A flowchart that helps you understand what is and isn't gay.
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For those of you still struggling with the idea of when it is and isn’t ideal to use the word “gay”, even after reading my article outlining the whole idea, I decided to create a few visual aids. Hopefully they are straightforward. Yes, pun very much intended.
And yes, there are plenty of women who are attracted to women and are totally onboard with the term gay being used to describe them. That’s why this new flowchart is even better.
Hi! I'm Sam Killermann. I'm the author of A Guide to Gender: The Social Justice Advocate's Handbook, and I was featured in Katie Couric's NatGeo documentary "Gender Revolution". I created It's Pronounced Metrosexual in 2011. I write everything here and doodle the doodles myself. Bonus: everything I create is uncopyrighted and freely accessible — I even coded (& open-sourced) this site itself, my gift to you. Read More →
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