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c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · TerHu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 Sep 2026

Help needed defining Gay Panic

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Cheers entities, I need your help.
I’m writing a paper in which I need to argue that gay panic is a term that is being reclaimed by the queer community, after having been used for evil far too long. I was wondering whether anyone on here got a better idea than citing urban dict. Any and all help is greatly appreciated :3

P.s.: The paper isn’t entirely about gay panic, but rather needs this snippet to “prove” that the Webis Trigger Warning Corpus 2022 is at least partially flawed.

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you made my day, thank you kind stranger

on G’óld Amefood rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3d ago
it’s in this comment section: vger.to/lemmy.world/comment/25858715

Pansexual: Attracted to people regardless of gender characteristics.

“Pan” because gender is functionally irrelevant. Any and all genders accepted because it doesn’t matter.

Bisexual: Attracted to multiple genders specifically because of their gender characteristics.

“Bi” in the sense of being “bi-directional” in attraction, usually attracted to specific gender traits and as a result not all genders, just more than one.

For instance, I’m finsexual, which is a subcategory of bisexual because it describes specific gender elements that I am attracted to but is not a sub category of pansexual as a result.

on Queer discourse rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 Sep 2026
absolutely, and therefore i like the def of HalfSalesman. It nicely distinguishes between pan and bi, whilst avoiding any dated anti-trans ideas.

on Queer discourse rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 Sep 2026
yeah, what the heck? i clicked it hoping to get more info about rib cage remodelling but it was really just what you described. neither helpful nor sensitive.

on Honeyrule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 Sep 2026
Fair points. Now i’ll just need to find something to cite :/

on Help needed defining Gay Panic in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 Sep 2026
Those are good points and thank you for your recommendation. I’ll dig into that for the ethical considerations part!

on Help needed defining Gay Panic in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 Sep 2026
cheers and thanks :D

on Help needed defining Gay Panic in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 Sep 2026
I‘m talking about „gay panic“ as it’s been used by young queers since at least 2020. It’s definition is a bit difficult to pin down, but individual sources point to „the feeling of panic when one notices attraction to a person of the same sex“ which seems to be a trope in gay AO3 stories, as well as „a gay person panicking“, also used in queer AO3 stories, as well as some queer niches of social media.

Urban dictionary and AO3 both point to the use of „Gay Panic“ as a queer slang term from at least 2020 onwards, but citing them is difficult to say the least.

on Help needed defining Gay Panic in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 Sep 2026
From what I‘ve been able to gather, the terms been used for a few years now (at least since 2020), though mostly amongst people under 25. It may very well be that it’s a niche youth slang that will die out eventually. In which case you’d be safe.

on Help needed defining Gay Panic in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 Sep 2026
well, I‘ve seen the term be used by queers in a non homophobic fashion. hence i thought that „gay panic“ tags on AO3 probably aren’t homophobic either, and from what i’ve gathered by briefly skimming an AO3 search, that seems to be the case.

However, if i’m right, the automatic tag sorting they did is flawed, because they consider non homophobic texts to be homophobic (or covering homophobia).

on Help needed defining Gay Panic in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 Sep 2026
Dear gay Wikipedia,
I come tome you in times of need, as I’m having a hard time understanding gender fluid dynamics.
Your work is greatly appreciated, and my understanding of gay thermondynamics has vastly improved. Thank you very much!
I hope you’re having a good time :D

on [not nsfw just "spoiler tag"] [cw: slurs in anti-slur context] i am a femboy. in c/transmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 Sep 2026
windows didn’t have the drivers for my mobo, so i could use neither ethernet nor wifi.

imagine having to have a usb to ethernet dongle ready to set up windows.

what a fucking shitshow…

on The fact that you can’t run through Windows setup w/o internet and an online account is absolute bullshit in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 24 Aug 2026
my bad

on Every time I use podman in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 24 Aug 2026
if you’re asking with regards to systemd orchestration, no. i love deploying containers as Ansible -> systemd -> podman.

on Every time I use podman in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 24 Aug 2026
yes, but the people who want to implement that are held back and sabotaged by the guy who owns the shit. this is not about incompetence.

on Happy Manjaro Certificate expiration day! To all who celebrate! in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 24 Aug 2026
well, the bigscreen matrix chat does see activity, so, one can hope

on I turned my streaming stick into a dumb app launcher, and that's all it should be in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Aug 2026