What Do You Say To “That’s So Gay” and Other Anti-LGBTQ Comments? - Human Rights Campaign

Contents:

• UR SO GAY (SONG)
• AM I GAY?
• HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
• WHAT DO YOU SAY TO “THAT’S SO GAY” AND OTHER ANTI-LGBTQ COMMENTS?
• "THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG
• UR SO GAYKATY PERRYTRACK 6 ON ONE OF THE BOYS PRODUCED BYGREG WELLS“UR SO GAY” IS A SONG ABOUT A BOY WHO FS ALL THE GAY STEREOTYP, SPE NOT ACTUALLY BEG GAY HIMSELF. KATY WISH THE BOY WOULD BE HONT WH HER ABOUT HIMSELF.NOV. 20, 20071 VIEWER137.4K VIEWS90 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSPORTUGUêSITALIANOUR SO GAY LYRICS[INTRO]YOUR MD MAY REFE TO BELIEVEYOUR MD MAY REFE TO BELIEVE[VERSE 1]I HOPE YOU HANG YOURSELF WH YOUR H&M SRFWHILE **** OFF LISTENG TO MOZARTYOU BCH AND MOAN ABOUT LAWISHG YOU WERE THE RA READG HEMGWAYYOU DON'T EAT MEAT AND DRIVE ELECTRIL RSYOU'RE SO DIE ROCK, 'S ALMOST AN ARTYOU NEED SPF 45 JT TO STAY ALIVE[CHOS]YOU'RE SO GAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSNO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYS (OH)YOU'RE SO GAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSNO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE[VERSE 2]YOU'RE SO SAD, MAYBE YOU SHOULD BUY A HAPPY MEALYOU'RE SO SKNY, YOU SHOULD REALLY SUPER SIZE THE ALSECRETLY, YOU'RE SO AMED THAT NOBODY UNRSTANDS YOUI'M SO MEAN 'E I NNOT GET YOU OUT OF YOUR HEADI'M SO ANGRY 'E YOU'D RATHER MYSPACE STEADI N'T BELIEVE I FELL LOVE WH SOMEONE THAT WEARS MORE MAKP ANDYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]YOU'RE SO GAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSNO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSYOU'RE SO GAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSNO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE[BREAKDOWN]HEY, OHOH WOAH-OH-OH, OHLA-LA-LALA-LA-LADO-DO-DO, BA-BA-BADO-DO-DO, DA-DA-DAYYOU'RE SO GAYYOU'RE SO GAY[BRIDGE]YOU WALK AROUND LIKE YOU'RE OH-SO BONAIRYOU PULL 'EM DOWN AND THERE'S REALLY NOTHG THEREI WISH YOU WOULD JT BE REAL WH ME[CHOS]YOU'RE SO GAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSNO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSYOU'RE SO GAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSNO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKEOH, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NOYOU'RE SO GAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSNO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSYOU'RE SO GAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSNO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE[OUTRO]PENIS16EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY

UR SO GAY (SONG)

I'm not the type of person who walks around llg everythg gay. And was a song om my EP [lled] 'UR So Gay.

"Ur So Gay" was wrten by Katy Perry and Greg Wells. It scrib her relatnship wh a former boyiend whom "she thought should have been gay". The song is registered on BMI as "You're So Gay" and "You Are So Gay" is listed as an alternate tle.

AM I GAY?

7 JohnJay & Rich morng show and Ryan Seacrt's morng show, sayg that "Ur So Gay" was her "favore song right now".

Acrdg to Perry, "Ur So Gay" was played on several rad statns such as KROQ's "Catch of the Day". "Ur So Gay" was meant to be an troductn and a background.

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY

But this one particular, I thought “In another life, you are a gay man.

The song received a lot of negative reactns, pecially om homosexual listeners. Many reviewers lled the song "disgtg", "sultg", and "homophobic".

It’s not “you’re so gay, ” like “Your so lame, ” but the fact of the matter is that this boy should’ve been gay.

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO “THAT’S SO GAY” AND OTHER ANTI-LGBTQ COMMENTS?

She also went on to say that the song is not a generalizatn about gay people, jt about her specific suatn and that shouldn't be taken that way. Ur so gay and you don’t even.

"THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG

"Ur So Gay""I Kissed a Girl""Hot N Cold""Thkg of You""Wakg Up Vegas"This box: view • talk. Katy Perry - Ur So Gay The official vio. The mic vio to "Ur So Gay" first premiered on MySpace on March 19, 2008 and later was released April 15, 2008 on iTun.

"Ur So Gay".

UR SO GAYKATY PERRYTRACK 6 ON ONE OF THE BOYS PRODUCED BYGREG WELLS“UR SO GAY” IS A SONG ABOUT A BOY WHO FS ALL THE GAY STEREOTYP, SPE NOT ACTUALLY BEG GAY HIMSELF. KATY WISH THE BOY WOULD BE HONT WH HER ABOUT HIMSELF.NOV. 20, 20071 VIEWER137.4K VIEWS90 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSPORTUGUêSITALIANOUR SO GAY LYRICS[INTRO]YOUR MD MAY REFE TO BELIEVEYOUR MD MAY REFE TO BELIEVE[VERSE 1]I HOPE YOU HANG YOURSELF WH YOUR H&M SRFWHILE **** OFF LISTENG TO MOZARTYOU BCH AND MOAN ABOUT LAWISHG YOU WERE THE RA READG HEMGWAYYOU DON'T EAT MEAT AND DRIVE ELECTRIL RSYOU'RE SO DIE ROCK, 'S ALMOST AN ARTYOU NEED SPF 45 JT TO STAY ALIVE[CHOS]YOU'RE SO GAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSNO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYS (OH)YOU'RE SO GAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSNO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE[VERSE 2]YOU'RE SO SAD, MAYBE YOU SHOULD BUY A HAPPY MEALYOU'RE SO SKNY, YOU SHOULD REALLY SUPER SIZE THE ALSECRETLY, YOU'RE SO AMED THAT NOBODY UNRSTANDS YOUI'M SO MEAN 'E I NNOT GET YOU OUT OF YOUR HEADI'M SO ANGRY 'E YOU'D RATHER MYSPACE STEADI N'T BELIEVE I FELL LOVE WH SOMEONE THAT WEARS MORE MAKP ANDYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]YOU'RE SO GAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSNO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSYOU'RE SO GAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSNO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE[BREAKDOWN]HEY, OHOH WOAH-OH-OH, OHLA-LA-LALA-LA-LADO-DO-DO, BA-BA-BADO-DO-DO, DA-DA-DAYYOU'RE SO GAYYOU'RE SO GAY[BRIDGE]YOU WALK AROUND LIKE YOU'RE OH-SO BONAIRYOU PULL 'EM DOWN AND THERE'S REALLY NOTHG THEREI WISH YOU WOULD JT BE REAL WH ME[CHOS]YOU'RE SO GAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSNO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSYOU'RE SO GAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSNO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKEOH, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NOYOU'RE SO GAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSNO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSYOU'RE SO GAY AND YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE BOYSNO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKENO, YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE[OUTRO]PENIS16EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

Gay - While this adjective has historilly scribed men who are attracted to other men, the term now is ed to refer to anyone who experienc romantic, emotnal, or physil attractn to people of the same genr. Sce genr inty and sexual orientatn are separate, transgenr people n intify as straight, gay, lbian, bisexual, etc.

If you jt have a feelg that your brother is gay, that's okay. If you thk your brother is gay bee he watch a "girly" TV show or his voice sounds a certa way, that's relyg on stereotyp.

If you live a particularly homophobic or transphobic area, discs safety plans wh the fay member se of vlence om others. If your fay member has e out as gay or bisexual, accept that they will end up seeg someone of their own genr, and that's perfectly okay.

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY

Don't be aaid to rearch beg gay, bisexual, transgenr, asexual, or whatever your fay member me out as. I thk he might be gay. If you saw your brother kissg another guy and he said he is not attracted to women, y, he is gay.

How do I tell if a child is gay? They might have a lack of tert the oppose sex if they’re homosexual or asexual.

|Intifyg as Gay. Gay dividuals are romantilly or sexually attracted to people who are the same genr as them. If you’re more aroed by people who are the same genr as you, you might be gay.