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| + | "I am what I am<br> | ||
| + | I am my own special [[creation]]"--[[I Am What I Am (Broadway musical song)|"I Am What I Am"]] (1983) by Jerry Herman | ||
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| + | "[[My taste includes both snails and oysters]]" | ||
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| + | I'm happy - I'm carefree - I'm [[gay]]<br> | ||
| + | I was born this way<br> | ||
| + | --"[[I Was Born This Way]]" (1975) | ||
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| + | Ain't nobody [[straight]] in [[L.A.]]<br> | ||
| + | It seems that everybody is [[gay]]<br> | ||
| + | [[Homosexuality]] is a part of society<br> | ||
| + | I guess that they need some more variety<br> | ||
| + | [[Freedom of expression]] is really the thing<br> | ||
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| + | --"[[Ain't Nobody Straight in L.A.]]" (1975) by The Miracles | ||
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| + | [[Image:Toulouse Lautrec in drag.jpg |thumb|right|200px|This page '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is part of the [[queer]] series.<br><small>Illustration: ''[[Toulouse-Lautrec wearing Jane Avril's Feathered Hat and Boa]]'' (ca. 1892), photo Maurice Guibert</small>.]][[Image:Inversions.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Inversions]]'', the first French gay journal is published between [[1924]] and [[1926]], it stopped publication after the French government charged the publishers with "[[Outrage aux bonnes mœurs]]". Its full title was ''Inversions ... in [[art]], [[literature]], [[philosophy]] and [[science]]''. [[Sexual inversion (sexology)|Sexual inversion]] was a term used by [[sexologist]]s in the late [[19th]] and early [[20th century]], to refer to [[homosexuality]].]] | ||
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| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | In contemporary usage, the adjective '''''gay''''' usually describes a person's [[sexual orientation]]. In earlier usage, the word meant "[[carefree]]", "[[happy]]", or "[[bright]] and [[showy]]", though this usage is infrequent today. ''Gay'' sometimes also refers to the [[gay culture|culture of homosexual individuals]], as in "[[gay history]]", or to things perceived by others to be typical of gay people, as in "[[gay music]]". The word ''gay'' is sometimes used to refer to same-sex relationships more generally, as in "gay marriage", although this usage is discouraged by some [[LGBT]] supporters: the [[rationale]] is that this usage is exclusive of bisexual and transgendered people. While ''gay'' applies in some contexts to all homosexual people, the term ''[[lesbian]]'' is gender-specific: it is used exclusively to describe homosexual women. Sometimes ''gay'' is used to refer only to men. |
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| + | == Namesakes == | ||
| + | *''[[The Gay Science]]'' (1882) by Nietzsche | ||
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Deviance (sociology)]] | ||
| + | * [[Gay bashing]] | ||
| + | * [[Gender identity]] | ||
| + | * [[Gender identity disorder]] | ||
| + | * [[Hate speech]] | ||
| + | * [[Heterosexism]] | ||
| + | * [[Human male sexuality]] | ||
| + | * [[Labeling theory]] | ||
| + | * [[LGBT rights opposition]] | ||
| + | * [[LGBT themes in mythology]] | ||
| + | * [[List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people]] | ||
| + | * [[Religion and sexuality]] | ||
| + | * [[Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures]] | ||
| + | * [[Social stigma|Stigma]] | ||
| + | === By medium === | ||
| + | *[[Gay fiction]] | ||
| + | *[[Gay film]] | ||
| + | *[[Gay music]] | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Gaiety Theatre]] | ||
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"I am what I am "My taste includes both snails and oysters" I'm happy - I'm carefree - I'm gay Ain't nobody straight in L.A. --"Ain't Nobody Straight in L.A." (1975) by The Miracles |
Illustration: Toulouse-Lautrec wearing Jane Avril's Feathered Hat and Boa (ca. 1892), photo Maurice Guibert.
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In contemporary usage, the adjective gay usually describes a person's sexual orientation. In earlier usage, the word meant "carefree", "happy", or "bright and showy", though this usage is infrequent today. Gay sometimes also refers to the culture of homosexual individuals, as in "gay history", or to things perceived by others to be typical of gay people, as in "gay music". The word gay is sometimes used to refer to same-sex relationships more generally, as in "gay marriage", although this usage is discouraged by some LGBT supporters: the rationale is that this usage is exclusive of bisexual and transgendered people. While gay applies in some contexts to all homosexual people, the term lesbian is gender-specific: it is used exclusively to describe homosexual women. Sometimes gay is used to refer only to men.
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Namesakes
- The Gay Science (1882) by Nietzsche
See also
- Deviance (sociology)
- Gay bashing
- Gender identity
- Gender identity disorder
- Hate speech
- Heterosexism
- Human male sexuality
- Labeling theory
- LGBT rights opposition
- LGBT themes in mythology
- List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people
- Religion and sexuality
- Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures
- Stigma
By medium
See also
