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Contents:
- THE TE MEANG BEHD “THAT’S SO GAY”
- "THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG
- THAT'S SO GAY
- THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”
- WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT “THAT’S SO GAY”?
- SYNONYMS OF GAY
- MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH
- GAY
THE TE MEANG BEHD “THAT’S SO GAY”
by Jordan Redman Staff Wrer Do you know what the word gay really means? The word gay dat back to the 12th century and om the Old French “gai,” meang “full of joy or mirth.” It may also relate to the Old High German “gahi,” meang impulsive. * meaning so gay *
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"THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG
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The Talon: When you hear people sayg “that’s so gay”, how do that make you feel?
So, like, if ’s wh my iends and someone says “that’s so gay”; I know ’s a very different meang than a kid who jt tripped and another one said “that’s so gay”, you know what I mean?
THAT'S SO GAY
The phrase “that’s so gay” has tradnally been unrstood as homophobic. Stonewall’s School Report argued this posn, and will be discsed their upg Edutn Conference. Stonewall argu… * meaning so gay *
Vidisha Sharma: I agree wh what Sofia said about nnotatn; if ’s someone gay, like myself, and I make jok like “oh my god that’s so gay” or “hahaha I’m so gay”.
: Also, ’s jt bee people thk ’s quirky to say , like, “cê é tão gay, s viado” and that kd of stuff; ’s bee ’s popular and a lot of people are sayg . From the terviews, is evint that the people on the other end of “that’s so gay” are hurt and repulsed by the mon e of the phrase. Some young adults might feel that is okay to e this phrase as a joke or an sult bee don’t affect them, and and feel that“long gone are the tim when gay people were opprsed”, but they are wrong.
THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”
Synonyms for GAY: animated, active, energetic, animate, lively, brisk, enthiastic, bouncg; Antonyms of GAY: ad, limp, active, animate, lifels, languid, lazy, listls * meaning so gay *
In the news, ’s mon nowadays to see a child murred ld blood bee they told their parents they were gay, an example beg Anthony Avalos. This 10-year-old boy had e out as gay days before his murr and was found wh severe signs of physil harm cludg malnutrn, cigarette burns, and bis. The police spected this might have been a hate crime for homophobia (Therolf, 1).
WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT “THAT’S SO GAY”?
Gay is a word wh many meangs. A gay person is homosexual, but if we scribe somethg like a scene or a party as gay, that means 's bright, merry, and happy. * meaning so gay *
Spend any time around teens, and you’re likely to hear the mon exprsn, “That’s so gay" — even among gay kids. If you ask them about , as some rearchers have, they often will sist that is not tend as homophobic language, jt a harmls phrase to exprs tratn or somethg siar. Thk about this: For thoands of years, religns have lled homosexualy an abomatn.
SYNONYMS OF GAY
gay fn: 1. sexually or romantilly attracted to people of the same genr and not to people of a different…. Learn more. * meaning so gay *
When most people hear the term LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual), for stance, they equate to havg adult sex. Another client’s mother once ught him lookg at gay porn, and said, horrified, “You’re not gay, are you?
” Later when the parents learned their children were gay, they apologized to them for sayg the thgs, but the damage was already done.
MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH
The meang of HOMOSEXUAL is of, relatg to, or characterized by sexual or romantic attractn to people of one's same sex : gay. How to e homosexual a sentence. Usage of Homosexual: Usage Gui * meaning so gay *
Hearg kids sayg, “that’s so gay” every day mak the people and everythg else around them qutnable: Are thgs safe or dangero?
GAY
What, then, n be done about makg kids (and the rt of ) more aware of the harm g such phras as “That’s so gay? But parents who are enough aware of language’s substrata n help by helpg their kids’ schools unrstand the value of practicg the same kd of zero tolerance for homophobic language that they do for racist or anti-Semic or bullyg language.