Wh thoands of followers, extravagant liftyl and nonstop gym selfi, Instagays are easy to envy. But their rise marks a gay cultural shift, promptg big qutns about what all those nocent snapshots might mean.
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INSTAGAYS, UNFILTERED
We all have iends who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, asexual, or nonbary – wh a ton of variatns and subsets. “Homosexual” – This is an outdated, clil term scribg someone who experienc same-sex attractn, and ’s nsired rogatory.
Its abbreviated form, “homo, ” is jt as bad. Use “gay” stead. “Gay” – Used to scribe a man attracted to men, but n also refer to a woman attracted to women.
While this is the preferred adjective, n be ed posively (“Grant, may gay iend, is an amazg fashn gu”), ntrally (“My iend Grant is gay”), or negatively (“Don’t hang out wh Grant or you might bee gay too”).