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Contents:
- "THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG
- WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE GAY? DEFN AND MEANG OF GAY
- THAT'S SO GAY
- THAT'S GAY
- GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
- THE 'GAY' WORD: WHAT DO MEAN WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE E NEGATIVELY?
"THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG
Gay is a word wh many meangs. A gay person is homosexual, but if we scribe somethg like a scene or a party as gay, that means 's bright, merry, and happy. * that so gay what does it mean *
Spend any time around teens, and you’re likely to hear the mon exprsn, “That’s so gay" — even among gay kids.
If you ask them about , as some rearchers have, they often will sist that is not tend as homophobic language, jt a harmls phrase to exprs tratn or somethg siar.
WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE GAY? DEFN AND MEANG OF GAY
What is gay? is not an unmon qutn. The fn of gay is not simple eher. Learn more about the fn and meang of gay. * that so gay what does it mean *
Studi reveal that 30 percent of gay adolcents stggle wh suicidal thoughts. “That’s so gay” is always pejorative, always harmful, and always homophobic. Thk about this: For thoands of years, religns have lled homosexualy an abomatn.
THAT'S SO GAY
Democratic printial ndidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a history of repeatedly sharg unfound nspiraci that man-ma chemils the environment uld be makg children gay or transgenr and g the femizatn of boys and masculizatn of girls. * that so gay what does it mean *
People still get murred if someone thks they are gay, and not jt other untri. Gay Equals Sex. When most people hear the term LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual), for stance, they equate to havg adult sex.
THAT'S GAY
Rearch has shown that the followg are some of the most mon health ncerns faced by gay and bisexual men. * that so gay what does it mean *
Another client’s mother once ught him lookg at gay porn, and said, horrified, “You’re not gay, are you?
” Later when the parents learned their children were gay, they apologized to them for sayg the thgs, but the damage was already done. I heard you say whout knowg I was gay. Hearg kids sayg, “that’s so gay” every day mak the people and everythg else around them qutnable: Are thgs safe or dangero?
GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
What, then, n be done about makg kids (and the rt of ) more aware of the harm g such phras as “That’s so gay?
But parents who are enough aware of language’s substrata n help by helpg their kids’ schools unrstand the value of practicg the same kd of zero tolerance for homophobic language that they do for racist or anti-Semic or bullyg language. The bt thg I have seen is the mpaign “ThkB4YouSpeak” by GLSEN (Gay, Lbian School Edutor Network).
Anti-LGBT remarks such as “that’s so gay” are often untentnal and a mon part of teens’ vernacular. The term "gay" may be nfg and even foreign to some, forcg people to ask, "What is gay?
THE 'GAY' WORD: WHAT DO MEAN WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE E NEGATIVELY?
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