Here's an A-Z glossary of all the LGBT words and phras you need to know to te yourself - whether you're a gay ally or LGBTQ+.
Contents:
- CHICKENS AND OTTERS AND BEARS, OH MY! SIX TYP OF GAY YOU SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW BEFORE YOU TWEET
- GAY WOLF
- WHAT IS AN OTTER IN GAY CULTURE
CHICKENS AND OTTERS AND BEARS, OH MY! SIX TYP OF GAY YOU SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW BEFORE YOU TWEET
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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.
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. Fluid: A sexual or genr inty that exists beyond a bary system of eher gay or straight, man or woman. 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.
GAY WOLF
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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.
Heteronormativy: The assumptn, dividuals or stutns, that everyone is heterosexual, or that heterosexualy is superr to homosexualy and bisexualy.
WHAT IS AN OTTER IN GAY CULTURE
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Also, the benefs that lbians, gay men and bisexuals receive as a rult of claimg a heterosexual inty and nyg a lbian, gay or bisexual inty. Homoflexible: A person who is mostly attracted to the same sex/genr, but n, on ocsn be attracted to the oppose sex/genr.
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Homophobia: Fear of, hatred of, or disfort wh people who love and sexually sire members of the same sex.
Homophobic reactns often lead to tolerance, bigotry and vlence agast anyone not actg wh soc-cultural norms of heterosexualy.
Bee most LGBTQ people are raised the same society as heterosexuals, they learn the same beliefs and stereotyp prevalent the domant society, leadg to a phenomenon known as ternalized homophobia, whereas LGBTQ-intified dividuals feel shame, guilt or hatred towards the part of themselv intified as LGBTQ. Internalized Homophobia: The fear and self-hate of one’s own homosexualy or bisexualy dividuals who have learned negative ias about homosexualy throughout childhood.