Unrstandg Gay & Lbian Inti | The Trevor Project

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• 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
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
• UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI
• QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER (LGBTQ) TEENS

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

GAY: Used some cultural settgs to reprent men who are attracted to men a romantic, erotic and/or emotnal sense. Not all men who engage same-genr sexual behavr intify as gay, and as such this label should be ed wh utn.

LGBTQ2S+ ALLY: Someone who nonts heterosexism, anti- LGBTQ2S+ bias, heterosexual and cisgenr privilege themselv and others; believ that heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia are social jtice issu. Not bee they are bad, or homophobic, or transphobic… but bee the reali are not their own lived experience, or bee workg alongsi the groups may be a newer experience for them. Gay is an adjective that scribe people who are physilly, romantilly, emotnally and/or spirually attracted to other people of the same genr.

Although n sometim seem like one type of gay person is shown over and over aga the media or on TV, gay people aren’t tomatilly effemate, and lbian women aren’t tomatilly mascule – fact, those stereotyp leave out a lot of other personali and characteristics. Gay and lbian people are unique dividuals, jt like everyone else, and n exprs themselv an fe number of ways!

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE

While there may be some jobs that tend to have more gay or lbian people them than others, often has to do wh the cultural acceptance they might fd that particular field. There is no herent reason why gay or lbian upl would be unable to have a stable romantic relatnship. However, sce marriage is still illegal for same-sex upl many stat, gay and lbian relatnships have ls support om society.

Advot for Youth – I Thk I Might Be LbianAdvot for Youth – I Thk I Might Be GayPFLAG – Be YourselfPlanned Parenthood – Sexual Orientatn. 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. A person who transns om female to male and is attracted solely to men would typilly intify as a gay man.

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, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

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! Gay: An adjective and not a noun, most often ed to scribe men who are attracted to other men (except the aforementned s). This means that beg transgenr (feelg like your assigned sex is very different om the genr you intify wh) isn’t the same thg as beg gay, lbian, or bisexual.

UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI

Many asexual people feel romantilly attracted to people — so they may intify as asexual, and also as gay, lbian, bisexual, or straight. Ace people who experience romantic attractn or ocsnal sexual attractn might also e terms such as gay, bi, lbian, straight and queer njunctn wh asexual to scribe the directn of their romantic or sexual attractn. People may also e terms such as gay, bi, lbian, straight and queer njunctn wh ace and aro to expla the directn of romantic or sexual attractn if and when they experience .

Aro people who experience sexual attractn or ocsnal romantic attractn might also e terms such as gay, bi, lbian, straight and queer njunctn wh asexual to scribe the directn of their attractn.

Aromantic people who experience sexual attractn or ocsnal romantic attractn might also e terms such as gay, bi, lbian, straight and queer njunctn wh asexual to scribe the directn of their attractn. Asexual people who experience romantic attractn might also e terms such as gay, bi, lbian, straight and queer njunctn wh asexual to scribe the directn of their romantic attractn.

QUEER VS. GAY: HOW THE WORDS ARE DIFFERENT, AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT

People may also e terms such as gay, bi, lbian, straight and queer njunctn wh mi to expla the directn of romantic or sexual attractn as they experience . People may also e terms such as gay, bi, lbian, straight and queer njunctn wh grey to expla the directn of romantic or sexual attractn as they experience . The fear or dislike of someone, based on prejudice or negative attus, beliefs or views about lbian, gay or bi people.

When a lbian, gay, bi or trans person’s sexual orientatn or genr inty is disclosed to someone else whout their nsent. This was ed the past as a more medil term (siarly to homosexual) to refer to someone whose genr is not the same as, or do not s fortably wh, the sex they were assigned at birth. Sexual orientatns n clu heterosexual (straight), lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, asexual, and other orientatns.

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER (LGBTQ) TEENS

Avoid the offensive term “sexual preference, ” which is ed to accurately suggt that beg gay, lbian, or bisexual is voluntary and “curable. Transgenr people have sexual orientatns too, and they may be straight, lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, etc.

Avoid intifyg gay people as “homosexuals” an outdated term nsired rogatory and offensive to many lbian and gay people. Typilly, for those who intify as queer, the terms lbian, gay, and bisexual are perceived to be too limg and/or ght wh cultural nnotatns they feel do not apply to them. Also known as SGL, this is a term ed by some Ain Amerin people as an Aocentric alternative to what are nsired Eurocentric, or whe, inti like gay and lbian.