As Pride Month approaches, I wanted to talk about why I call myself gay, but not queer. Let’s discuss identity, language, community, and politics.

Correction: At one point I accidentally said “Martha” instead of Marsha P. Johnson. Please have mercy on my soul, Marsha!

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0:00 Crime

1:38 Gays vs Queers

4:15 What’s Queer?

8:00 Bisexuals

11:22 Lesbian 

15:36 Queer Politics

17:13 Friendships

20:05 LGB vs T

22:15 Dating 

23:25 Race 

25:44 Lesbians vs Gays

27:00 LGBT vs Queer

35:00 Culture WAR