<p>Gut blogger Gay Cffi shar what was like growg up wh the name Gay, and how changed over time.</p>
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MY NAME IS GAY
But when genr norms go out the wdow, the cisn n take on a whole new level of plexy and year’s landmark Supreme Court lg, which legalized gay marriage around the untry, means same-sex upl will be facg the name-change qutn more than ever before. 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 “Homosexual” – This is an outdated, clil term scribg someone who experienc same-sex attractn, and ’s nsired rogatory.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”). Use the word rrectly: “Gay” do NOT mean bisexual or transgenr, and is not a synonym for “queer. “Fag/faggot/dyke” – The words have a history of beg ed a rogatory manner and are wily nsired sultg; however, you may see two gay men affectnately ll each other “fag” or an activist group that rporat the word “dyke.