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[–]ghostraider 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"My friend calling herself gay is not the same as someone in the US calling herself gay, for her "gay" is a foreign word that it is being used as umbrella term. And that is why she doesn't use lesbian (which is similar to the native word and therefore she assumes has the same meaning). But it is difficult for US-centrists to understand this."

I didn't really want to get into this but since I was tagged twice... No, it is not "the exact same thing" and nor I forgot that there are other English-speaking countries, I assumed that someone from the UK wouldn't make that mistake. ;) But maybe my assumption is wrong and you are the same as US.