Derogatory names for gay
Ativo: The partner who penetrates in a male queer encounter.
Bicha: Fairy, faggot. Coined in the 1930s and widespread by the 1960s, the term remains the most common way to speak pejoratively about male lover men. Not quite as offensive as viado, the word is sometimes used among gay men as a term of endearment.
Bofe: A masculine-acting man who assumed the active role in homoerotic relations. Was considered a “real” male who only turned bonecas due to the sexual unavailability of Brazilian women, who were expected to maintain their virginity until marriage. Term popular from the 1950s-1970s.
Boneca: Literally “doll.” The boneca desired to be penetrated by bofes and strongly ascribed to the notion of a rigid active/passive construct of homosexuality. Term popular from the 1950s-1970s.
Cantada: Words or gestures indicating sexual interest.
Conto de suor: Literally “the story of one who sweats,” refers to a situation in which a bicha lures a “real man” to a boardinghouse. While the two have sex, the bicha’s friends stealthily steal the contents of the man’s wallet.
Entendido: Literally “the one in the know.” Initially used as a coded express
Glossary of Terms: LGBTQ
Definitions were drafted in collaboration with other U.S.-based LGBTQ group organizations and leaders. Notice acknowledgements section.
Additional terms and definitions about gender identity and gender utterance, transgender people, and nonbinary people are available in the Transgender Glossary.
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LGBTQ
Acronym for female homosexual, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer. The Q generally stands for queer when LGBTQ organizations, leaders, and media use the acronym. In settings offering back for youth, it can also stand for questioning. LGBT and LGBTQ+ are also used, with the + added in recognition of all non-straight, non-cisgender identities. (See Transgender Glossary ) Both are acceptable, as are other versions of this acronym. The term “gay community” should be avoided, as it does not accuratel
How the word ‘queer’ was adopted by the LGBTQ community
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Last week, we talked about how “geek” had become almost a stylish term for a terminal savvy, but perhaps socially inept person. That happened with little input from the “geeks” themselves.
The alike thing cannot be said of “queer.” Originally a derogatory name for a homosexual, “queer” has been embraced by some in the nonheterosexual community. In response, some activists in the gay community (to use a broad term) started calling themselves “queer” in a prideful way.
Since it first showed up in English about 1513, “queer” has always meant something not normal, something peculiar, something odd. Counterfeit money was “queer”; someone who is sick might say they “feel queer”; playground bullies would name someone “queer” without knowing or intending any sexual connotations.
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The Oxford English Dictionary says the noun “queer” was first used to mean homosexual by the Marquess of Queensbury, in 1894. The Terse New Partridge Dictionary of Slang says the adjective “q
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bog queen
Synonyms: Bathsheba (composition between bathroom and Sheba to create a name reminiscent of the Queen of Sheba), Ghost (50s, ghost, because they wander the corridors of the bathroom).
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