Some women love and want to be partners with a man and some women love and want to be partners with a woman. You can just clarify that people love each other in different ways. Focus on love and relationshipsĪ discussion with elementary-age students about the meanings of “gay” or “lesbian” is a discussion about love and relationships. Throughout elementary school a student’s ability to understand what “gay” means and what your explanation means may increase with development. An answer can be as simple as: “‘Gay’ means two people of the same gender who love each other – two women or two men.” Try to answer the question honestly without overloading a student with information.
