Sup? Lookg? Party? WEHOville helps you unrstand the gay app lgo.
Contents:
- SUP? LOOKG? PARTY? A GUI TO GAY APP LGO
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER MUNY
- GAY SLANG 101
SUP? LOOKG? PARTY? A GUI TO GAY APP LGO
You've certaly read and heard the acronym LGBTQ, which stands for lbian/gay/bisexual/transgenr/queer, untls tim. But both genr and sexual orientatn exist on a spectm — and there are untls words, phras, and acronyms (like GNC,… * cd gay term *
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”?
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER MUNY
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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. ” 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.
For the and other reasons, the term homosexual is wily nsired disparagg and offensive.
GAY SLANG 101
Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer muny (LGBTQ muny), any untry, regn, cy, or other loly, a group of persons who intify as lbian, gay ( the narrow sense of beg a male who is sexually or romantilly attracted to other mal), bisexual, transgenr, or * cd gay term *
Instead, the terms gay and lbian are generally preferred.
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. The days, the term homosexual is typilly limed to medil ntexts, if ed at all.
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). They attempted to arrt the gay and trans bar patrons, which started a seri of protts agast the police.