“That's so gay” is so yterday

Contents:

• WATCH HILARY DUFF RE-CREATE HER INIC ‘THAT’S SO GAY’ ANTI-BULLYG PSA: ‘A CULTURE-DEFG MOMENT’
• THAT'S SO GAY IS SO YTERDAY
• HILARY DUFF REMDS US “DON’T SAY GAY” IS “SO YTERDAY!”
• THE TE MEANG BEHD “THAT’S SO GAY”
• WHAT DO YOU SAY TO “THAT’S SO GAY” AND OTHER ANTI-LGBTQ COMMENTS?
• "THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG
• "THAT'S SO GAY" IS SO YTERDAY POSTER
• “THAT'S SO GAY” IS SO YTERDAY
• WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT “THAT’S SO GAY”?

WATCH HILARY DUFF RE-CREATE HER INIC ‘THAT’S SO GAY’ ANTI-BULLYG PSA: ‘A CULTURE-DEFG MOMENT’

Watch Hilary Duff Re-Create Her Inic ‘That’s So Gay’ Anti-Bullyg PSA: ‘A Culture-Defg MOMENT’. Thk homophobia’s ol? On Thursday, Hilary Duff took to social media to re-create her inic anti-bullyg PSA that tght an entire generatn of lennials to stop sayg: “That’s so gay.

” Hoyg lip-synced, to which Man thoughtlsly replied, “So gay. ” Overhearg the pair, Duff terpted to kdly end homophobia s tracks. “Say that somethg’s gay when you mean ’s bad.

The viral post end wh Duff’s fal voice-over, remdg viewers, “When you say, ‘That’s so gay, ’ do you realize what you say?

THAT'S SO GAY IS SO YTERDAY

If your high school experience was anythg like me (and I don’t mean a regrettable Tripp pants phase), the phrase, "That’s so gay, " was ubiquo classrooms and hallways.

Backpacks were gay. Sho were gay. People who weren’t even remotely gay were sooooo gay.

Everythg high school was so gay, and not the fun way that everythg is actually so gay when you’re an out adult. Gay was ed as a synonym for stupid, gross, ugly, too feme, or whatever else your peers emed y, was hurtful.

HILARY DUFF REMDS US “DON’T SAY GAY” IS “SO YTERDAY!”

Y, ’s bad for the word gay to be associated wh all thgs negative. " Her iend rponds, "It’s so gay. "Yeah, ’s totally gay.

THE TE MEANG BEHD “THAT’S SO GAY”

""Say that somethg’s gay when you mean ’s bad, " Duff says. " She star down the girl who lled her iend’s shirt gay, her gr ozen, her ey slightly girl is speechls. The Come Clean sger recreated her inic 2008 That’s So Gay PSA, this time on TikTok.

“You know you really shouldn’t say that…Well, say that somethg is gay when ’s bad. The Daily Beast echoed our thoughts praisg Duff llg her “the first LGBTQ superhero” sayg, “let not fet when Hilary Duff told ’s not ol to ll thgs ‘gay’ as an sult.

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

Fans have flood social media praisg Duff for endg homophobia, aga. “I am cryg the way you jt end homophobia aga wh legendary Duff” -Alexanrgold.

“Hilary end homophobia and we thank her for that” -parkthatr.

"THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG

Wh this, The Talon sh light on the phrase “that’s so gay”. 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? 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. 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.

"THAT'S SO GAY" IS SO YTERDAY POSTER

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).

“THAT'S SO GAY” IS SO YTERDAY

“That’s so gay! This year for Bullyg Preventn Month, download our most sought-after handout, “What Do You Say to ‘That’s So Gay’”?, which teach tors both how and why is important to rpond to anti-LGBTQ ments. “It’s not OK at this school to e ‘gay’ disrpectfully to mean somethg is bad.

“You may not have meant to be hurtful, but when you e the word ‘gay’ to mean somethg is bad or stupid, is hurtful. Knowg what to say when someone “gay” as a putdown is an sential skill -- not jt for tors, but for everyone as they cultivate rpectful spac hom, workplac and muni across the untry. The phrase “that’s so gay” has tradnally been unrstood as homophobic.

Stonewall argu that the phrase has a harmful effect on young lbian, gay and bisexual people’s tn and well-beg. Yet the ial fdgs om my terviews wh 40 gay youth om four universi suggts a more plex picture, wh no clear agreement on what the phrase means or s effects.

WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT “THAT’S SO GAY”?

Consir Joe, a 19-year-old gay stunt at an ele universy.

He said: “I thk breaks down barriers between the straight and gay muny… I e a lot. ” Siarly, Neil, gay and aged 18, said: “I don’t fd rogatory any way, probably bee I say as well.