Sexuality Theories /Concepts

Question 1

Bill Leap

Answer 1

Now Polari is dying out, members of the LGBT community do communicate with each other in ways that are ‘different from the linguistic practices of non-lesbian/gay identified persons’.

Question 2

Paul Baker

Answer 2

Says that features of language that the LGBT community use are:

• use of acronyms
• play on words (puns)
• double meanings
• a range of lexis only to be understood by the gay community

Question 3

Sweden

Answer 3

Has recently introduced a gender neutral pronoun. Other examples include the invented ‘ze’ (an alternative to use when someone’s gender is unclear)

Question 4

Who suggested the term ‘Thon’?

Answer 4

Charles Crozat in 1858

Question 5

Brighton in 2012

Answer 5

With the suggested use of the gender-neutral pronoun ‘Mx’ by the local council on their forms.