GAY SLANG 101 – JJ Malibu

Contents:

• THE 55 PHRAS GAY MEN MOST OFTEN GO THROUGH...
• GAY SLANG 101
• THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN
• 15 STEREOTYP THAT LIM OUR PERCEPTNS OF GAY MEN
• A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN

THE 55 PHRAS GAY MEN MOST OFTEN GO THROUGH...

Pri, formerly known as Gay Pri, is a regnn of LGBTQ inty, affirmatn of equal rights, and celebratn of visibily, digny, and diversy the LGBTQ muny. While the word homosexual is still ocsnally ed some ntexts, you might have noticed that don’t make an appearance any versn of the LGBTQ acronym. As our age note on the term stat, “up until 1973, homosexualy was listed The Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs (DSM), psychiatry’s standard reference on the classifitn of mental illns.

People aware of this former tegorizatn feel that the term homosexual still rri a negative nnotatn. And many feel that this word plac undue emphasis on sexual activy, or that sounds overly clil.” In fact, the term homosexual was liberately rejected by early gay rights activists bee, acrdg to The New York Tim, “they did not want to be intified as exclively sexual begs.”. For the and other reasons, the term homosexual is wily nsired disparagg and offensive.

Gay, on the other hand, n be ed to scribe a person of any genr who experienc same-sex attractn, although is most often ed to scribe a man who is attracted to men.

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The days, the term homosexual is typilly limed to medil ntexts, if ed at all.

On June 28, 1969, the New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn, a bar equented by gay and genr-nonnformg people (at a time when terms like LGBTQ didn’t yet exist).

They attempted to arrt the gay and trans bar patrons, which started a seri of protts agast the police. Partially rponse to Stonewall, 1970, queer activists New York Cy anized a march to Central Park wh the theme “Gay Pri.” A more prehensive history of the Stonewall Rt or the Stonewall Uprisg n be found our Pri Month explaer.

THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN

Trans activist Slyvia Rivera particular advoted for the more forceful slogan “Gay power.”.

The term queer, like the term homosexual, has a b of a troubled history.

However, unlike homosexual, has been wily reappropriated by the LGBTQ muny as a label. Queer lerally means “strange or odd om a nventnal viewpot,” and by at least by the late 1800s, queer was ployed as a rogatory term for an effemate or gay man. In 1990, this effort foced on queer as a llective term for gay and lbian people.

15 STEREOTYP THAT LIM OUR PERCEPTNS OF GAY MEN

Queer was seen as a way to refer to gays and lbians whout beg genr-sentialist or g divisns wh the muny. homoromantic: a person who is romantilly attracted to people of the same sex or genr. So we're nng a tally of the 55 most tired retorts, tth-ee tisms and tart one- lers om gay life stead!

51 Don't ask, don't tell (Erroneoly thought to be a policy ncerng disclosure of homosexualy the US ary, actually what gay men mutter when terrogated about their age)50 You have five hours to stop lickg my face49 From Monday to Friday my body is a temple.

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(Narrow ey, purse lips, crook ltle fger meangfully)47 Dorothy, lose the drs - but keep the sho46 It's not homophobia. 10 Oh please (Homosexual for "no")9 Anonymo sex means never havg to say you're sorry8 This face leav at midnight. A term ed by the gays to scribe someone or somethg that posss powerful and or betiful qualy.

Kty puncher or psy puncher wh both kty and psy referrg to a woman's vaga and puncher a variatn on var rogatory terms for gay men like donut puncher et al. Cockstctn worker (referrg to a gay man who is a nstctn worker)[36].

Gym Bunny, often referrg to a gay man who obssively works out at the gym. Bean queen (also ta queen or Salsa queen), gay man attracted to Hispanic men[61][70].