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“GAY” OR “HOMOSEXUAL”: THE WORDS WE E N DIVI PUBLIC OPN ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Lbian / Gay / Bisexual / Queer to Avoid and Use.
1) Don’t say:” homosexual” (as a noun or adjective). The word “homosexual” has a clil history and is often ed by anti-LGBTQ extremists.
It impli that gay people are diseased or have a psychologil or emotnal disorr. What to say stead:” gay, ” gay man, ” or “lbian, ” “gay person/people. ” Use gay or lbian when discsg people attracted to members of the same sex.