I'm Gay by Bowlg for Soup - Songfacts

Contents:

• GAY FOR
• I'M GAY
• BEG GAY FOR SOMEONE
• HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
• HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
• HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM GAY? SIGNS YOU ARE GAY
• WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE GAY? DEFN AND MEANG OF GAY

GAY FOR

Pri, formerly known as Gay Pri, is a regnn of LGBTQ inty, affirmatn of equal rights, and celebratn of visibily, digny, and diversy the LGBTQ muny. G: Gay. Why gay or lbian and not “homosexual”?

While the word homosexual is still ocsnally ed some ntexts, you might have noticed that don’t make an appearance any versn of the LGBTQ acronym. As our age note on the term stat, “up until 1973, homosexualy was listed The Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs (DSM), psychiatry’s standard reference on the classifitn of mental illns. People aware of this former tegorizatn feel that the term homosexual still rri a negative nnotatn.

I'M GAY

” In fact, the term homosexual was liberately rejected by early gay rights activists bee, acrdg to The New York Tim, “they did not want to be intified as exclively sexual begs. For the and other reasons, the term homosexual is wily nsired disparagg and offensive. Instead, the terms gay and lbian are generally preferred.

Gay, on the other hand, n be ed to scribe a person of any genr who experienc same-sex attractn, although is most often ed to scribe a man who is attracted to men. The days, the term homosexual is typilly limed to medil ntexts, if ed at all.

BEG GAY FOR SOMEONE

On June 28, 1969, the New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn, a bar equented by gay and genr-nonnformg people (at a time when terms like LGBTQ didn’t yet exist). They attempted to arrt the gay and trans bar patrons, which started a seri of protts agast the police. Partially rponse to Stonewall, 1970, queer activists New York Cy anized a march to Central Park wh the theme “Gay Pri.

Trans activist Slyvia Rivera particular advoted for the more forceful slogan “Gay power. The term queer, like the term homosexual, has a b of a troubled history.

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY

However, unlike homosexual, has been wily reappropriated by the LGBTQ muny as a label. Queer lerally means “strange or odd om a nventnal viewpot, ” and by at least by the late 1800s, queer was ployed as a rogatory term for an effemate or gay man. In 1990, this effort foced on queer as a llective term for gay and lbian people.

Queer was seen as a way to refer to gays and lbians whout beg genr-sentialist or g divisns wh the muny. We have already touched on the terms gay and lbian. homoromantic: a person who is romantilly attracted to people of the same sex or genr.

To have homo-sexual feelgs for another person.

HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY

A term ed to mock someone for their abnormal obssn or sire for somethg which uld be a person (not necsarily homo-sexual), place, thg or an actn. 1) Ben is "gay for" Steven.

2) Melissa is "gay for" japane ics.

Chris is "gay for" watchg movi. Thomas is "gay for" Anna.

HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM GAY? SIGNS YOU ARE GAY

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