Name for gay men
1. Todd: Works in retail, positions himself as a fashionista even though everyone knows he’s fleecing that Ralph Lauren employee discount.
2. Garrett: Chronic manorexic.
3. Will: Enjoys repartee. Terrible in bed.
4. Chad: Evil.
5. Brian: Clean-cut and natty, but dirty AF in the bedroom.
6. Bryan: Totally different from Brian. A gritty, unapologetic bad lad, but just likes to lie there during sex.
7. Ryan: Into puppy play, but no one will “adopt” him.
8. Ross: Always goes home with the first male child at the bar who hits on him.
9. Chase: His authentic name is Al, but he wants everyone to contact him Chase. Chase?
Colin: We get it, you’re gay AND Irish.
Greg: Lisped before exiting the womb.
Phillip: Always looking to marry his mother in a male. Yep, still single.
Kurt: Knows where the best online porn is.
Connor: Size queen.
Jack: Republican.
John: Married to his career, but somehow manages to attend EVERY circuit event across the globe.
Ian: A sociopathic
List of LGBTQ+ terms
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Abro (sexual and romantic)
A pos used to explain people who possess a fluid sexual and/or romantic orientation which changes over time, or the course of their life. They may use different terms to describe themselves over time.
Ace
An umbrella term used specifically to describe a lack of, varying, or occasional experiences of sexual attraction. This encompasses asexual people as skillfully as those who identify as demisexual and grey-sexual. Ace people who experience romantic attraction or occasional sexual attraction might also verb terms such as gay, bi, lesbian, straight and queer in conjunction with asexual to portray the direction of their romantic or sexual attraction.
Ace and aro/ace and aro spectrum
Umbrella terms used to describe the wide group of people who experience a lack of, varying, or occasional experiences of lovey-dovey and/or sexual attraction, including a lack of attraction. People who identify under these umbrella terms may describe themselves using one or more of a wide variety of terms, including, but not limited to, asexual, ace,
Gay aversion to diminutive names?
Mister_Rik1
Just so this doesn’t sound like a complete generalization, enable me state that I’m referring to tendencies among gay men with whom I have been acquainted over the years, as successfully as among some gay characters I’ve seen in movies and TV shows, and certainly doesn’t apply to all English-speaking gay men everywhere.
Why do gay men tend to shun short versions of given names? It seems that gay men choose to go by their full given names, ala Michael, James, Robert, Emmanuel, Richard, Thomas, etc, whereas their straight peers will usually go by the shortened versions, ala Mike, Jim, Rob/Bob, Manny, Rick/Rich, Tom, etc. I’ve known two exceptions, both gay men who go by Jim or Jimmy rather than James.
I’ve also noticed that these same gay men will address straight male friends by their full given names, even when that straight ally ordinarily goes by the diminutive. For example, a comrade of mine who was called “Mike” by just about everybody was always called “Michael” by a gay friend.
Is there any significance to this? Is it a adj
Glossary of Terms: LGBTQ
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LGBTQ
Acronym for lesbian, gay, 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 thi