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| ⚫ | While the term gay can apply to [[men]], [[women]], and [[non-binary]] individuals, it is sometimes used to only refer to gay men. The term [[lesbian]] tends to be used specifically for gay women. The term [[cenelian]] apply to gay attraction to non-binary people. The term [[gai]] is used for those who are gay in a non-binary way. Less commonly, other terms such as [[vincian]] and [[veldian]] are used specifically for [[gay men]]. Gay has also been used as an [[umbrella term]] for anyone who is [[Unstraight|non-straight]], or anyone in the [[LGBTA+]] community. |
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==Early History== |
==Early History== |
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The earliest documentation of same-sex relations in the western world is that from ancient Greece. Relations between adult men and adolescent boys were valued as a form of population control. |
The earliest documentation of same-[[sex]] relations in the western world is that from ancient Greece. Relations between adult men and adolescent boys were valued as a form of population control. |
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Ancient Rome took many of its ideas on sexuality from ancient Greece. Many Roman men partook in bisexual behavior. All emperors, with the exception of Claudius, had male lovers until the Christian emperor, Theodosius I decreed a law condemning gay men to be burned at the stake, in 390. |
Ancient Rome took many of its ideas on sexuality from ancient Greece. Many Roman men partook in bisexual behavior. All emperors, with the exception of Claudius, had male lovers until the Christian emperor, Theodosius I decreed a law condemning gay men to be burned at the stake, in 390. |
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During the Renaissance cities such as Florence and Venice were known for the widespread practice of same-sex relations. However, the authorities were prosecuting, fining, and imprisoning much of the gay population. |
During the Renaissance cities such as Florence and Venice were known for the widespread practice of same-sex relations. However, the authorities were prosecuting, fining, and imprisoning much of the gay population. |
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The term homosexual was coined by [[W:Karl Maria Kertbeny|Karl Maria Kertbeny]] in an 1868 letter to [[W:Karl Heinrich Ulrichs|Karl Heinrich Ulrichs]].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality#cite_ref-28</ref> |
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Along with woman's rights and the civil rights movement, the gay rights movement has been brought to the forefront of society in the last century. |
Along with woman's rights and the civil rights movement, the gay rights movement has been brought to the forefront of society in the last century. |
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In June 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the right of same-sex couples to marry is on the same terms and conditions as opposite-sex couples, making same-sex marriage legal in all states. |
In June 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the right of same-sex couples to marry is on the same terms and conditions as opposite-sex couples, making same-sex marriage legal in all states. |
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==Flags== |
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[[File:Gayflag.png|thumb|220x220px|The original eight-stripe rainbow flag|alt=A flag with eight even horizontal stripes. From top to bottom they are pink, red, orange, yellow, green, teal, blue, and purple.]] |
[[File:Gayflag.png|thumb|220x220px|The original eight-stripe rainbow flag|alt=A flag with eight even horizontal stripes. From top to bottom they are pink, red, orange, yellow, green, teal, blue, and purple.]] |
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The rainbow flag was originally decided by Gilbert Baker and was first displayed in a Gay Freedom Day Parade celebration on June 25, 1978.<ref> |
The rainbow flag was originally decided by Gilbert Baker and was first displayed in a Gay Freedom Day Parade celebration on June 25, 1978.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20220123100347/https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/scotts/bulgarians/rainbow-flag.html |
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</ref> The flag represents the entire LGBT community, but is commonly used to represent gay individuals specifically. The original flag had eight stripes, with each stripe having a specific meaning: hot pink - sex, red - life, orange - healing, yellow - sunlight, green - nature, turquoise - magic/art, indigo - serenity, violet - spirit. |
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[[File:Homo-.png|thumb|A general homo- flag]] |
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This design has undergone some changes over the years. As the demand of rainbow flags increased they began selling with seven stripes, without the pink stripe due to the lack to pink fabric. In 1979 the design was changed again because, when hung vertically from the lamp posts of San Francisco's Market Street, the center stripe was obscured by the post itself. The turquoise stripe was dropped, making a flag with an even number of stripes.<ref name=":0">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090721053735/http://ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/08/Apr/1801.htm Unsung Heroes of the Gay World: Vexillographer Gilbert Baker]</ref> |
This design has undergone some changes over the years. As the demand of rainbow flags increased they began selling with seven stripes, without the pink stripe due to the lack to pink fabric. In 1979 the design was changed again because, when hung vertically from the lamp posts of San Francisco's Market Street, the center stripe was obscured by the post itself. The turquoise stripe was dropped, making a flag with an even number of stripes.<ref name=":0">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090721053735/http://ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/08/Apr/1801.htm Unsung Heroes of the Gay World: Vexillographer Gilbert Baker]</ref> The general/specific homo- flag was designed by Tumblr user pastelroswell via submission to the blog Beyond-[[MOGAI]]-Pride-Flags. Each color is paired with a similar color to represent attraction to and relationships between similar genders. This is also meant to visually illustrate that homo- individuals aren’t necessarily attracted to the exact same gender exclusively, eg. a homosexual man might be attracted to both [[binary]] and nonbinary men, or individuals that are [[multigender]] with at least one of those genders being [[masculine]]. The outermost stripes being purple represents purple’s history as a symbolic color of the LGBTQIA+/gay/[[queer]] communities, which intersect directly with the homo- community.<ref>{{Archive|Site=web|URL=20220120131112/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/177311648565/i-designed-a-homo-flag-this-includes-all-forms}}</ref> |
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In the mid-2010s, gay activist Valentin Belyaev posted his version of the gay man flag in an initiative group in VKontakte to combat gayphobia (homophobia against men)<ref>[https://vk.com/wall-146511780_2722 Flag gay man]</ref> and on Tumblr.<ref>[https://valya-belyaev.tumblr.com/post/182766126702/gay-mens-flag-as-soon-as-rainbow-six-coloured Gay men’s flag]</ref> It later spread further on the internet and especially spread in the gay activist space.<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gay_men_pride_flag.png File:Gay men pride flag.png] |
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</ref><ref>[https://vk.com/wall-155654539_2050 Gay and bi man]</ref><ref>[https://vk.com/bigaydads Gay Bi Fatherhood] |
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</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/nuclear_blast/status/1258561376202752001 N.B.]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/justcherub/status/1257910388580114434 W.]</ref> This flag consists of shades of azure and blue, symbolizes the diversity of the gay community and is an analog of the traditional lesbian flag, consisting of shades of rose and red. |
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In 2017, Hermy and another Tumblr user proposed another flag design specifically just for gay men, based on the lipstick lesbian flag, which in turn was plagiarized from a satirical cougar pride flag.<ref>[https://pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/162294430961/gay-man-some-proposed-flags-to-represent Gay Man]</ref><ref>[https://gayflagblog.tumblr.com/post/186181118619/gay-man-flag-many-people-are-unhappy-with-the Gay Man Flag] |
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</ref><ref>[https://lesbianflaghistory.tumblr.com/post/185390167678/seeing-a-lot-of-misinformation-flying-around Lesbian Flag: How Did We Get Here?]</ref><ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/feastoffools/2414971431/ Cougar Pride Flag designed by Fausto Fernós] |
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</ref> This design, with seven stripes in the colors blue, white, and teal, has been criticized for its stereotypical use of blue (sometimes considered a "boy color") to represent gay men in terms of masculinity.<ref>[https://freethoughtblogs.com/atrivialknot/2019/03/13/i-hate-this-gay-flag/ I hate this blue gay flag]</ref> In large part this design is not well-known outside of Tumblr. |
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In 2019, Tumblr user gayflagblog<ref>https://gayflagblog.tumblr.com/post/186181118619/</ref> proposed a different flag with green, blue and purple tones. This flag was created to solve the main problems of the previous proposal by having more than just blue tones and not being a recolor of the lipstick lesbian flag. |
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[[File:Gender neutral gay flag.png|thumb|homo/gay flag ]] |
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In 2020, Tumblr user mothpride proposed another flag design as many people still felt that other designs were too similar to the lipstick lesbian flag. The two interlocked rings represent the ongoing fight for marriage equality, colored pink for the reclaimed triangle and lavender for its history with gay men.<gallery widths="185"> |
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Another gender non-specific homo/gay flag was created by twitter user [[straightbian]] (Eep). It mimics the typical pattern used in the lesbian and vincian flags, but uses the 6 main colors typically used in variants of the original rainbow flag as a gradient. |
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Gay men pride flag.png|The gay man flag. |
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[[File:GayestFlag.jpg|thumb|Another gay flag]] |
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Gaymalflag.png|Hermy's gay man pride flag. |
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[[File:Gay flag imoga.png|thumb|General gay flag]] |
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Mlm (seven-stripe version).svg|gayflagblog's gay pride flag. |
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Another flag for individual who experiences any of their attraction to be gay was created on November 22nd 2021 by Tumblr user androgynousxandroid. This flag is inspired by the lesbian, [[veldian]] and [[enbian]] flags.<ref>https://soong-type-delta.tumblr.com/post/668589937064640512/i-made-a-gay-flag-this-is-a-flag-for-anyone-who ([https://archive.is/QSRlk archived])</ref> |
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Gay man 3 by pride flags ddx2cjp-fullview.png|An alternative gay man flag. |
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[[File:Gay flag BMPF.png|thumb|Another general gay flag]] |
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Gay male flag HD.png|mothpride's gay pride flag|link=https://mothpride.tumblr.com/post/636171333076697088/mothpride-this-is-my-take-on-a-flag-for-gay-men |
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In 11 February 2019 the Tumblr users imoga-pride and beyond-mogai-pride-flags created general gay flags regardless of [[gender]], representing [[equaric]] individuals (including [[omnique]]) as well as other people who reclaim the word, such as [[straight]] [[cusper]]s/[[transhet]]s/[[queerhet]]s and [[straightn't]] people (including [[pluralian]]s/[[bi]]/[[pan]] and [[nullarian]]s). It can also represent gay in the sense of [[lesbian]]/[[veldian]]/[[cenelian]] or [[daunic]]/[[floric]].<ref>https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/182748876685/gay-man-flagsgay-flag-the-two-are-6-striped</ref><ref>https://imoga-pride.tumblr.com/post/182748376951/gay-man-flagsgay-flag-the-two-are-6-striped</ref> |
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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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==Resources== |
==Resources== |
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[[Category:Sexuality]] |
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[[Category:Miscellaneous sexuality]] |
[[Category:Miscellaneous sexuality]] |
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Revision as of 17:35, 10 November 2022
Gay refers to the attraction towards or desire for the same gender (or similar genders to one's own). Terms such as homosexual and homoromantic can be considered synonyms or subcategories of gay.
While the term gay can apply to men, women, and non-binary individuals, it is sometimes used to only refer to gay men. The term lesbian tends to be used specifically for gay women. The term cenelian apply to gay attraction to non-binary people. The term gai is used for those who are gay in a non-binary way. Less commonly, other terms such as vincian and veldian are used specifically for gay men. Gay has also been used as an umbrella term for anyone who is non-straight, or anyone in the LGBTA+ community.
Early History
The earliest documentation of same-sex relations in the western world is that from ancient Greece. Relations between adult men and adolescent boys were valued as a form of population control.
Ancient Rome took many of its ideas on sexuality from ancient Greece. Many Roman men partook in bisexual behavior. All emperors, with the exception of Claudius, had male lovers until the Christian emperor, Theodosius I decreed a law condemning gay men to be burned at the stake, in 390.
During the Renaissance cities such as Florence and Venice were known for the widespread practice of same-sex relations. However, the authorities were prosecuting, fining, and imprisoning much of the gay population.
The term homosexual was coined by Karl Maria Kertbeny in an 1868 letter to Karl Heinrich Ulrichs.[1]
Modern History
Along with woman's rights and the civil rights movement, the gay rights movement has been brought to the forefront of society in the last century.
In June 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the right of same-sex couples to marry is on the same terms and conditions as opposite-sex couples, making same-sex marriage legal in all states.
Flags
The rainbow flag was originally decided by Gilbert Baker and was first displayed in a Gay Freedom Day Parade celebration on June 25, 1978.[2] The flag represents the entire LGBT community, but is commonly used to represent gay individuals specifically. The original flag had eight stripes, with each stripe having a specific meaning: hot pink - sex, red - life, orange - healing, yellow - sunlight, green - nature, turquoise - magic/art, indigo - serenity, violet - spirit.
This design has undergone some changes over the years. As the demand of rainbow flags increased they began selling with seven stripes, without the pink stripe due to the lack to pink fabric. In 1979 the design was changed again because, when hung vertically from the lamp posts of San Francisco's Market Street, the center stripe was obscured by the post itself. The turquoise stripe was dropped, making a flag with an even number of stripes.[3] The general/specific homo- flag was designed by Tumblr user pastelroswell via submission to the blog Beyond-MOGAI-Pride-Flags. Each color is paired with a similar color to represent attraction to and relationships between similar genders. This is also meant to visually illustrate that homo- individuals aren’t necessarily attracted to the exact same gender exclusively, eg. a homosexual man might be attracted to both binary and nonbinary men, or individuals that are multigender with at least one of those genders being masculine. The outermost stripes being purple represents purple’s history as a symbolic color of the LGBTQIA+/gay/queer communities, which intersect directly with the homo- community.[4]
Another gender non-specific homo/gay flag was created by twitter user straightbian (Eep). It mimics the typical pattern used in the lesbian and vincian flags, but uses the 6 main colors typically used in variants of the original rainbow flag as a gradient.
Another flag for individual who experiences any of their attraction to be gay was created on November 22nd 2021 by Tumblr user androgynousxandroid. This flag is inspired by the lesbian, veldian and enbian flags.[5]
In 11 February 2019 the Tumblr users imoga-pride and beyond-mogai-pride-flags created general gay flags regardless of gender, representing equaric individuals (including omnique) as well as other people who reclaim the word, such as straight cuspers/transhets/queerhets and straightn't people (including pluralians/bi/pan and nullarians). It can also represent gay in the sense of lesbian/veldian/cenelian or daunic/floric.[6][7]
Etymology
The first known use of the term homosexual is found in an 1869 German pamphlet by the novelist Karl-Maria Kertbeny.[8] The word is derived from the Greek prefix homo- meaning 'same'. Many modern sources advise against using the term homosexual, and to instead use gay, due to the fact that homosexual has a history of being used negatively and in clinical context.
The term gay originally meant 'happy', 'carefree', or 'cheerful'. It was occasionally used to refer to homosexual men in the 19th century, but lost popularity in the beginning of the 20th century.[9] The term was solidified in in 1960's when homosexual men began using it to describe their orientation.
Resources
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality#cite_ref-28
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20220123100347/https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/scotts/bulgarians/rainbow-flag.html
- ↑ Unsung Heroes of the Gay World: Vexillographer Gilbert Baker
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220120131112/https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/177311648565/i-designed-a-homo-flag-this-includes-all-forms
- ↑ https://soong-type-delta.tumblr.com/post/668589937064640512/i-made-a-gay-flag-this-is-a-flag-for-anyone-who (archived)
- ↑ https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/182748876685/gay-man-flagsgay-flag-the-two-are-6-striped
- ↑ https://imoga-pride.tumblr.com/post/182748376951/gay-man-flagsgay-flag-the-two-are-6-striped
- ↑ Kertbeny, Károly Mária
- ↑ Gay