What’s So Bad About “That’s So Gay”? | Learng for Jtice

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.

THAT'S SO GAY IS SO YTERDAY

” 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?

HILARY DUFF REMDS US “DON’T SAY 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.

THE TE MEANG BEHD “THAT’S SO 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. 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. ""Say that somethg’s gay when you mean ’s bad, " Duff says.

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

" 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.

"THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG

“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.

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.

"THAT'S SO GAY" IS SO YTERDAY POSTER

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

“THAT'S SO GAY” IS SO YTERDAY

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.

WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT “THAT’S 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.