Are you qutng your sexualy? Fd out if you’re gay, straight, bisexual, or asexual. Learn what the terms mean and if they apply to you.
Contents:
AM I GAY?
* gay straight questioning *
Can’t we jt e heterosexual and homosexual? Beg misexual, for example, is not about beg straight or gay; ’s about emotnal attachment. I grew up a very diverse and liberal environment, and my parents had a uple gay/lbian iends.
GAY OR STRAIGHT
Wh fashn and genr markers changg so rapidly, n sometim be hard to tell whether someone is gay or straight. * gay straight questioning *
I learned about homosexualy early on, and I probably qutned my sexualy at a young age, to make sure that I ed was attracted to members of the oppose sex (2010:435).
The issue of my sexual orientatn probably arose first 9th gra when I beme volved wh the gay-straight alliance at my school. Gay.
A gay person is someone who is attracted to people of their same genr, and the term is often ed to scribe men who are attracted to other men. However, women n intify as gay stead of or addn to intifyg as lbian.
GAY-STRAIGHT/GENRS & SEXUALI ALLIANC
Charl Anthony Smh, Gay, Straight, or Qutng? Sexualy and Polil Science, PS: Polil Science and Polics, Vol. 44, No. 1 (January 2011), pp. 35-38 * gay straight questioning *
Choose a iend or fay member you know you n tst, who don't have any homophobic tennci and will have your bt tert md. It’s not pletely known what someone to be lbian, gay, straight, or bisexual, but your sexual orientatn probably started at a very young age. You also n’t “turn” a person gay.
Sexualy is plex and ever-evolvg, so how do you know if you're straight, gay, or somethg between? Answer the qutns about your csh and fantasi to fd out. * gay straight questioning *
Gay - While this adjective has historilly scribed men who are attracted to other men, the term now is ed to refer to anyone who experienc romantic, emotnal, or physil attractn to people of the same genr. Sce genr inty and sexual orientatn are separate, transgenr people n intify as straight, gay, lbian, bisexual, etc. LGBTQ: The first four letters of this standard abbreviatn are fairly straightforward: “Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr.
Queer: Once nsired a meang slur for beg gay, “queer” is beg reclaimed by some as a self-affirmg umbrella term, pecially among those who nsir other labels rtrictive.
Some still believe ’s a homophobic slur, so ’s always bt to ask or wa for the person whom you’re speakg wh to e . Lbian: A noun and an adjective for women who are attracted to other women, although some women prefer to be lled gay or queer – ’s always bt to ask!