Gaytionary: Bears

Bears



Definition: A beefy/husky gay man with a lot of facial/body hair. Some famous gatherings for bears exist, such as Guerneville's Lazy Bear Weekend every late July. (As far as I know, NO relation to the Golden Bear Classic softball tournament. But you never know. Clever gays.) Related terms: cub, daddy.

From resourcesforbears.com:

However, the word "Bear" means many things to different people, even within the bear movement. Many men who do not have one or all of these characteristics define themselves as bears, making the term a very loose one. Suffice it to say, "bear" is often defined as more of an attitude than anything else - a sense of comfort with our natural masculinity and bodies that is not slavish to the vogues of male attractiveness that is so common in gay circles and the culture at large.

Used as: "Before the Brawny man decided to shave, he was definitely a BILF! Woof!"

Let your straight friends in on the fun with our gaytionary, and then you'll have to explain a lot less.

Not sure how he came across it, but thanks to Joe.My.God for the post inspiration.

Gaytionary: Hag

Hag (also, Fag-Hag)

Definition: A straight female that loves to hang around with gay men or who has a gay male best friend. Synonyms: fruit-fly.

Used as: "Frank, is that a new hag that you're accessorizing with? She looks fun."

Queer it up with the other words in our gaytionary, our quaint little guide to what the gays are saying.

Gaytionary: LGBT

LGBT

Definition: An acronym used to describe/include multiple groups of sexual minorities (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender). Sometimes written as GLBT (just switched around) or LGBTQ (to include people who are questioning). Synonyms: queer.

Used as: "We need to make sure that we are including the LGBT community when we decide upon next year's City-County Fair theme."

Prounounced: L.G.B.T.

Not to be confused with: Gay BLT: which, however delicious, is a really queer Bacon-Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich

Also, check out other words in our gaytionary, our guide to helping our friends and allies understand what the heck we're talking about.

Lost in translation: understanding gay lingo

I was out and about town today after work, and I stopped to grab an iced tea at a local coffee-shop. The barista(?) looked friendly (to our people) , and I had some blog postcards with me so I thought I'd see if they'd help us get the word out about the blog.

When I showed her the postcard, she looked it over, smiled and asked me (seriously), "What's Ulgabutt?"

I had to think for a bit...and then told her, "Oh! L-G-B-T means for Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual and Transgender." She smiled again, seemed to "get-it" and then commented that, duh, she should've known from the rainbows in the vineyard. Maybe she should've known, maybe not.

Either way, I've noticed that some friends, coworkers, etc. keeping up on the gay Napa news are not only new to blog reading, but also fairly new to the gay lingo. Trust me, hang around the gays long enough, and you'll be sure to pick up a word or two.

For those that haven't taken the video course to gay terminology, we thought that we could at least do a small part to help out by posting common gay lingo (queeringo, if you will) and what it means. You can find all of our listed words (as we add them) under the "gaytionary" label.

First up: LGBT.

What other words could you use some gay-help in understanding?