34 of the Bt Rpons When Someone Assum and Calls You Gay - Tosaylib

Contents:

• THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
• 34 OF THE BT RPONS WHEN SOMEONE ASSUM AND CALLS YOU GAY
• GAY CALLED IT'S FOR YOU
• GAY LLED, S FOR YOU STICKER
• ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
• HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
• HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY

THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH

There was a recent high profile story the news about an 11-year-old boy who mted suici, apparently bee he uld no longer tolerate beg lled “gay. Many anti-bully activists sist that anti-bully laws should specifilly mentn sults agast gays and those of non-heterosexual orientns.

If be a crime to sult people, then, is hoped, no one will be attacked wh the “gay” sult, and the associated vlence will disappear.

One of the problems wh makg illegal to ll someone “gay” is that vlat the First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech. If people get punished for sultg gays, do you thk they are gog to thk, “Now I rpect gays so much bee I was punished”?

34 OF THE BT RPONS WHEN SOMEONE ASSUM AND CALLS YOU GAY

If we go to school together, are the same class, and I always treat you this way, you may even bee my iend even though you hate gays. " The ia that I may be gay disturbs me and I don’t want to adm that I am unsure about my sexual orientatn. Scenar Number Five: I’m not gay, and you e to tell me that other people are spreadg a mor that I am.

GAY CALLED IT'S FOR YOU

You are gog to keep on tormentg me, and you are not gog to have rpect eher for me or for gay people general.

I may also want to e the opportuny for a “teachg moment, ” so I’ll ask you:] How do you feel about gays? And you will certaly stop tryg to torment me for beg gay bee your efforts to torment me won’t work.

They may not know their own te sexual orientatn yet, and they may not even know the sexual meang of the word “gay. However, there are still many rotten eggs who throw around slurs and ll people gay mdlsly, so helps to know what to say when someone lls you gay. Of urse, there’s nothg wrong wh beg gay, but people don’t always put a lot of thought to what to say.

GAY LLED, S FOR YOU STICKER

Even when someone knows you’re straight, ignorance will empower them to e “gay” to liberately try to hurt you. The bt way to rpond to this is by clarifyg that there’s nothg wrong wh beg gay, even though you’re straight.

It says that even if you were gay, you wouldn’t be lookg the person’s way bee you have higher standards than someone who looks/drs as he/she do, and is actively homophobic. This is a good example of what to say when someone lls you gay bee llg someone gay isn’t an sult.

Gay also means happy, so e this example of what to say when someone lls you gay to flip thgs around on a posive note. Some people associate certa mannerisms or behavr wh beg gay, as well as certa aspects of one’s behavr. Ignorance isn’t always malic, and there will be people who assume you’re gay wh no ill tent md.

ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER

22“I’m gog to assume that you didn’t mean that is wrong to be gay, but for future reference, keep those thoughts to yourself.

Use this example of what to say when someone lls you gay to show your support for the gay muny. It also says you don’t re enough about the person’s perceptn of gay people to go out of your way to clarify whether you’re straight or not. It says that people should te themselv on proper etiquette regardg the gay muny, and how certa stereotyp n be damagg or hurtful.

The gay muny experienc discrimatn at every level, and even as you read this, someone, somewhere, is beg lled a gay slur. When certa people disver you’re gay, that’s all they will see you as, and they will show their lack of rpect and acceptance by llg you “gay” stead of your actual name. This is good to say when you’re unaffected, and you’ll be as gay as possible, regardls of their feelgs.

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY

Wh that beg said, whenever you need , you n refer to the sets of exampl of what to say when someone lls you gay to stick up for yourself or ignore the nonsense. 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.

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY

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.

” 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.

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. 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).