2003-10-17T06:43:00.000-07:00

Introduction
Pride 07, Gay Pride, Seven Days a week.

Objectives
To allow awareness of the community
To bring out the closeted
To cater to everyone’s curousity

First of all, to understand more about the community, you may have to know some of the commonly used terms!

Andro
Females who behaves slightly masculine

Active
Masculine females who do not bind their breast.

Bear
An extremely hairy man

Bottom
The passive partner in anal intercourse

Butch
Masculine females who bind their breast.

Closeted
Not revealing one's sexual orientation to the general population

Cross-Dressing
Dressing in clothing that is traditionally assigned to the opposite gender

Cut
Circumcised

Drag
Dressed in a way usually identified with the opposite sex

Drag King
A woman dressed like a man

Drag Queen
A man who dresses like a woman

Dyke
A lesbian The term derives from the nineteenth-century slang word dike, which referred to male clothing, and when it
was first used to refer to women, it carried a derogatory connotation of masculine appearance or behaviour
Fag Hag

A (usually straight) woman who socialises extensively with gay men. Fag-hags and hag-fags have special bonds, like fancying same blokes.

Fag-Stag
Straight male, who is married or has a girlfriend AND Gay best friends. Straight male who frequents gay bars/clubs to
hang out with Gay friends. Some say "it's not cheating" on their spouses/girlfriends. It's "a night out with the boys"

Faggot
Derived - Way back when churchmen were burning suspected witches (possible lesbians also) at the stake. they stacked the fires with small bundles of branches tied together called "faggots" ... occasionally anyone suspected of homosexuality was (Unfortunately) tossed on, to entertain the crowds hence the term

Faggot (also Fag)
A male homosexual Like dyke, this term was originally used as an epithet, but has been adopted by many of the people to whom it refers There is no general agreement about the origin of the term

Femme
A lesbian or gay man who acts and dresses effeminately
Fist
To insert part or all of one's hand into the anus or vagina of a sex partner

Front Marriage
A marriage between a lesbian and gay man in order to "pass" at work and/or with family

Fruit Flies
Another term for Fag Hags Heterosexual women who socialise extensively with gay men

Gay
Derived - Homosexual In the seventeenth century, gay expanded from its earlier meaning of cheerful and came also to refer to men with a reputation for being playboys

Gaydar
The uncanny sensory perception that lesbians and gays have of detecting other gay people in their midst

Guppies
Gay urban professionals, or gay yuppies

Hag fag
The male who hangs around with his fag-hag is a hag-fag. Fag-hags and hag-fags have special bonds, like fancying same blokes.

Homophobia
Irrational fear of gay people and of homosexuality George Weinberg, author of Society and the Healthy Homosexual, coined this word in the early 1970's It filled a need for a gay people at that time because, in one word, it eloquently conveyed the idea that it was gay-bashers, not gays themselves, who had a problem

Homosexual
Attracted physically to people of the same sex

Lesbian
A gay woman The ancient Greek poet Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos As Sappho became known for her poems celebrating love between women, the term lesbian changed its primary meaning from "one who lives on Lesbos" to "a woman like Sappho and her followers"

Lipstick Lesbian
An effeminate lesbian

Mary
One many women's names used in exchange for gay men's names Also a standard camp name used by gay men to refer to each other

Meat Rack
A gay male cruising area

Out
Open about one's sexual orientation to the general population.

Passive
Effeminated lesbians.

PL
Pure Lesbians. A lesbian couple which both are effeminate.

Poly
Polygamous open to or preferring to have two or more partners at once

Queen
An effeminate gay man Gay men who aspire to royalty will be disappointed to learn that this usage of the word queen is only a distant relative of the queen who sits on a throne It is linguistically closer to queen - a disparaging word for an unpleasant or promiscuous woman, dating to the sixteenth century

Queer
Homosexual, usually meaning reference to men Originally meaning "odd", the term seems to have taken on this meaning early in the twentieth century

S & M
Sadism and masochism S & M enthusiasts derive part of their pleasure from inflicting pain or humiliation (the sadist) or having pain inflicted upon them (the masochist) - but always within defined and mutually agreed limits

Soft Butch
A butch lesbian with a soft side and gentle demeanour

Sugar Daddy
An older man who financially supports a younger partner

Top
The active partner in anal intercourse

Uncut
Uncircumcised