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• ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
• GAY WORD
• GAY PICTUR
• GAY
• THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN
• NEWLY PUBLISHED PORTRAS DOCUMENT A CENTURY OF GAY MEN LOVE
• SYNONYMS OF GAY
• GAY PRI WORDS VECTOR CLIPART AND ILLTRATNS (1,382)
• GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• THE GAY HISTORY OF AMERI’S CLASSIC CHILDREN’S BOOKS

ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER

Aromantic Homosexual — A person who has sexual attractn to the same genr, but they do not experience romantic attractn. Gay is also an inty term ed to scribe a male-intified person who is attracted to other male-intified people a romantic, sexual, and/or emotnal sense. Gay Aromantic — A person who has sexual attractn to the same genr, but they do not experience romantic attractn.

Homoaro — A person who has sexual attractn to the same genr, but they do not experience romantic attractn.

Homophobia — Homophobia means to have an irratnal fear or tolerance of people who are homosexual or havg feelgs of homosexualy. LGBTQ+ — LBGT is an abbreviatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (often ed to enpass sexual preference and genr inti that do not rrpond to heterosexual norms). LGBTIQAPD – Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer and/or Qutng, Intersex, Asexual and/or Ally, Pansexual, and Demi-sexual.

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Whether a portra of an LGBT lumary, a snapshot of a historic LGBT spot, a slishow of a Pri Para, or jt artistic shots of the sky, gay pictur are a ccial part of the life and history of LGBT people, and are ccial s documentatn. 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.

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.

And many feel that this word plac undue emphasis on sexual activy, or that sounds overly clil.” 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.”. 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. 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).

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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.” A more prehensive history of the Stonewall Rt or the Stonewall Uprisg n be found our Pri Month explaer.

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. Queer was seen as a way to refer to gays and lbians whout beg genr-sentialist or g divisns wh the muny. That same year, Pieters beme a natnal spokperson for AIDS awarens and gay polil activism after his historic terview wh televangelist Tammy Faye on her broadst, which fied the work's homophobic tennci.

Rapoe, who is gay, is an outspoken advote for LGBTQ+ rights and was a lear the natnal team’s fight for genr equaly, which paid off last year when U. Biren, also known as JEB, were leadg figur gay and lbian movements the District and surroundg areas.

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Jenna Lyons, the first openly gay hoewife, and Jsel Taank, the first Indian hoewife, jo the diverse st tend to better reprent all of the different kds of New Yorkers. People fe a lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr inty first to themselv and then may reveal to others.

THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN

Avoid intifyg gay people as “homosexuals” an outdated term nsired rogatory and offensive to many lbian and gay Exprsn - Refers to how an dividual exprs their socially nstcted genr.

Homosexual - (see Offensive Terms to Avoid) Outdated clil term nsired rogatory and offensive by many gay and lbian people. LGBTQQIA - An acronym ed to refer to all sexual mori: “Lbian, Gay/Genr Ntral/Genr Queer, Bisexual/Bigenr, Transgenr/Transvte/Transsexual, Qutng/Queer, Intersex, and Alli/Androgyno/Asexual. ”Liftyle - (see Offensive Terms to Avoid) Inaccurate term ed by anti-gay extremists to nigrate lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr liv.

As there is no one straight liftyle, there is no one lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr Lovg Men (MLM) - Commonly ed by muni of lor to note the attractn of men to Who Have Sex wh Men - men, cludg those who do not intify themselv as homosexual or bisexual, who engage sexual activy wh other men (ed public health ntexts to avoid excludg men who intify as heterosexual) Gay - Dcrib people who self-intify as lbian or gay their personal, public and/or profsnal liv.

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Qutng - The procs of nsirg or explorg one’s sexual orientatn and/or genr Orientatn - The scientifilly accurate term for an dividual’s endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractn to members of the same and/or oppose sex, cludg lbian, gay, bisexual and heterosexual (straight) orientatns. Avoid the offensive term “sexual preference, ” which is ed to suggt that beg gay or lbian is voluntary and therefore “curable. For example, a man who transns om male to female and is attracted to other women would be intified as a lbian or a gay woman.

); “gay person/people” Please e “gay” or “lbian” to scribe people attracted to members of the same sex. Bee of the clil history of the word “homosexual, ” is aggrsively ed by anti-gay extremists to suggt that gay people are somehow diseased or psychologilly/emotnally disorred – notns discreded by the Amerin Psychologil Associatn and the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn the 1970s. Intifyg a same-sex uple as “a homosexual uple, ” characterizg their relatnship as “a homosexual relatnship, ” or intifyg their timacy as “homosexual sex” is extremely offensive and should be a le, try to avoid labelg an activy, emotn or relatnship “gay, ” “lbian” or “bisexual” unls you would ll the same activy, emotn or relatnship “straight” if engaged by someone of another orientatn.

Offensive: “sexual preference”Preferred: “sexual orientatn” or “orientatn” The term “sexual preference” is typilly ed to suggt that beg lbian, gay or bisexual is a choice and therefore n and should be “cured.

SYNONYMS OF GAY

” Sexual orientatn is the accurate scriptn of an dividual’s endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractn to members of the same and/or oppose sex and is clive of lbians, gay men, bisexuals and straight men and women. Offensive: “gay liftyle” or “homosexual liftyle”Preferred: “gay liv, ” “gay and lbian liv” There is no sgle lbian, gay or bisexual liftyle. The phrase “gay liftyle” is ed to nigrate lbians and gay men, suggtg that their orientatn is a choice and therefore n and should be “cured.

”Offensive: “admted homosexual” or “avowed homosexual”Preferred: “openly lbian, ” “openly gay, ” “openly bisexual” Dated term ed to scribe those who are openly lbian, gay or bisexual or who have recently e out of the closet. DEFAMATORY LANGUAGE“fag, ” “faggot, ” “dyke, ” “homo, ” “sodome, ” “she-male, ” “he-she, ” “, ” “shim, ” “tranny” and siar ephets The creria for g the rogatory terms should be the same as those applied to vulgar ephets ed to target other groups.

GAY PRI WORDS VECTOR CLIPART AND ILLTRATNS (1,382)

“viant, ” “disorred, ” “dysfunctnal, ” “diseased, ” “perverted, ” “stctive” and siar scriptns The notn that beg gay, lbian or bisexual is a psychologil disorr was discreded by the Amerin Psychologil Associatn and the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn the 1970s. Today, words such as “viant, ” “diseased” and “disorred” often are ed to portray gay people as ls than human, mentally ill, or as a danger to societyAssociatg gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people or relatnships wh pedophilia, child abe, sexual abe, btialy, bigamy, polygamy, adultery and/or ct Beg gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr is neher synonymo wh nor ditive of any tenncy toward pedophilia, child abe, sexual abe, btialy, bigamy, polygamy, adultery and/or ct. Such claims, nuendo and associatns often are ed to suate that lbians and gay men pose a threat to society, to fai, and to children particular.

Vada (“look at”), dolly eek (a pretty face), and chicken (a young guy) are all words om the lexin of Polari, a secret language ed by gay men Bra at a time when homosexualy was illegal.

GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN

In the 1930s was spoken among the theater typ of the Wt End, om which crossed over to the cy’s gay pubs, gag s stat as the secret language of gay men. In England, homosexualy was officially nsired a crime until 1967, when the Sexual Offenc Act legalized private “homosexual acts” between nsentg adults over 21.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

) The Act me a after the ernment’s Wolfenn Report, which igned bate by remendg the partial crimalizatn of homosexual acts. Durg the terim years, when beg openly non-straight brought the risks of social isolatn and crimal prosecutn, Polari provid gay men wh a subtle way to fd one another for pannship and sex.

The Hidn History of Gay Life at Sea, Pl Baker and Jo Stanley wre that Polari played a role “allowg gay men to nstct a humoroly performative inty for themselv. In the late ‘60s, as gay liberatn groups were fightg for regnn and equaly, Polari h mastream Brish pop-culture the form of Julian and Sandy, two flamboyant, not-officially-but-pretty-obvly gay characters on a BBC rad show lled Round the Horne. Julian and Sandy prented a nundm: as lovable gay characters on a very popular show, they enared themselv to Brish dienc an era of homophobia.

By the early ‘70s, as LGBT groups fought for rights beyond those granted by the 1967 Sexual Offenc Act, the image of the mp gay man had bee the target of ire. Many who were lobbyg for sexual equaly, says Dolan, “felt was about gay people prentg themselv as jt ordary folks. When Ecclton and Fairbairn posted the film onle, they were surprised by the enthiastic rponse—and the level of fascatn wh Polari, this myster, cipherable “gay language.

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“The kds of nts still exist where opprsn is still entrenched, ” says Ecclton, cg Swardspeak, a language based on English and Tagalog that is ed among gay men the Philipp.

Given s associatns wh stereotypil reprentatns of gay men, Polari may not seem to have a place the 21st century.