![]() And I apparently don’t have enough gay-obvious affectations for some people, although there are quite a few people in my high school who would beg to differ. I came out as bisexual, which is viewed with suspicion and contempt by gay people as well as straight ones. ![]() I came out late, in my 40s, after a heterosexual marriage. My coming out was unconventional and, to many, unacceptable. Its use may require explanation.” I am in the reclamation camp.) ![]() Use with caution still extremely offensive when used as an epithet and still offensive to many L.G.B.T.Q. Journalists has advised of the term “queer”: “Originally a pejorative term for gay, now reclaimed by some L.G.B.T.Q. (An editorial note: I use “gay” and, more often, “queer” as shorthand for the lettered grouping. It presents a concentrated opportunity to be seen, in jubilation and triumph, to recognize the struggles, to commemorate the fallen and to honor the progress.īut I must say that I have had real struggles coming to embrace - and be embraced by - the institutional structures of the gay world. June is L.G.B.T.Q.+ Pride Month, a month in which people in the community affirm their identities, celebrate their culture, demonstrate their solidarity and assert their humanity.
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