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Today’s episode is all about the term lesbian and I have a good friend of mine Greta come on to discuss her story of being a girl and being interested in girls!! It is a long one so strap yourselves in, we like our tangents! CONTENT WARNING: The F-word is dropped once in this episode
In the first episode of season one we are discussing the word Gay, looking at its origins and the evolution of its meaning. As well as discussing Oscar Wilde, the HIV/AIDS epidemic and then looking at the gay population today.
Below are the links for where all of the information was found:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_the_United_States
https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/understanding-hiv-aids/fact-sheets/19/45/hiv-aids--the-basics
https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/education/face-facts-lesbian-gay-bisexual-trans-and-intersex-people
https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/visualization/lgbt-stats/?topic=LGBT#density
https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gates-How-Many-People-LGBT-Apr-2011.pdf
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