Question 1

ACCEPTANCE

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The act of accepting something or someone. To receive or undertake something offered to you with an open mind and understanding.

Question 2

ASEXUAL

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A sexual orientation, generally characterized by not feeling sexual attraction or a desire for partnered sexuality. Asexuality is different from celibacy, which is the deliberate abstention from sexual activity. Some asexual people do have sex. There are many ways of being asexual.

Question 3

BEAR COMMUNITY

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A part of the queer community is composed of queer men similar in looks and interests, most of them being big, hairy, friendly and affectionate. This community aims to provide spaces where one feels wanted, desired, and liked. It nourishes and values an individual’s process of making friends, of learning self-care and self-love through the unity and support of the community. Bears, Cubs, Otters, Wolves, Chasers, Admirers and other wildlife together make what has come to be known as the Brotherhood of Bears and/or the Bear community.

Question 4

CHERISH

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Cherish each other and the time you spend together!

Question 5

CHOSEN FAMILY

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Also known as found family. A chosen family is made up of people who have intentionally chosen to embrace, nurture, love, and support each other regardless of blood or marriage.

Question 6

CISGENDER

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A gender identity, or performance in a gender role, that society deems to match the person’s assigned sex at birth. The prefix cis- means “on this side of” or “not across.” A term used to call attention to the privilege of people who are not transgender or non-binary.

Question 7

COMING OUT

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“Coming out” describes voluntarily making public one’s sexual orientation and/or gender identity. It has also been broadened to include other pieces of potentially stigmatised personal information.

Question 8

COURTESY

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An act of civility or respect; an act of kindness or a favour performed with politeness.

Question 9

CROSSDRESSER

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A person who dresses, at least partially, as a member of a gender other than their assigned sex, carries no implications of sexual orientation. Has replaced “Transvestite”.

Question 10

DIVERSITY

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At Milkshake we celebrate diversity: just be you!

Question 11

DRAG KING

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A person who appears as the male representing form. Generally in reference to an act or performance. This has no implications regarding gender identity or sexual orientation.

Question 12

DRAG QUEEN

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A person who appears as the female representing form. Mostly in reference to an act or performance. This has no implications regarding gender identity or sexual orientation.

Question 13

EQUALITY

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The quality or state of being equal.

Question 14

EYE CANDY

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You can’t stop looking, can you?

Question 15

FETCH

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“Shut up, Gretchen. Stop trying to make fetch happen. It’s not going to happen.” Perhaps one of the most iconic scenes in a movie, ever.

Question 16

FIERCE

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A term that (mostly) gay men used in the late 1990s and early 2000s to describe absolutely everything that was of “exceptional quality”, originally coined by Tyra Banks.

Question 17

FREE LOVE AND TOLERANCE POLICY

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Milkshake festival shows that entertainment, music choice, choice of clothing and status has nothing to do with sexuality. Life is a party thanks to the great diversity of skin colours, religions, sexual preferences and male and female forms. Milkshake wants to celebrate the city’s initiatives and is an impetus to bring courtesy and friendly manners back into society. Thick, thin, small, large, gay, straight, trans, non-binary, black or white: people are the salt of the earth and this is what we celebrate! That is why we have a strict Free Love & Tolerance Policy. This includes liberal thinking so that anyone can feel free to be themselves.

Question 18

FREE MINDED

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Someone who is not deterred by convention or obligation.

Question 19

FUCKTACULAR

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‘It was just fucking spectacular. It was like the best sex I ever had.’ You can use this word sarcastically as well, but we like to stay positive.

Question 20

GAY

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A sexual and affectional orientation toward people of the same gender; can be used as an umbrella term for men and women.

Question 21

GENDER IDENTITY

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A sense of oneself as trans*, genderqueer, woman, man, or some other identity, which may or may not correspond with the sex and gender one is assigned at birth.

Question 22

GLITTER

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Tiny diamonds are a girl's best friend. And Mariah Carey.

Question 23

HETEROSEXUALITY

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A sexual orientation in which a person feels physically and emotionally attracted to people of a gender other than their own.

Question 24

HONOUR

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At Milkshake, we honour each other’s feelings.

Question 25

HUMANITY

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We’re all in this together.

Question 26

INDIVIDUALITY

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Belief in the primary importance of the individual and in the virtues of self-reliance and personal independence.

Question 27

INTERSEX

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Intersex people are born with any of several variations in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, or genitals that, according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, “do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies”. Such variations may involve genital ambiguity, and combinations of chromosomal genotype and sexual phenotype other than XY-male and XX-female.

Question 28

JUMP FOR JOY

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Milkshake is a place for fun, love, joy and partying.

Question 29

KINK

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Relating to, having, or appealing to unconventional tastes, especially in sex.

Question 30

LEATHER COMMUNITY

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A community for those who are into leather, sadomasochism, bondage and domination, uniform, cowboys, rubber, and other fetishes. Although the leather community is often associated with the queer community, it is not a “gay-only” community.

Question 31

LESBIAN

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A woman whose primary sexual and affectional orientation is toward people of the same gender identity.

Question 32

LGBTQIA+

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An umbrella term that is used to refer to the community as a whole. LGBTQIA includes the Intersex and Asexual communities. The ‘+’ is more than a symbol in this context: it symbolises that not everything on the gender and sexuality spectrum can be described by letters and words.

Question 33

LIBERALISM

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A political theory founded on the natural goodness of humans and the autonomy of the individual and favouring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority.

Question 34

LOVE

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A feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a partner, community, parent, child, friend or stranger.

Question 35

MAKE A DIFFERENCE

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Try to help out whoever you can and make a difference in the world.

Question 36

MONOGAMY

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Having only one intimate partner at any one time.

Question 37

NON-BINARY

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Non-binary, or genderqueer, is a spectrum of gender identities that are not exclusively masculine or feminine‍ - identities that are outside the (Western) male/female gender binary.

Question 38

OFFER SUPPORT

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If you see someone who needs help, no matter what it is, try to offer them support and be there for one another.

Question 39

OPEN-MINDED

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A state of mind where one is open to new things and does not judge.

Question 40

OPULENCE

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You are rich. You own everything.

Question 41

PENIS

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Cock-a-doodle-doo people!

Question 42

POLYAMORY

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When partners are consensually in/open to multiple loving relationships at the same time. Some polyamorous people consider “poly” to be a relationship orientation. Sometimes used as an umbrella term for all forms of ethical, consensual, and loving non-monogamy.

Question 43

POSE

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Work, Live, POSE.

Question 44

QUEER DEAR

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New school: a very dear Queer.

Question 45

RACISM

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Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people based on their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalised.

Question 46

READING

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Is fundamental!

Question 47

RED

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The signature lipstick colour of Amanda Lepore

Question 48

RESPECT

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Respect each other
For the things they do
For the way they look
For their identity
For the people they love
For each other

Question 49

SEX

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Kind of self-explanatory.

Question 50

SEXUALITY

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Sexuality is just one of the things you are born with, you do not choose it. It is part of who you are: whether you are physically, emotionally & sexually attracted to any gender. Only you can truly know your sexuality because no one can feel the things you feel except yourself.

Some people think that it is abnormal to be anything other than heterosexual. They are wrong. You deserve respect and love for who you are.

Question 51

STRAIGHT ALLY

Accepted Answer

A straight ally is a heterosexual and cisgender person who supports equal civil rights, gender equality, LGBTQIA+ social movements, and challenges homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. Despite this, some people who meet this definition do not identify themselves as straight allies.

Question 52

SLIVING

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Created by Paris Hilton, sliving is a blend of the slang slaying and living (your best life). A person is sliving when they are glamorously successful, self-empowered, and fulfilled—they are “killing it” all on their own, loving every minute of it, and lookin' good while doing it. Look at you, you’re sliving!

Question 53

THE T

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Cause we all love spilling it henny.

Question 54

TOLERANCE

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The capacity for or the practice of recognising and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.

Question 55

TRANSGENDER

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A person who doesn’t feel happy with the gender they were born with and changes it to the opposite gender. Someone whose determination of their sex and/or gender is not universally considered valid; someone whose behaviour or expression does not “match” their assigned sex according to society.

Question 56

UNICORN

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A person who is willing to join an existing couple. Often with the presumption that this person will date and become sexually involved with both members of that couple. Not demand anything or do anything which might cause problems or inconvenience to that couple.

Question 57

UNIQUENESS

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Stands for: single, unique, incomparable, formidable, extraordinary, endless, enormous, famous, fantastic, amazing, colossal, powerful, gorgeous, huge, giant, sensational.

Question 58

URSULA

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Some lesbians, particularly butch types, also participate in Bear culture referring to themselves with the distinct label Ursula.

Question 59

VAGINA

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For some, the best friend they will ever have.

Question 60

VIXEN

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A totally amazing and gorgeous human being. A.K.A. YOU.

Question 61

WATERMELON

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“I’ve been drinking…watermelon”. What Beyonce loves, we love…

Question 62

WHITE PRIVILEGE

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Inherent advantages possessed by a white (passing) person based on their race in a society characterised by racial inequality and injustice.

Question 63

WET DREAM

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When you dream of yourself, your loved one, or a stranger and can’t control yourself.

Question 64

X'S AND O'S

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Lots of kisses, hugs and love!

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