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Contents:

• LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS: SPRTER REFERRED TO AS 'TYSON HOMOSEXUAL' BEE OF WEBSE'S BAN ON WORD GAY
• ARE ‘GAY’ AND ‘HOMOSEXUAL’ THE SAME? HERE’S WHAT WE FOUND.
• GAY BE HOMOSEXUAL
• TYSON GAY POSIVE TT WAS FOR A BANNED STEROID
• TYSON BECKFORD GO OFF ON KIM KARDASHIAN FOR SUGGTG HE’S GAY: “IN JAMAI, WE DON’T PLAY DAT”
• COMPUTER TORRECTS SURNAME 'GAY' TO.. NO, YOU GUS
• NEWS SE CALLS RUNNER 'HOMOSEXUAL' BEE HIS NAME IS GAY

LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS: SPRTER REFERRED TO AS 'TYSON HOMOSEXUAL' BEE OF WEBSE'S BAN ON WORD GAY

The webse’s tomated system ran a story about Tyson Gay qualifyg for the Olympics, but end up llg him “Tyson Homosexual”Name change: Tyson Gay before the 100m race yterdayThe Amerin Fay Associatn gave a new twist to s Olympic verage thanks to s strict policy to always replace the word “gay” wh “homosexual” on the webse of s Christian news outlet, OneNewsNow. The group’s tomated system ran a story about Tyson Gay qualifyg for the Olympics, but as changed the forbidn word, wound up publishg a story about “Tyson Homosexual”.

ARE ‘GAY’ AND ‘HOMOSEXUAL’ THE SAME? HERE’S WHAT WE FOUND.

“We don’t object to the word ‘gay, ’” Jackson explaed, except “when refers to people who practice a homosexual liftyle.

GAY BE HOMOSEXUAL

The OneNewsNow se also worked s magic a story about NBA player Rudy Gay: “Memphis Grizzli backers h the hay hopg that Kev Love would open thgs up for Rudy Homosexual the onturt.

TYSON GAY POSIVE TT WAS FOR A BANNED STEROID

A Christian webse that published a story about sprter “Tyson Homosexual” bee of s to-ban on the word “gay” has vowed not to make the same gaffe wg webse OneNewsNow wrote how “Tyson Homosexual was a blur blue, sprtg 100 meters faster than anyone ever has” story sparked a storm on Twter yterday, but later emerged that the furore was a ltle late - four years late, fact, as was actually om Beijg webse reported: “’It means a lot to me, ’ the 25-year-old Homosexual said. ’”It ntued: “Wearg a royal blue uniform wh red and whe diagonal strip across the ont, along wh matchg sho, all a tribute to 1936 Olympic star Jse Owens, Homosexual domated the petn. “In Saturday's openg heat, Homosexual pulled way up, way too soon, and nearly was ught by the field, before acceleratg aga and lungg for fourth place.

Amerin basketball player Rudy Gay also got the to filter treatment wh a story sayg: “Memphis Grizzli backers h the hay hopg that Kev Love would open thgs up for Rudy Homosexual the onturt. “We don’t object to the word gay, except when refers to people who practice a homosexual liftyle. After Olympian Tyson Gay qualified for the 100-meter-dash fal, Christian news outlet OneNews Now published an article wh the followg headle: “Homosexual Eas Into 100 Fal at Olympic Trials.

TYSON BECKFORD GO OFF ON KIM KARDASHIAN FOR SUGGTG HE’S GAY: “IN JAMAI, WE DON’T PLAY DAT”

” The mistake was ed by the se’s edorial filter, which changed the athlete’s last name tomatilly — keepg wh the outlet’s policy agast nng stori that e the term “gay, ” replacg  wh “homosexual” stead. Although the terms “gay” and “homosexual” may be notatively listed as synonyms, g one or the other is often strategic and liberate, wh a host of socpolil do people mean when they say ‘homosexual’? Historilly, the term “homosexual” has been associated wh clil ias about same-sex attractn as viant.

Born-aga Christian groups have strategilly ed this term to emphasize their belief that homosexualy is a behavral aberratn; wh this as a foundatnal belief, they create “nversn therapy” programs to treat same-sex attractn as a psychologil abnormaly.

COMPUTER TORRECTS SURNAME 'GAY' TO.. NO, YOU GUS

The term “gay, ” on the other hand, beme the preferred term ed by pro-LGBT activists the late 1960s. The ANES randomly assigned half of s rponnts to answer policy qutns about “homosexual” rights, while the remag half did the same about “gay” rults showed that, as recently as 2012, the terms “gay” and “homosexual” uld affect public opn.

The term “homosexual” was associated wh lower levels of support for LGBT here’s an important veat: This effect is ndned by a few factors. Among born-aga Christians, opposn to “homosexual rights” was 21 percent higher for dividuals wh the hight observed level of the thorarianism sle, pared wh those srg at the lowt level. However, when asked about “gay rights, ” we observed no differenc between the two, we examed whether a siar pattern of rults might occur when lookg at whether rponnts personally know someone wh same-sex attractns.

Whereas knowg someone wh same-sex attractns may crease the likelihood of holdg negative attus toward them (psychologists ll this a “ntact effect”), not knowg someone may exacerbate differenc how people who sre high on the thorarianism sle procs the two fd that opposn to “homosexual rights” was 16 percent higher for those srg most highly on the thorarianism sle who did not personally know someone wh same-sex attractns, when pared wh those srg at the lowt level. Aga, when asked about “gay rights, ” we observed no differenc between the two groups.

NEWS SE CALLS RUNNER 'HOMOSEXUAL' BEE HIS NAME IS GAY

Overall, our rearch suggts that the terms “gay” and “homosexual” n be ed strategilly to sway public opn among certa large and polilly relevant groups. Polil figur hopg to boost public opposn for LGBT rights may be able to e the term “homosexual” to sway listeners’ posns.

And those who want to crease support for LGBT rights might wish to stick wh “gay. ” He said they put up the filter about a month or so word they wanted to filter was “gay.

” The se felt that the term put homosexualy “ a posive light, ” Jackson said, whereas the evangelil Christian anizatn was much opposed.