Contents:
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
LGBTQ: The first four letters of this standard abbreviatn are fairly straightforward: “Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr.” The Q n stand for “qutng” -- as still explorg one’s sexualy -- or “queer,” or sometim both. 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: 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).
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
People who are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr (LGBT) are members of every muny. 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.
E., bisexual, gay, straight.
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.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
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.