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 Gay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For example, while a gay bar is not itself homosexual, using gay as an adjective to describe the bar indicates that the bar is either gay-oriented, caters primarily to a gay clientele, or is otherwise part of gay culture.
Gay is used as an adjective to describe sexual orientation (attraction, preference, or inclination) and is usually chosen instead of homosexual as an identity-label.
Another folk etymology accrues to Gay Street, a small street in the West Village of New York City — a nexus of homosexual culture.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gay   (2443 words)

  
 John Gay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gay was born in Barnstaple, England and was educated at the town's grammar school.
Gay had just been appointed secretary to the British ambassador to the court of Hanover through the influence of Jonathan Swift when the death of Queen Anne three months later put an end to all his hopes of official employment.
Gay's pastorals completely achieved this goal, but his ludicrous pictures of the English country lads and their loves were found to be entertaining on their own account.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Gay   (1028 words)

  
 Gay pride - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Within the gay community, some reject the notion of gay pride, perceiving therein an undue emphasis on sexual orientation and a lack of discretion and modesty to the detriment of either public morals or the cause of gay rights; they propose to soften strident activism in order to better integrate into the mainstream.
The gay pride or simply pride campaign of the gay rights movement has three main premises: that people should be proud of what they are, that sexual diversity is a gift, and that sexual orientation and gender identity are inherent and cannot be intentionally altered.
She was a leader of the Gay Liberation Front and Gay Activists Alliance in the early post-Stonewall era.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gay_pride   (634 words)

  
 gay. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Gay is distinguished from homosexual primarily by the emphasis it places on the cultural and social aspects of homosexuality as opposed to sexual practice.
Many writers reserve gay for males, but the word is also used to refer to both sexes; when the intended meaning is not clear in the context, the phrase gay and lesbian may be used.
The word gay is now standard in its use to refer to homosexuals, in large part because it is the term that most gay people prefer in referring to themselves.
www.bartleby.com /61/45/G0064500.html   (317 words)

  
 VDARE.com: 08/17/03 - Gay Gene Or Gay Germ?
He suggested that the gay gene might lend "inclusive fitness.” Gay uncles might have so many more nephews and nieces than straight uncles that the effect of the gay gene would be positive across the whole extended family.
He notes that many gay men are loath to admit they were effeminate boys partly because, as can be seen in the many "Men Seeking Men" personal ads that specify "no sissies," gays find effeminate men much less sexually attractive than masculine men.
VDARE.COM is not a full-service webzine and we don’t take a position on gay marriage, gay bishops or gay (or glum) anything.
www.vdare.com /sailer/gay_gene.htm   (1837 words)

  
 John Gay
We owe to Gay the Ballad Opera; a mode of comedy which at first was supposed to delight only by its novelty, but has now by the experience of half a century been found so well accommodated to the disposition of a popular audience that it is likely to keep long possession of the stage.
Gay was the general favourite of the whole association of wits; but they regarded him as a play-fellow rather than a partner, and treated him with more fondness than respect.
Pope was pleased with the honour; and when he became acquainted with Gay found such attractions in his manners and conversation that he seems to have received him into his inmost confidence, and a friendship was formed between them which lasted to their separation by death, without any known abatement on either part.
www2.hn.psu.edu /Faculty/KKemmerer/poets/gay   (3174 words)

  
 gay - Wiktionary
Gay is preferred to homosexual by many gay people as their own term for themselves, claiming that homosexual is dated and evoking a time when homosexuality was considered a mental illness by the mental health community.
Many gay people prefer not to be referred to by this term, feeling that being known as "gays" depersonalises them and reduces them to little more than their sexual orientation.
Gay is almost exclusively used today in its homosexual and related senses, and, latterly, in the sense of boring, etc.
en.wiktionary.org /wiki/gay   (460 words)

  
 Gay Belfast for scene news and events
This is a unique chance to learn first-hand about the mental health of young gay and bisexual men.
It also examines how young gay and bisexual men's mental health has been affected by society's attitudes to people of non-heterosexual orientation.
Gay Belfast for scene news and events for the Belfast gay and lesbian community and those visiting the city.
www.gaybelfast.net   (1535 words)

  
 Gay.pl - Encyclopedia Dramatica
With the exception of update, you can pass some f(l)ags to heighten the gayness of the experience.
There are other f(l)ags, and I don't remember them, try /gay help.
Personally I suggest /gay -1 -matrix -repeat 500 "LOL HAY GUYZ " to provide maximal annoyance.
www.encyclopediadramatica.com /index.php/Gay.pl   (211 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Gay Marriage -- February 24, 2004
At least 38 states and the federal government have approved laws or amendments banning gay marriage, but the president said a constitutional amendment is needed to codify a uniform federal approach that also reflects public opinion.
I think he's taken a definite position that he favors gay marriage and he's therefore sees it as an expansion of right.
The sole intent of this is to deny basic legal rights and protections to rights to gay and lesbian Americans like you see standing here, and their families.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/law/jan-june04/marriage_2-24.html   (2136 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Football - 'Gay' now OK with NFL
Gay, occupied by the birth of his son, fell behind in his studies, but with her help, he caught up and completed his course work by the end of the semester.
Clemons was moved by Gay pride, not gay pride: her former student, Randall Gay, was a rookie cornerback with the Super Bowl champion Patriots this past season.
Clemons says she became a fan when Gay was a student in her Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies class last spring (the class, incidentally, addressed gay awareness issues).
www.nydailynews.com /sports/football/story/286678p-245462c.html   (821 words)

  
 Independent Gay Forum
Socially and structurally, polygamy and gay marriage are opposites, not equivalent.
The national gay groups predictably opposed the Supreme Court confirmation of Samuel Alito, but his record is neither very promising nor very threatening when it comes to gay issues.
There are openings here for gay conservatives to work with straight conservatives on issues of mutual concern, which could do a great deal to break down the misinformation and stereotypes that feed opposition to gay legal equality.
www.indegayforum.org /index.shtml   (2412 words)

  
 Queer Day
Bush gives $500 Million to fight gay marriage as deficit reduction tactic
Gay marriage takes hit in New York, ACLU vows to continue the fight
The financial costs to the U.S. military for discharging and replacing gay service members under the nation's "don't ask, don't tell" policy are nearly twice what the government estimated last year, according to a new University of California report.
www.queerday.com   (1107 words)

  
 Gay Spirituality & Culture
I am 25 years old, a very straight acting gay man, and as such I've been privy to a lot of nasty comments about homosexuality that some of my more effeminate brothers may not be.
Gays and our allies in Massachusetts deserve our full support in their effort to ensure adoptions are based on merit, not prejudice.
They might meet their end like one gay man described in the film -- he was dragged by his penis until it was wrenched off, then clubbed with a tire iron and left to die in a ditch....
gayspirituality.typepad.com /blog   (8464 words)

  
 Washington Blade Online
Dowless identified himself as gay and conflicted about how to reconcile his sexual orientation with his religion and his political beliefs, according to Sam, whose account of Dowless’ statements that evening was witnessed by a Washington Blade editor, who was also present.
It has been widely reported that Foley is gay, but the congressman continues to refuse to discuss his sexual orientation.
“I could never abide by someone being gay and using homosexuality to be so destructive in a political way,” Sam said.
www.washblade.com /2004/7-16/news/breaking/two.cfm   (2197 words)

  
 Gay News From 365Gay.com
British gay rights advocate Peter Tatchell says even though the information about Jesus' sexuality remains scant, "there is certainly no evidence for the Church's presumption that he was heterosexual.
You could also say that heterosexual people have their eyes wide shut on the matter, that they don't want to see that Jesus would have been of gay disposition.
McCleary says that Christianity needs to recognize its homosexual roots and abandon the practice of alienating gays and spreading homophobia.
www.365gay.com /newscon04/12/122504JesusGay.htm   (635 words)

  
 AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth
In the past year, at least 3,000 gay Massachusetts couples have wed, although voters may have a chance next year to change the state constitution to permit civil union benefits to same-sex couples, but not the institution of marriage.
It's time for gay Republicans to take back their party or get out.
Meaning that this is a gay marriage, which can't be recognized by the US government.
americablog.blogspot.com /archives/2004_11_01_americablog_archive.html   (4145 words)

  
 OpinionJournal - Taste
There was a sense, even, that nobody can isolate what is, or isn't, exclusively "gay" in the media today, because however separate the gay aesthetic may have been 20 years ago, it is now a seamless part of the mainstream.
That's short for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered, admittedly a mouthful, but a mouthful of needless manufacture.
Not everyone present was gay (there were about 200 listeners), and not everything that was said by the panelists was as piquantly mischievous as Mr.
www.opinionjournal.com /taste?id=105001772   (852 words)

  
 Gay Times Home Page
Gay Times is Europe's leading gay magazine and, at over 244 pages, the world's biggest gay magazine.
Physique models wanted Send Gay Times a recent shirtless (not naked) photograph with details of your height, weight and build.
More colourful than the usual tighty whiteys these are far more stylish and fun, while still being fresh and sexy.
www.gaytimes.co.uk   (325 words)

  
 gay news blog
The gay group, Soulforce, will be welcomed by Colorado Christian University officials Thursday for an all-day dialogue despite the fact "they won't be in agreement with us and we won't be in agreement with them," said CCU vice president Ron Rex.
Gay and lesbian students face expulsion at scores of evangelical Christian schools across the country if they come out of the closet while enrolled.
“Gov. Fletcher has declared open season on gay state employees,” state Sen. Ernesto Scorsone, D-Lexington, said.
gay_blog.blogspot.com   (5105 words)

  
 Wired 11.10: VIEW
Is it possible that the word gay, and the gay pride movement that came with it, has been partly responsible for the improvement to 59 percent by 1999?
The gay meme improved the image and, I dare add, the happiness of a once unpopular minority.
We brights are not claiming to be bright (meaning clever, intelligent), any more than gays claim to be gay (meaning joyful, carefree).
www.wired.com /wired/archive/11.10/view.html?pg=2   (809 words)

  
 Central Park Zoo's gay penguins ignite debate
Gay groups argue that if homosexual behavior occurs in animals, it is natural, and therefore the rights of homosexuals should be protected.
This growing body of science has been increasingly drawn into charged debates about homosexuality in American society, on subjects from gay marriage to sodomy laws, despite reluctance from experts in the field to extrapolate from animals to humans.
They exhibit what in penguin parlance is called "ecstatic behavior": That is, they entwine their necks, they vocalize to each other, they have sex.
sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/02/07/MNG3N4RAV41.DTL   (1052 words)

  
 Gay Parent magazine
Gay Parent magazine (GPM) is a 16 page bound newsprint magazine featuring personal stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) parents from across the country and around the world.
Parents speak candidly about their experiences with international and domestic adoption, foster care, donor insemination, using a surrogate and what it is like to raise their children in their part of the world.
Make check payable to Gay Parent magazine and mail to GPM, PO Box 750852, Forest Hills, NY 11375-0852 USA.
www.gayparentmag.com   (257 words)

  
 Gay Geeks.org - Be whatever
Mr Garrison And Gay Sex Slave Blackboard Generator :: South Park
So, first the good news: Logo, the new gay TV channel, is sponsoring the creation of all-new gay-themed television drama series that aren't just about being gay itself, but have other themes.
These links comes from the RSS feeds for the queer and gay tags on del.icio.us and are not approved, endorsed, or even seen by administrators before they show up here.
www.gaygeeks.org   (1326 words)

  
 Stonewall 25: Cases 1-2
Prior to that summer there was little public expression of the lives and experiences of gays and lesbians.
I suppose my gay life pretty much revolved around going to the bars, even though there was always the threat of bar raids--everyone heard about them.
The Stonewall Riots marked the beginning of the gay liberation movement that has transformed the oppression of gays and lesbians into calls for pride and action.
www.columbia.edu /cu/lweb/eresources/exhibitions/sw25/case1.html   (430 words)

  
 Sandra Gay -- Composer
A number of Sandra's organ compositions are available on the disc Angelic Exaltations: Organ Music of Sandra Gay and Carson Cooman, released on Zimbel Records.
American composer Sandra Gay, a resident of Webster, New York, is organist of Webster Presbyterian Church.
Sandra is a member of the American Guild of Organists, The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, Mu Phi Epsilon Music Fraternity, and American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
www.sandra-gay.com   (289 words)

  
 Gay Games® VII Sports and Cultural Festival - 15-22 July 2006 - Chicago USA
For more than two decades the Gay Games have turned a well-deserved spotlight on athletic and cultural performances by members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and their friends from around the world."
"The Gay Game VII Expo is expected to have more than 20,000 attendees," said Tracy Baim, Gay Games Chicago Board Co-Vice Chair.
Louganis also will join the "Gay Games Ambassadors," an international group of prominent individuals supporting the goals and principles of the quadrennial Gay Games.
www.gaygameschicago.org   (654 words)

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