Basic Gay Language

Contents:

• THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN
• GAY LGO DICTNARY
• THE HIDN GAY LIV FALLY BEG UNVERED
• 4 - SEXUALY AS INTY: GAY AND LBIAN LANGUAGE

THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN

() Wh a transgenr woman  Congrs and the immense populary of shows like Queer Eye and RuPl's Drag Race, gay culture is currently at the foreont of mastream Filipo nscns a way has never been before. Likewise, lol gay lgo (more monly known as "bekispeak") is evolvg.

Provg jt how funny the evolutn of language n be, achoo is the newt eratn of the classic beki term "pamta, " which refers to gay men who seem like they're straight. LGBTQ+ Inclive Language: What It Is and Why It Matters HealthreStatistilly, all healthre provirs (HCPs) will work wh and treat patients who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer/qutng, and others who are a part of the muny but for whom those terms don’t f (LGBTQ+). However, rearch has shown that experiencg a microaggrsn n be trimental to a person’s psychologil health…”Microaggrsns n clu:Creatg unwarranted physil distance between onelf and a member of a margalized groupUsg historilly accepted but sultg words or phras like “boys will be boys” and “gay” as a synonym for “stupid” or “bad”Misg or assumg someone’s pronouns, tentnally or untentnallyAvoidg workg wh people who are members of a margalized groupExprsg beliefs that homosexualy and genr inty are bad or falseWhat Phras Should I Avoid and Use?

GAY LGO DICTNARY

Instead of this……Say thisOppose sex/both sexFor blogy, say “all sex” and for genr, say “all genrs”*Blogil sex (wh the false implitn that this is a transgenr or nonbary person’s “te” sex)Assigned sex at birthHermaphrodeIntersexTranssexualTransgenrAddrsg a person as Ms., Mr., their first nam unls they ask you to do otherwiseHe, him, his, she, her, hersDeflt to “they” or avoid pronouns unls they specify oneGay or lbian relatnshipSame-sex relatnship (not all people same-sex relatnships intify as gay or lbian)“Guys, ” “ladi and gentlemen, ”, staff, patients*Most people learned about the sexual bary school—that is, male and female. 5% of high schoolers natnwi intify as gay or lbian, 8.

2% of their middle school stunts (approximately ag 12-14) intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual.

THE HIDN GAY LIV FALLY BEG UNVERED

This means if you’re a small hospal, you’re statistilly likely to work wh 17-18 LGBTQ people; the largt, you may work wh about addn, acrdg to Mory Nurse, “’s been said that lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) nurs form one of the largt mori wh the profsn…”Even if you don’t know of any “out” workers, this don’t mean they don’t exist. Some of the orientatns people of any genr inty may intify as are:Asexual: Not experiencg sexual attractn; this is not the same as celibacy, which is a choiceBisexual: A person attracted to more than one genr, ually their own and one otherGay: Men attracted to menHeterosexual: Men attracted to women or vice versaLbian: Women attracted to womenPansexual: A person attracted to others whout regard for sex or genrTransng: The procs a person go through for their genr inty to match wh their genr exprsn or sex; clus social, legal, and/or medil issuLGBTQ+ Inclive Language RourcAn Ally’s Gui to Termology This extensive piece created by GLAAD and the Movement Advancement Project scrib specific ways which terms should and shouldn’t be —Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Health On this page, you n fd all CDC rearch and remendatns about workg wh the LGBTQ+ A signifint rource for the LGBTQ+ muny and alli, this anizatn provis a wealth of tnal and policy rourc for the workplace, schools, and everyday life. It provis specific exampl of how this n be Natnal LGBTQIA+ Health Edutn Center This anizatn provis “tnal programs, rourc, and nsultatn to health re anizatns to optimize qualy, st-effective health re for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, asexual, and all sexual and genr mory (LGBTQIA+) people.

Vada (“look at”), dolly eek (a pretty face), and chicken (a young guy) are all words om the lexin of Polari, a secret language ed by gay men Bra at a time when homosexualy was illegal. In the 1930s was spoken among the theater typ of the Wt End, om which crossed over to the cy’s gay pubs, gag s stat as the secret language of gay men. In England, homosexualy was officially nsired a crime until 1967, when the Sexual Offenc Act legalized private “homosexual acts” between nsentg adults over 21.

) The Act me a after the ernment’s Wolfenn Report, which igned bate by remendg the partial crimalizatn of homosexual acts.

4 - SEXUALY AS INTY: GAY AND LBIAN LANGUAGE

Durg the terim years, when beg openly non-straight brought the risks of social isolatn and crimal prosecutn, Polari provid gay men wh a subtle way to fd one another for pannship and sex. Among nfirmed gay men, however, there was nothg subtle about Polari nversatns. The Hidn History of Gay Life at Sea, Pl Baker and Jo Stanley wre that Polari played a role “allowg gay men to nstct a humoroly performative inty for themselv.

In the late ‘60s, as gay liberatn groups were fightg for regnn and equaly, Polari h mastream Brish pop-culture the form of Julian and Sandy, two flamboyant, not-officially-but-pretty-obvly gay characters on a BBC rad show lled Round the Horne. But the ‘60s, they were the extent of gay men’s media reprentatn Bra. Julian and Sandy prented a nundm: as lovable gay characters on a very popular show, they enared themselv to Brish dienc an era of homophobia.

But some gay liberatn groups me to rent the image that they—and Polari—perpetuated.