for ic effect to ridicule those who are so cluels that they say "a gay. If you want him to sound more "foreign" and non-native, then by all means, keep enuragg him that "he is a gay" is somehow worthy of repeat.

In the Anglosphere, this nnotatn, among younger speakers, has a risive meang equivalent to bbish or stupid (as "That's so gay.

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR BOYIEND IS GAY

In this e, the word do not mean "homosexual", so n be ed, for example, to refer to an animate object or abstract ncept of which one disapprov. I thk the changeover of meang me around the 1970s/1980s, and the sense of "merry" still exists* a few set phras such as "a gay old time" and "merry and gay" as well as the adverb gaily.

In slang, when you say "that was so gay" you mean that was so "lame/stupid/ridiculo (and many more adjectiv that are subjective).

Nobody - pecially not me - is unselg native or non-native speakers to e "He's a gay" and like phras.

HOW TO DISCREETLY FD OUT IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS GAY

I am, however, sayg that you will enunter "a gay" om time to time English (as you will enunter "a black"). Usg "a gay" (and even g "the gays" stead of "[no article] gays" or "gay men and women" or "gay people") is offensive. " Even when you see as referrg to a group of people whout the explic noun, 's wrten as "LGBTs, " which I would expand as "lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people.

The OED don't list any exampl of "a gay" beg ed as a sgular noun to refer to a sgular homosexual.

"He's a gay man" is fe as is "She's a black woman" but "He's a gay" (or "She's a black") is Maybe 's somethg to do wh takg a full, plited person and rcg him or her to one qualy. He is a gay for me has some pot of offensivens as you do emphasis on the word "gay" and I thk 's more impersonal.

IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?

I n remember about 10-20 years ago that some would still take offense to "gay" stead of "homosexual". Sexual orientatn refers to the endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractn to members of the same and/or other genrs, cludg lbian, gay, bisexual and straight orientatns. A person who transns om female to male and is attracted solely to men would typilly intify as a gay man.

'gay' is an adjective scribg state, 'a gay' as a noun sort of impli that "he's not a normal person, he is a gay person", kd of puts across this notn that they are of a separate thg, sounds a b rogatory.

I thk the joke is that Daffyd is so ignorant of (or wilfully bld to) current (acceptg) attus to gays that he even the word gay wrongly.

IS HE GAY?

They're all "a <name", so I thk when people startg llg others gay (like namellg) started like this, and this associatn remas, maybe? The ia is that alholism and homosexualy reveal themselv so many different ways different people that the ia of "an alholic" or "a homosexual" be all but meangls. I haven't read all of the repli, but I thk that the term "her son is a gay" is meant a disrpectful way, is "outg" gays as some kd of weird race rather than makg sound like he is a homosexual (Im fdg hard to scribe what im tryg to say, so if anyone unrstand what im gettg at, please elaborate on ).

I found the noun versn rather offensive/ignorant, sgl out the fact that the person is gay and also adds alot of emphasis to the fact, stead of makg more acceptable.

15 SIGNS YOUR BOYIEND MAY BE GAY – AND WHAT YOU SHOULD DO

" Those wh ltle experience might e "a gay" which would dite a lack of experience, but not tentnal disparagement, seems to me. Amerin English works s way to Brish age and there is no reason, other than personal choice, as to which form of "gay" is more offensive than the other.

I agree that many dividual people won't re about this distctn, but this view is much more mon among people who are homophobic or totally cluels about the gay muny than among people who are the oppose. My ncln so far is that is safer to e "gay" as an adjective - I do want to e across as gay-iendly. For some reason, I have no problem wh "He is a homosexual" or "She is a lbian" but I would not say "She is a gay" or "He is a gay".

GAY

A Gui for Women Concerned About Their Men, but simply put, some men have no sire to be nnected wh gay culture, and scerely nsir themselv to not be gay or bisexual. It is te that some gay men thk at first that they are bisexual, but this is largely due to the cultural taboo agast beg gay.

Our culture has cid that receivg anal sex equat to beg gay, but “gay” is more than jt a behavr. This would be like sayg that gay men who don’t like anal sex are really straight but don’t know yet, and their butt will have to tell them at some pot.

9 SIGNS TO WATCH OUT FOR IF YOU THK YOUR BOYIEND IS GAY

You may want to know if your iend is gay, but there may be a good reason why they're stayg closeted. For example, his fay may be vlently homophobic and by cidg that he's gay, you may out him by accint by treatg him different or implyg somethg whout meang to.

If you're tryg to figure out if your iend is gay bee you want to date him (as a woman), 's important to remember that jt bee he might be terted men don't mean he's not terted women.

WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?

One of the theori about why some people are gay has to do wh the hormon that they're exposed to before they're born. The hormone exposure levels may manift actual, physil ways which n be a vague ditor that a guy might be gay.