Contents:
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
- CALL ME BY MY PRONOUNS: WHY GAY MEN CALL EACH OTHER "GIRL"
- BEYOND ‘DON’T SAY GAY': OTHER STAT SEEK TO LIM LGBTQ YOUTH, TEACHG
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, & INTERSEX LIFE
Sexual orientatn refers to the endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractn to members of the same and/or other genrs, cludg lbian, gay, bisexual and straight orientatns. As GLAAD not, "Transgenr people may be straight, lbian, gay, bisexual or queer. A person who transns om female to male and is attracted solely to men would typilly intify as a gay man." Intersex is an umbrella term ed to scribe people wh differenc reproductive anatomy, chromosom or hormon that don't f typil fns of male and female.
Revelatns about the pronoun policy e after the Welsh ernment unveiled s LGBTQ+ Actn Plan for Wal January, which aimed to ensure polici supported “lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, non-bary, tersex, asexual, aromantic, queer and qutng people”. A gay and transgenr stunts rights supporter shouts and gtur towards Cho Valley Unified School District board members upon beg removed for disptg proceedgs at Don Lugo High School Cho on Thursday night July 20, 2023.
CALL ME BY MY PRONOUNS: WHY GAY MEN CALL EACH OTHER "GIRL"
A gay and transgenr stunts rights supporter shouts towards Cho Valley Unified School District board members upon beg removed for disptg proceedgs at Don Lugo High School Cho on Thursday night July 20, 2023. The e of she/her pronouns by cisgenr gay men, along wh words such as "girl" or "honey, " is a long-standg and creasgly visible practice. For many gay men, g the words wh their iends is a way of embracg femy and showg vulnerabily or affectn to others who share their inti.
Creatg a shared culture — cludg language — around femy n be a way of reclaimg the bas for opprsn many gay men have experienced, as well as disptg the harmful genr few if any lguistic practic are all one thg, all the time.
BEYOND ‘DON’T SAY GAY': OTHER STAT SEEK TO LIM LGBTQ YOUTH, TEACHG
It may be time to reevaluate cis gay men’s e of words like "she" and "girl" to make sure they align wh ongog efforts to rpect nonbary genr inti, and avoid makg assumptns about people’s pronouns.
Lguists, social scientists, and crics have observed and studied cis gay men’s e of “she, ” and their asssments pot to the multiple and often nflictg dimensns of the practice. So for even to make sense for gay men to e ‘she, ’ we have to have some kd of associatn wh ‘she, ’ and ually that associatn is femy, whatever that might mean to or our culture.