Gay: Let's Get The Meang Straight #GetOverIt
Contents:
- GAY RIGHTS CHARY STONEWALL TACKL HOMOPHOBIC LANGUAGE IN BRA'S SCHOOLS
- LET’S SAY GAY
- TEACHG ‘GAY STUFF’ – LET’S GET THIS STRAIGHT
- 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
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
- IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
GAY RIGHTS CHARY STONEWALL TACKL HOMOPHOBIC LANGUAGE IN BRA'S SCHOOLS
* gay let's get the meaning straight *
Homophobic language Bra’s schools is beg tackled head-on by a leadg gay rights chary. Stonewall’s mpaign rponse to rearch which shows that 99 per cent of lbian, gay and bisexual young people hear phras such as “that’s so gay” or “you’re so gay” school. Pollg by Mums also shows that 68% of parents don’t know if their children’s school has polici to tackle homophobic language.
The new mpaign new posters and guidance to addrs the mise of the word gay and is onted by the sger Will Young. Posters, sent to schools across Bra, state clearly: “Gay.
The posters are acpanied by new guidance for both pupils and teachers to enable them to challenge the rogatory e of the word, who is supportg Stonewall’s Anti-Bullyg Week mpaign, said: “The word ‘gay’ is currently ed as one of the worst sults by young people of all ag Bra’s schools.
LET’S SAY GAY
Defn of Let's get one thg straight, I'm not That's someone g out of he clost. Meang straight is straight, & their not, meang their tellg you their gay, they like the same sex as them, girl to girl, boy to boy.|The "I'm not" means they're not straight. Let's say a girl said that, that means she lik girls and if a boy said that, he meant he lik guys. |It means that your makg sure that the other person knows you aren't mean|I want you to unrstand this basilly * gay let's get the meaning straight *
“It’s clear om the shockg levels of self-harm and suici among gay young people that we’re failg an entire generatn. It’s time to take a stand and put a stop to this eply damagg e of homophobic language.
TEACHG ‘GAY STUFF’ – LET’S GET THIS STRAIGHT
Let’s get one thg straight: teachg kids that gay people exist is not gog to turn them gay. Equaly benefs everybody. Bigotry benefs nobody. * gay let's get the meaning straight *
”Shn Dellenty, an-openly gay puty head teacher at a south London primary school, told HuffPost UK: "I am heartened to hear that Stonewall are lnchg this mpaign.
"As the Stonewall School Report 2012 clearly monstrated, homophobia and language remas enmic our schools. "Dellenty, who has blogged for HuffPost UK on the subject several tim, ns a siar mpaign entled Incln For told : "In my own trag and schools teachers explore and fe the e of the word gay s origal e as 'reee' or 'happy' and children explore g both verbally and wrg.
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
LGBTQIA+ is an abbreviatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer or qutng, tersex, asexual, and more. The terms are ed to scribe a person’s sexual orientatn or genr inty. * gay let's get the meaning straight *
"Pupils then explore the velopment of the word gay to mean same sex love and aga rpectful, dignified discsn is held around this e too. "Stonewall’s Deputy Chief Executive Ruth Hunt said: “We know that many people who sually e the term ‘that’s so gay’ don’t tentnally mean to be offensive. ”Jte Roberts, Founr of mpaign partners Mums, said: “We should all be challengg our children's e of homophobic language and simply shouldn't tolerate phras like that's so gay’ which are everyday e school playgrounds.
Mums and Stonewall are also askg dividuals to get volved by wrg to or tweetg their lol schools as well as challengg their own children’s e of homophobic the nversatn on Twter g the hashtag #GetOverItIncln for All Relatedsectn 28Gay Rights newsmumswill youngBefore You GoYou May Like.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
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. As GLAAD not, "Transgenr people may be straight, lbian, gay, bisexual or queer. A person who transns om female to male and is attracted solely to men would typilly intify as a gay man.
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”Not once, however, did she say the word “gay” or “lbian” or “bisexual. The word “gay” is creasgly beg substuted by “queer” or, more broadly, “L.
IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
The word “queer” is climbg equency and n be ed terchangeably wh “gay, ” which self not so long ago replaced the dour and fatly judgy “homosexual. In the same perds, e of “gay” has fallen om 2, 228 to 1, 531 — still more monly ed, but the directn of the evolutn is impossible to miss.