Before the Stonewall rts marked the begng of the morn gay rights movement, and even the time followg, members of the LGBTQ+ muny existed wh a “hidn subculture” the Bay Area, acrdg to Robert Plantz, former print of the GSU om 1969 through 1970.
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GAY TERMOLOGY
Overview of Sexual Orientatn For lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBTQIA) people, g out is a procs of unrstandg, acceptg, and valug one's sexual orientatn/inty. Comg out clus both explorg one's inty and sharg that inty wh others. It also volv pg wh societal rpons and attus toward LGBT people. LGBT dividuals are forced to e to terms wh what means to be different a society that tends to assume everyone is heterosexual and that tends to judge differenc om the norm negative ways. * gay term uc *
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. G: Gay.
Why gay or lbian and not “homosexual”?
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. People aware of this former tegorizatn feel that the term homosexual still rri a negative nnotatn.