same-gender-loving

Queer, Afrocentric terminology

Same-gender-loving describes romantic or sexual attraction to people of the same gender, used especially in Black communities as an alternative to gay or lesbian.

The term emerged in the 1990s as a culturally affirming identity that doesn't carry the historical associations some feel with mainstream LGBTQ terminology: a same-gender-loving Black man, the same-gender-loving community.

affection

romance

Love and its excitement

intimacyEmotional closeness between people
partnershipShared business arrangement
devotionDeep, loyal commitment

tenderness · closeness · companionship · commitment · embrace · passion · courtship · bond · attachment · connection

identity

gay

Attracted to same sex

lesbianWoman desiring women
queerUnusual or non-normative
homosexualAttracted to same gender

LGBTQ · community · self-identity · acceptance · visibility · empowerment · solidarity · African American · Afrocentric · representation

movement

activism

Direct effort for reform

equalitySame status for all
rightsJustified claims to freedoms
liberationRelease from constraint

advocacy · justice · resistance · allyship · inclusion · dignity · freedom · civil rights · representation · organizing

Opposites

gender orientation of attraction

same-gender-lovingheterosexual

Attracted to opposite sex

straight · hetero · heteronormative

terminological register/community origin

same-gender-lovinghomosexual

Attracted to same gender

gay · lesbian · queer

Family

same, sameness, gender, gendered, genders, genderless, gendering, love, loved

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