Out Front Blog: Say What? – Eight Words and Phrases to Avoid in LGBT Communications

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Out Front Blog: Say What? – Eight Words and Phrases to Avoid in LGBT Communications

Ben Finzel of the Out Front Blog has posted an interesting entry titled Say What? - Eight Words and Phrases to Avoid in LGBT Communications.

The first word that really irks Finzel: Lifestyle, as in “the gay lifestyle.”

Referring to someone’s inherent characteristics as a “lifestyle” demeans that person by referring to who they are as a person as something that is only a “way” of living that they “choose” to follow rather than an immutable characteristic of their being (such as having blue eyes).

To read the rest of his post, click here.

Posted by Steve Rothaus at 12:57 PM in Current Affairs, Politics | Permalink

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