Gay is basically an umbrella term for people in the LGBTQ+ community. Some people use "gay" even if they're not a man attracted to men. Lesbians are also sometimes referred to as gay women :) (Sorry if this is confusing lol)

This isn’t really a question to pose to a community where having an opposing opinion [i.e. most ‘opposing opinions facing the lgbtq community are, ‘being ‘x’ is bad/goes against religion/goes against evolution.’] So when you have an opposing opinion to an lgbtq-centric community that is why the the jump goes to ‘phobic’…99% of the time, it is. Now, if you mean on a universal scale why we are so intolerant of other peoples lifestyles and beliefs…we are in an incredibly divisive era and are incapable of tolerating our differences and social media has only made it worse.

i think you have to know someone better. it also depends on the person as some people are more private than others. or you can casually ask if they would date an objectively attractive celebrity of their same gender, so they could politely say “i don’t swing that way” or “yeah i would”

You may be Omni . Trust me I understand how confusing it is. You just kinda know that you are ✨fruity✨.

Falling in love with a person not a gender is pan/bi. Depending on who you talk to pan is a sub genre of bi or it’s own genre. Ace would be my call if you didn’t mention trauma. No one can answer that except you & id encourage therapy if it’s something you find hard to determine yourself. Edit: if you’re still unsure of what you want/who you are in the relationship department or in general I would highly, highly encourage holding off worrying about dating. I did not & nearly destroyed my entire life. It’s okay to be single and discovering yourself.

Can I edit posts? Forgot to include trans, enby, whatever in point 1)

Intersex means that at birth a person has a mix of male/female sexual characteristics ( to my understanding anyways). And the term queer is different for everyone. I use it personally- it's kind of like reclaiming it. Just make sure to say they're queer and not "a queer"