PS: My earlier question was a joke.
2006-10-03 03:50:08 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Because lesbian is so fun to say!
2006-10-03 03:59:16 · answer #1 · answered by Harry_Cox 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
gay lesbian bisexual transgender intersex or the GLBTI
these words are all differant but as a group
we are stronger as we all share many of the same experances and thoughts like if we come out etc
this site seems to sees this part as an other catagory
anybody that is not
normal
what ever that means
2006-10-03 12:01:44 · answer #2 · answered by Zara3 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Gay is generally used for men, Lesbian is used for women. Hence it is the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered community. If one is referring to the GLBT community at large, it was once referred to as the gay community. That isn't quite so accepted anymore.
2006-10-03 23:36:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not the category that yahoo answers dreamed up.
in the late 1960's/early '70's it 'became' politically correct to use Lesbian and Gay to denote the difference between men and women instead of using the term queer.
since that time gay has been used by both the straight and 'queer' community as a means of identifying both males and females.
personally, I'm from the old school and still use queer to id. myself even though it raises some of the grrrrr of those I call my friends, regardless of their sexual id.
2006-10-03 11:50:54 · answer #4 · answered by Snookie 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if a gay woman is a lesbian, then why dont gay men have their own name? makes you think? i think gay men got the raw end of the stick, no pun intended of course. I'm going to write to Wiki
and demand a new word.
2006-10-03 10:55:23 · answer #5 · answered by Jenster*is*flipping*you*off 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
lesbian is for women and gay is for men
2006-10-03 10:52:10 · answer #6 · answered by Henry_Tee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I struggle with that one too. ermm, in my world, these labelings would not exist... i think they are daft. but im sure your question is seeking a different kind of response. so i guessing, that the reason for this singling out. is to make us feel embarrased, but also, it is fun to say the word lesbian.
2006-10-03 13:07:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes lesbians are gay people too. why would you ask this?
2006-10-03 10:52:14 · answer #8 · answered by mystic_lonewolf22 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because due to the way that our culture is, lesbian refers to females liking females and gay refers to males liking males, but essentially, they are one in the same
2006-10-03 12:23:26 · answer #9 · answered by psychologistnovelist 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YOU CAN USE GAY WORD FOR BOTH, AS IT IS HOMO-SEXUALITY, ANYWAY. TO AVOID REFERRING AS MALE OR FEMALE GAY, LESBIAN WORD IS USED. ORIGIN OF THE WORD IS 'LESBOS' WHICH IS A GREEK ISLAND, WHICH HAD ALL WOMEN WARRIORS.
2006-10-03 11:04:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋