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DiscussionHow gay is gay?

submitted 3 years ago by babystud from self.LGBDropTheT

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[–]LesbianInExile 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)

Gay = 100% homosexual. If you are attracted to both sexes, you are bisexual.

This was one of the first moves to queer and blur our language. If you are young, you may not even realise that these words had clear meanings until recent years.

If bisexual people are also gay, what word do gay people have for themselves? The clinical "homosexual"? How do gay people describe their different experiences and challenge homophobia? Gay people at best become a subset of gay people - the "monosexual" gay people (ie the most privileged gay people whose gayness is recognised) or the "genital fetishist" gay people - the oppressor group. And other (opposite sex attracted) "gays" can harass and abuse you for not wanting to have sex with members of the opposite sex but it's difficult to spell out what this abuse is because they identify as being gay too. It's happening with both the words gay and lesbian and is central to this problem.