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In 1969, the same year as the Stonewall riots in New York City, a gay cultural revolution was growing in America. At the time, most depictions of gay men and women in mainstream media were found ...
- Gay Men's Culture
- Lesbian Culture
- Bisexual Culture
- Transgender Culture
- Youth Culture
- Pride
- Other LGBT Cultures
- Criticism
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According to Herdt, "homosexuality" was the main term used until the late 1950s and early 1960s; after that, a new "gay" culture emerged. "This new gay culture increasingly marks a full spectrum of social life: not only same-sex desires but gay selves, gay neighbors, and gay social practices that are distinctive of our affluent, postindustrial soci...
As with gay men, lesbian culture includes elements from the larger LGBTQ+ culture, as well as other elements specific to the lesbian community. Pre-Stonewall organizations that advocated for lesbian rights, and provided networking opportunities for lesbians, included the Daughters of Bilitis, formed in San Francisco in 1955. Members held public dem...
Bisexual culture emphasizes opposition to, or disregard of, fixed sexual and gender identity monosexism (discrimination against bisexual, fluid, pansexual and queer-identified people), bisexual erasure and biphobia(hatred or mistrust of non-monosexual people). Biphobia is common (although lessening) in the gay, lesbian and straight communities. Man...
The study of transgender and transsexual culture is complicated by the many ways in which cultures deal with sexual identity/sexual orientation and gender. For example, in many cultures people who are attracted to people of the same sex—that is, those who in contemporary Western culture would identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual—are classed as a th...
Youth pride, an extension of the gay pride and LGBTQ+ social movements, promotes equality amongst young members (usually above the age of consent) of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual or transgender, intersex and questioning (LGBTQ+) community. The movement exists in many countries and focuses on festivals and parades, enabling many LGBTQ+ yo...
LGBT parades are outdoor events celebrating LGBT social and self acceptance, achievements and legal rights.
Several other segments of the LGBTQ+ community have their own communities and cultures. African-American LGBT culture In the United States and Europe, some cities host black gay pride events with a focus on celebrating the black gay community and culture. The two largest in the world are Atlanta Black Pride and D.C. Black Pride. UK Black Prideis th...
Criticism of LGBT culture comes from a variety of sources, much of which is critique from within the community itself. Some, like Michael Musto, view the culture as conforming to caricatures or stereotypes that alienate "fringe" members of the community. Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and movements like Gay Shame have argued that LGBT culture has been...
Bockenek, Michael, A. Widney Brown (2001). Hatred in the hallways: violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered students in U.S. schools (PDF). Human Rights Watch....
Jul 1, 2023 · From a student in the 60s for whom sex was illegal to a recent arrival on the gay scene, four men and a non-binary queer person on how their lives – and sex lives – have changed. Plus six high...
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Oct 29, 2008 · gay/lesbian (having emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions to members of one’s own sex) bisexual (having emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions to both men and women) This range of behaviors and attractions has been described in various cultures and nations throughout the world.
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Jun 28, 2017 · The gay rights movement in the United States began in the 1920s and saw huge progress in the 2000s, with laws prohibiting homosexual activity struck down and a Supreme Court ruling legalizing same ...
Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. [1] While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 19th century, that meaning became increasingly common by the mid-20th century. [2]
