Language, just like clothing, hairdos, and tattoos, is a major factor in how we shape our identity and create our self-image. The words we choose to use and the way we use them speak volumes about our character, culture, and education. All in all, about the way we are. This is especially valid when it comes to using words belonging to a vocabulary shared by people of a certain social or professional group. Not until recently, concepts and labels for sexual identities didn’t quite exist. Even the simplest of the…
