The gay world is often reprented as some sort of monolhic whole that has the same culture. That is a lie. It is actually broken down to a handful of substrata to which each gay belongs. Here they are.
Contents:
- CHICKENS AND OTTERS AND BEARS, OH MY! SIX TYP OF GAY YOU SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW BEFORE YOU TWEET
- A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
- ARE YOU AN OTTER, A DOLPH, OR A GAZELLE? GAY SLANG EXPLAED
CHICKENS AND OTTERS AND BEARS, OH MY! SIX TYP OF GAY YOU SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW BEFORE YOU TWEET
Otter is a term ed by gay men, referrg to a subset of men who blend the physil and social tras of both bears and twks, both vokg and fyg tradnal... * otter gay terms *
Often ed to refer to asexual people a siar manner as “gay” or “straight” are ed to refer to homosexual or heterosexual people. Ally: A person who supports and rpects sexual diversy, acts acrdgly to challenge homophobic and heterosexist remarks and behavrs, and is willg to explore and unrstand the forms of bias wh themselv.
A gay or bisexual man who has facial/body hair and a cuddly body. An umbrella term that refers to members of a subculture the gay and bisexual male muni and is often fed as more of an attu or sense of fort wh natural masculy and bodi.
Bicur: An dividual who typilly intifi as gay or straight while showg some cursy for a relatnship or sexual activy wh a person of the genr they do not favor. (Related terms: heteroflexible, homoflexible).
A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
A gay man who is very hairy all over his body, but is smaller ame and weighs nsirably ls than a bear." name="Dcriptn" property="og:scriptn * otter gay terms *
Sometim adopted affirmatively by gay men to refer to themselv.
Faghag/Ffly: A woman who associat mostly or exclively wh gay or bisexual men.
Fluid: A sexual or genr inty that exists beyond a bary system of eher gay or straight, man or woman.
ARE YOU AN OTTER, A DOLPH, OR A GAZELLE? GAY SLANG EXPLAED
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Gay: At tim, “gay” is ed to refer to all people, regardls of sex, who have their primary sexual and or romantic attractns to people of the same sex. The term n also exclively refer to men who are emotnally, romantilly, sexually, affectnately, or relatnally attracted to other men, or who intify as members of the gay muny.
Lbians, bisexuals, and transgenr dividuals may feel exclud by the term “gay.
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Heteronormativy: The assumptn, dividuals or stutns, that everyone is heterosexual, or that heterosexualy is superr to homosexualy and bisexualy.