The everyday women expla the programme, which airs tonight at 10.30pm, how they are more fortable referrg to themselv as a 'gay woman' or 'queer' to avoid beg 'sexualised'.
Contents:
- UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI
- LBIANS MORE ACCEPTED THAN GAY MEN AROUND THE WORLD, STUDY FDS
- HOMOSEXUAL WOMEN SAY THEY SCRIBE THEMSELV AS 'QUEER' OR 'GAY' BEE 'LBIAN' HAS BEEN HIJACKED BY MEN WHO 'FETISHIZE' SAME-SEX FEMALE RELATNSHIPS ON SCREEN
- WHY ARE THERE GAY WOMEN?
UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI
The study explored attus toward nonheterosexual men and women 23 untri and found "gay men are disliked more than lbian[s]" every untry. * gay women not lesbian *
Gay and lbian people are unique dividuals, jt like everyone else.
Gay is an adjective that scribe people who are physilly, romantilly, emotnally and/or spirually attracted to other people of the same genr. In the past, “gay” specifilly referred to men who are attracted to men. Now, is mon for “gay” to be ed by anyone who is attracted to their same genr.
LBIANS MORE ACCEPTED THAN GAY MEN AROUND THE WORLD, STUDY FDS
Example: “I’ve always known that I am gay. ” / “I totally support my gay sister.
Avoid sayg: “That person is a gay. ” (This “gay” as a noun, which don’t work. Some lbian women prefer to intify as “gay, ” and that’s ok.
HOMOSEXUAL WOMEN SAY THEY SCRIBE THEMSELV AS 'QUEER' OR 'GAY' BEE 'LBIAN' HAS BEEN HIJACKED BY MEN WHO 'FETISHIZE' SAME-SEX FEMALE RELATNSHIPS ON SCREEN
No one knows for sure what mak a person straight, gay, lbian, or even bisexual or transgenr. Is te that I have to have sex wh someone of the same genr to know that I’m gay? Are all gay men are effemate and are all lbian women mascule?
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! There’s no wrong way to be gay or lbian.
I feel like gay and lbian people only work certa typ of profsns. Answer:Actually, you n fd gay and lbian people all different typ of profsns! Certa stereotyp offer a limed view on what gay and lbian people do for work.
WHY ARE THERE GAY WOMEN?
For example, not all gay men are terted fashn, theatre, or the arts. 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.