Other word for gay
Glossary of Terms
Many Americans refrain from talking about sexual orientation and gender identity or expression because it feels taboo, or because they’re scared of saying the wrong thing.
This glossary was written to help give people the words and meanings to assist make conversations easier and more relaxed. LGBTQ+ people apply a variety of terms to recognize themselves, not all of which are included in this glossary. Always give ear for and respect a person’s self identified terminology.
Ally | A term used to describe someone who is actively supportive of Gay people. It encompasses straight and cisgender allies, as good as those within the LGBTQ+ society who support each other (e.g., a lesbian who is an ally to the bisexual community).
Asexual | Often called “ace” for compact, asexual refers to a complete or partial lack of sexual attraction or lack of interest in sexual action with others. Asexuality exists on a spectrum, and asexual people may trial no, little or conditional sexual attraction.
Biphobia | The terror and hatred of, or discomfort with, people who adore and are sexually attracted to more than one gender.
Bisexual | Definitions were drafted in collaboration with other U.S.-based LGBTQ group organizations and leaders. See acknowledgements section. Additional terms and definitions about gender identity and gender expression, transgender people, and nonbinary people are available in the Transgender Glossary. Are we missing a term or is a definition outdated? Email press@glaad.org *NOTE: Inquire people what terms they use to describe their sexual orientation, gender culture and gender verbalization before assigning them a label. Outside of acronyms, these terms should only be capitalized when used at the beginning of a sentence. LGBTQ ewie said: How about whack? (Just a wild guess.) Click to expand... Lesbians may have a longer linguistic history than gay men. Contrary to the incomplete information given in the OED, the word lesbian has meant “female homosexual” since at least the early eighteenth century. William King in his satire The Toast (published 1732, revised 1736), referred to “Lesbians” as women who “loved Women in the same Manner as Men love them”. During that century, references to “Sapphic lovers” and “Sapphist” meant a chick who liked “her own sex in a criminal way”. For centuries before that, comparing a woman to Sappho of Lesbos implied passions that were more than poetic. Unfortunately we don’t know the origins of the most common queerwords that became popular during the 1930s through 1950s – gay, dyke, faggot, queer, fairy. Dyke, meaning butch lesbian, goes back to 1920s black American slang: bull-diker or bull-dagger. It might go support to the 1850s phrase “all diked out” or “all decked out”, meaning faultlessly dressed – in this case, like a man or “bull”. The pos faggot goes back to 1914, when “faggots” and “fairies” were said to attend “drag balls”. Nels Anderson in
Glossary of Terms: LGBTQ
Acronym for lesbian, lgbtq+, bisexual, transgender, and queer. The Q generally stands for queer when LGBTQ organizations, leaders, and media use 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 this acronym. The term “gay community” should be avoided, as it does not accuratel
That's gay [synonym]
... finding alternatives for 'that's gay' could be useful in diminishing the phrase's prevalence...
Campy is not precise enough... by definition: "providing sophisticated fun by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or emotional qualities." Using the expression 'that is gay' in my context denotes something that isn't amusing or laughable, but strange in an uncomfortable way, and perhaps slightly prosaic.
By the way, are you looking for a pos that would be comprehensible to all English speakers, just Americans, just Californians ... ?
'Whack' is definitely suitable in the 'that sucks' context (eg. a companion tells you about their misfortune, and you react with 'that's gay').
As far as comprehension, I was initially thinking more along the lines of how an academic writer would convey the same interpretation (using lexicon with higher dignity), but I predict any conventional synonyms are welcome.