<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 “Homosexual” – This is an outdated, clil term scribg someone who experienc same-sex attractn, and ’s nsired rogatory.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”).