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• GLBT? LGBT? LGBTQIA+? WHAT'S A NAME?HISTORY, RILLIENCE & HOPE FOR LGBT AMERINS AFTER #ORLANDOELIZABETH DRCHER·FOLLOWPUBLISHED THE NARTHEX·5 M READ·JUN 17, 2016--6LISTENSHAREIT'S TAKEN A MUTE OR TWO FOR MANY RELIG AND CIVIC LEARS TO SPEAK CLEARLY AND SUPPORTIVELY ABOUT THE ORLANDO SHOOTG AS AN ACT OF VLENT HATE THAT SPECIFILLY TARGETED LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE. MANY OF THE PUBLIC STATEMENTS — LIKE THIS OM UTAH LT. GOVERNOR SPENSOR COX — HAVE BEEN CREDIBLY POWERFUL AND MOVG, REVEALG A EP WELL OF PASSN EVEN AMONG THOSE WHOSE POLIL AND RELIG LEANGS MIGHT OTHERWISE MARK THEM AS WELL OUTSI THE CIRCLE OF STRAIGHT ALLI WHO HAVE STOOD WH LGBT FAY AND IENDS THE AFTERMATH OF THE SHOOTG.AND THIS SUPPORT HAS ALSO TGHT THAT WE STILL HAVE MUCH TO LEARN AS WE WORK TOGETHER FOR JTICE AND PEACE. HERE'S ONE THG MANY STRAIGHT ALLI NEED TO WORK ON: G THE RRECT ACRONYM TO SCRIBE THE IMPACTED MUNY. SO YOU KNOW: IT'S LGBT (WH SOME VARIATN), NOT GLBT.HERE'S WHY MATTERS THAT YOU TRY TO GET RIGHT: IF YOU ARE A RELIG OR CIVIC LEAR WHO, WHEN SPEAKG PUBLICLY ABOUT #ORLANDO, “GLBT” RATHER THAT LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, OR LGBT+, YOU ARE SAYG, ALONG WH WHATEVER ELSE YOU THK YOU'RE A SAYG, “I HAVE NO REAL UNRSTANDG OF LGBT CULTURE AND HISTORY, AND REALLY DON’T MATTER TO ME TO FD OUT MORE.” AND YOU'RE SAYG THAT BY GETTG WRONG THE ONE THG THAT PERHAPS MOST CLEARLY SAYS, "I KNOW YOU. I SEE YOU." — A NAME.THIS HISTORY OF THE ACRONYM GO BACK TO THE LAST STAED TRMA THE LGBT WORLD: THE AIDS PANMIC OF THE 1980S AND 1990S. DURG THAT TIME, AS MOST PEOPLE ARE AWARE, THOANDS OF GAY MEN AND TRANSWOMEN DIED (AS DID MANY STRAIGHT AND BISEXUAL MEN AND WOMEN). NOT ONLY WERE THE RETROVIRAL DGS THAT MAKE HIV/AIDS CHRONIC RATHER THAN FATAL NDNS TODAY NOT AVAILABLE, BUT STAED, PASSNATE RE THROUGH THE TORTURO PATH OF THE DISEASE WAS LACKG. GAY MEN THEMSELV RALLIED TO EACH OTHER’S SIS AS DID MANY STRAIGHT ALLI, PROVIDG PANNSHIP, MEALS, AND SOME MEASURE OF NURSG RE TO MANY PEOPLE WH AIDS.BUT A CENTRAL, AND LARGELY UNACKNOWLEDGED, FACTOR THE RE OF MEN WH AIDS WERE ANIZED AND MORE LOOSELY NFIGURED WORKS OF LBIANS. JOHN-MANUEL ANDRTE, THOR OF VICTORY DEFERRED: HOW AIDS CHANGED GAY LIFE AMERI (CHIGO 1999), EXPLAED THE IMPACT OF THIS G TOGETHER OF LBIANS WH GAY MEN:AIDS EXPAND THE GAY CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT GENERALLY AND CREATED A LEVEL OF SOLIDARY BETWEEN GAY MEN AND LBIANS THAT DIDN’T EXIST BEFORE. FROM THE EARLIT DAYS OF THE EPIMIC, LBIANS STOOD BY THEIR GAY BROTHERS — WHETHER AS RE PROVIRS FOR THE SICK OR LOBBYG WASHGTON FOR JT POLICI.AS HISTORIAN LILLIAN FARMAN TAILS, LBIANS DONATED BLOOD FOR GAY MEN THE 1980S WHEN GAY MEN THEMSELV WERE PREVENTED OM DOG SO. THEY NAVIGATED THE HEALTHRE SYSTEM, OFTEN OM WH THE GENRED NURSG SYSTEM THAT ALLOWED THEM A PARTICULAR SENSIVY TO THE MASCULIZED, HETEROSEXIST STCTUR OF MUCH MEDIL RE. THEY ANIZED TO PROVI FOOD, CLOTHG, AND HOG. WH SO MANY GAY MEN SILED BY HIV/AIDS, WOMEN WERE TOOK MORE LEARSHIP ROL LGBT MUNI, BREAKG THROUGH A PRONOUNCED GAY MALE CHVISM THAT OFTEN VEERED TO MISOGYNY, DAMPENG PARTICIPATN POST-STONEWALL ANIZG AND ACTIVISM FOR MANY LBIANS.AS THE AIDS CRISIS SELF NTRIBUTED TO AN ENDURG POLICIZATN OF THE LGBT MUNY, WOMEN BEGAN TO CHALLENGE THE MASCULIST STCTUR OF POWER WH A MUNY WHOSE VERY SURVIVAL PEND (PENDS STILL) ON NSTCTG SUCH STCTUR. AT THE SAME TIME, AS TREATMENTS FOR AIDS BEME MORE PROMISG AND MORE AVAILABLE AND AFFORDABLE, GAY MEN THEMSELV CREASGLY REGNIZED THE ROLE LBIANS HAD PLAYED MIGATG THE CRISIS. BY THE LATE 1990S, THEN, "GAY MUNY CENTERS" ACROSS THE UNTRY BEME "LBIAN AND GAY MUNY CENTERS," AND BEME MON TO SWCH THE “G” AND THE “L” STANDARD ACRONYM (AS WELL AS, OVER TIME, TO ADD THE “T”…AND THEN THE “Q”…AND SO ON).…THE GTURE OF THE ACRONYM CHANGE SPEAKS VOLUM ABOUT WHAT MAK THE LGBT MUNY SO STRONG AND RILIENT THROUGH ONGOG AND, AS WE HAVE SEEN, CREASG ATTACKS.
• 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
• WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE GAY? DEFN AND MEANG OF GAY
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GLBT? LGBT? LGBTQIA+? WHAT'S A NAME?HISTORY, RILLIENCE & HOPE FOR LGBT AMERINS AFTER #ORLANDOELIZABETH DRCHER·FOLLOWPUBLISHED THE NARTHEX·5 M READ·JUN 17, 2016--6LISTENSHAREIT'S TAKEN A MUTE OR TWO FOR MANY RELIG AND CIVIC LEARS TO SPEAK CLEARLY AND SUPPORTIVELY ABOUT THE ORLANDO SHOOTG AS AN ACT OF VLENT HATE THAT SPECIFILLY TARGETED LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE. MANY OF THE PUBLIC STATEMENTS — LIKE THIS OM UTAH LT. GOVERNOR SPENSOR COX — HAVE BEEN CREDIBLY POWERFUL AND MOVG, REVEALG A EP WELL OF PASSN EVEN AMONG THOSE WHOSE POLIL AND RELIG LEANGS MIGHT OTHERWISE MARK THEM AS WELL OUTSI THE CIRCLE OF STRAIGHT ALLI WHO HAVE STOOD WH LGBT FAY AND IENDS THE AFTERMATH OF THE SHOOTG.AND THIS SUPPORT HAS ALSO TGHT THAT WE STILL HAVE MUCH TO LEARN AS WE WORK TOGETHER FOR JTICE AND PEACE. HERE'S ONE THG MANY STRAIGHT ALLI NEED TO WORK ON: G THE RRECT ACRONYM TO SCRIBE THE IMPACTED MUNY. SO YOU KNOW: IT'S LGBT (WH SOME VARIATN), NOT GLBT.HERE'S WHY MATTERS THAT YOU TRY TO GET RIGHT: IF YOU ARE A RELIG OR CIVIC LEAR WHO, WHEN SPEAKG PUBLICLY ABOUT #ORLANDO, “GLBT” RATHER THAT LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, OR LGBT+, YOU ARE SAYG, ALONG WH WHATEVER ELSE YOU THK YOU'RE A SAYG, “I HAVE NO REAL UNRSTANDG OF LGBT CULTURE AND HISTORY, AND REALLY DON’T MATTER TO ME TO FD OUT MORE.” AND YOU'RE SAYG THAT BY GETTG WRONG THE ONE THG THAT PERHAPS MOST CLEARLY SAYS, "I KNOW YOU. I SEE YOU." — A NAME.THIS HISTORY OF THE ACRONYM GO BACK TO THE LAST STAED TRMA THE LGBT WORLD: THE AIDS PANMIC OF THE 1980S AND 1990S. DURG THAT TIME, AS MOST PEOPLE ARE AWARE, THOANDS OF GAY MEN AND TRANSWOMEN DIED (AS DID MANY STRAIGHT AND BISEXUAL MEN AND WOMEN). NOT ONLY WERE THE RETROVIRAL DGS THAT MAKE HIV/AIDS CHRONIC RATHER THAN FATAL NDNS TODAY NOT AVAILABLE, BUT STAED, PASSNATE RE THROUGH THE TORTURO PATH OF THE DISEASE WAS LACKG. GAY MEN THEMSELV RALLIED TO EACH OTHER’S SIS AS DID MANY STRAIGHT ALLI, PROVIDG PANNSHIP, MEALS, AND SOME MEASURE OF NURSG RE TO MANY PEOPLE WH AIDS.BUT A CENTRAL, AND LARGELY UNACKNOWLEDGED, FACTOR THE RE OF MEN WH AIDS WERE ANIZED AND MORE LOOSELY NFIGURED WORKS OF LBIANS. JOHN-MANUEL ANDRTE, THOR OF VICTORY DEFERRED: HOW AIDS CHANGED GAY LIFE AMERI (CHIGO 1999), EXPLAED THE IMPACT OF THIS G TOGETHER OF LBIANS WH GAY MEN:AIDS EXPAND THE GAY CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT GENERALLY AND CREATED A LEVEL OF SOLIDARY BETWEEN GAY MEN AND LBIANS THAT DIDN’T EXIST BEFORE. FROM THE EARLIT DAYS OF THE EPIMIC, LBIANS STOOD BY THEIR GAY BROTHERS — WHETHER AS RE PROVIRS FOR THE SICK OR LOBBYG WASHGTON FOR JT POLICI.AS HISTORIAN LILLIAN FARMAN TAILS, LBIANS DONATED BLOOD FOR GAY MEN THE 1980S WHEN GAY MEN THEMSELV WERE PREVENTED OM DOG SO. THEY NAVIGATED THE HEALTHRE SYSTEM, OFTEN OM WH THE GENRED NURSG SYSTEM THAT ALLOWED THEM A PARTICULAR SENSIVY TO THE MASCULIZED, HETEROSEXIST STCTUR OF MUCH MEDIL RE. THEY ANIZED TO PROVI FOOD, CLOTHG, AND HOG. WH SO MANY GAY MEN SILED BY HIV/AIDS, WOMEN WERE TOOK MORE LEARSHIP ROL LGBT MUNI, BREAKG THROUGH A PRONOUNCED GAY MALE CHVISM THAT OFTEN VEERED TO MISOGYNY, DAMPENG PARTICIPATN POST-STONEWALL ANIZG AND ACTIVISM FOR MANY LBIANS.AS THE AIDS CRISIS SELF NTRIBUTED TO AN ENDURG POLICIZATN OF THE LGBT MUNY, WOMEN BEGAN TO CHALLENGE THE MASCULIST STCTUR OF POWER WH A MUNY WHOSE VERY SURVIVAL PEND (PENDS STILL) ON NSTCTG SUCH STCTUR. AT THE SAME TIME, AS TREATMENTS FOR AIDS BEME MORE PROMISG AND MORE AVAILABLE AND AFFORDABLE, GAY MEN THEMSELV CREASGLY REGNIZED THE ROLE LBIANS HAD PLAYED MIGATG THE CRISIS. BY THE LATE 1990S, THEN, "GAY MUNY CENTERS" ACROSS THE UNTRY BEME "LBIAN AND GAY MUNY CENTERS," AND BEME MON TO SWCH THE “G” AND THE “L” STANDARD ACRONYM (AS WELL AS, OVER TIME, TO ADD THE “T”…AND THEN THE “Q”…AND SO ON).…THE GTURE OF THE ACRONYM CHANGE SPEAKS VOLUM ABOUT WHAT MAK THE LGBT MUNY SO STRONG AND RILIENT THROUGH ONGOG AND, AS WE HAVE SEEN, CREASG ATTACKS.

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.

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

History, Rillience & Hope for LGBT Amerins after #OrlandoIt's taken a mute or two for many relig and civic lears to speak clearly and supportively about the Orlando shootg as an act of vlent hate that specifilly targeted lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people. Durg that time, as most people are aware, thoands of gay men and transwomen died (as did many straight and bisexual men and women).

Gay men themselv rallied to each other’s sis as did many straight alli, providg pannship, meals, and some measure of nursg re to many people wh a central, and largely unacknowledged, factor the re of men wh AIDS were anized and more loosely nfigured works of lbians. John-Manuel Andrte, thor of Victory Deferred: How AIDS Changed Gay Life Ameri (Chigo 1999), explaed the impact of this g together of lbians wh gay men:AIDS expand the gay civil rights movement generally and created a level of solidary between gay men and lbians that didn’t exist before.

From the earlit days of the epimic, lbians stood by their gay brothers — whether as re provirs for the sick or lobbyg Washgton for jt historian Lillian Farman tails, lbians donated blood for gay men the 1980s when gay men themselv were prevented om dog so.

WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE GAY? DEFN AND MEANG OF GAY

Wh so many gay men siled by HIV/AIDS, women were took more learship rol LGBT muni, breakg through a pronounced gay male chvism that often veered to misogyny, dampeng participatn post-Stonewall anizg and activism for many the AIDS crisis self ntributed to an endurg policizatn of the LGBT muny, women began to challenge the masculist stctur of power wh a muny whose very survival pend (pends still) on nstctg such stctur.

At the same time, as treatments for AIDS beme more promisg and more available and affordable, gay men themselv creasgly regnized the role lbians had played migatg the crisis. By the late 1990s, then, "gay muny centers" across the untry beme "lbian and gay muny centers, " and beme mon to swch the “G” and the “L” standard acronym (as well as, over time, to add the “T”…and then the “Q”…and so on).

Our own treatment of our trans sisters and brothers, whose needs often seemed to many of to pete wh the needs of more socially normative “good gays, ” is only begng to change. You've certaly read and heard the acronym LGBTQ, which stands for lbian/gay/bisexual/transgenr/queer, untls tim. GSM Genr and Sexual Mori, a term that some favor over "LGBTQ" — Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr — bee of s relative clivens.

GAY

Gay). QUILTBAG Queer/Qutng, Uncid, Intersex, Lbian, Transgenr/Transexual, Bisexual, Allied/Asexual, Gay/Genrqueer, a term nsired by some to be a more exclive acronym than LGBTQ — and certaly easier to say. 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).

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. 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. Heteronormativy: The assumptn, dividuals or stutns, that everyone is heterosexual, or that heterosexualy is superr to homosexualy and bisexualy. 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.