Openly gay meaning
Glossary of Terms: LGBTQ
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LGBTQ
Acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, non-binary, and queer. The Q generally stands for queer when LGBTQ organizations, leaders, and media employ the acronym. In settings offering support for youth, it can also stand for questioning. LGBT and LGBTQ+ are also used, with the + added in recognition of all non-straight, non-cisgender identities. (See Transgender Glossary ) Both are acceptable, as are other versions of thi
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gay
A person who is sexually attracted to someone of the identical gender. Although typically associated with male same-sex attraction, the word can be used to production any same-sex attraction. Do not operate in constructions with negative connotations, e.g. “that’s so gay”, etc.
gay agenda
The political activism of promoting gay values, but can be viewed as a negative, self-promoting attitude where all the cards are not fully revealed.
gay lifestyle
There is no single LGBTQ lifestyle. LGBTQ people are diverse in the ways they lead their lives. The phrases &#;gay lifestyle,&#; &#;homosexual lifestyle,&#; and &#;transgender lifestyle&#; are used to denigrate LGBTQ people suggesting that their sexual orientation and/or gender identity (see Transgender Glossary of Terms) is a choice and therefore can and should be &#;cured&#; (see AP, Reuters, & New York Times Style). Use &#;LGBTQ people and their lives&#;.
gay marriage
In June , the U.S. Supreme Court dominated in Obergefell v. Hodges that every American has the constitutional right to marry the pe
Why &#;Openly Gay&#; Is an Offensive Term
It’s time to jettison the backhanded merit badge “openly.”
Much of the deservedly fawning coverage of the Biden administration’s rainbow wave of appointments used this well-meaning but inappropriate term. The Fresh York Times touted Pete Buttigieg’s successful appointment as “the first openly gay Cabinet Secretary to have been approved by the Senate.” The Washington Post also wrote Buttigieg “is the first openly gay person to be confirmed by the Senate for a Cabinet position.” Even the Human Rights Campaign tossed off the label in their press let go heralding “Secretary Pete Buttigieg Makes History As First Openly LGBTQ, Senate-Confirmed Person to Lead a Department.”
Dr. Rachel Levine, nominated for assistant secretary of Health, got similar treatment by The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Human Rights Campaign, and many others as she was reported to be the first openly transgender federal official put forth for Senate confirmation. Even this publication chose to signify Levine’s appointment with the loaded term.
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Automatic co-parent recognition: covers when children born to same-sex couples are not facing any barriers in order to be recognised legally from birth to their parents.
Biphobia: the apprehension, unreasonable anger, intolerance or/and hatred toward bisexuality and bisexual people.
Bisexual: when a person is emotionally and/or sexually attracted to persons of more than one gender.
Civil union: see Registered partnership.
Cisgender:A term that refers to a person who does not identify as trans.
Cohabitation rights: two persons living together at the identical physical address can, in some European countries (and regions), make a legal agreement on some practical matters (which vary from country to country). The rights emanating out of cohabitation are limited.
Coming-out: the process of revealing the identification of a sapphic, gay, bisexual, trans or intersex person.
“Conversion therapy”: Any sustained effort to revise a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, based upon the assumption that a person’s sexual orientation, gender