Quick qutn for the Amerins among . If you were a ignorant redneck neo nazi type biker ( Geia if matters) how would you scribe gays...
Contents:
- THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
- A DAD’S ADVICE TO NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS: DON’T E GAY AS AN SULT
- WHAT DO YOU SAY TO ‘THAT’S SO GAY’ & OTHER ANTI-LGBTQ+ COMMENTS?
- AMERIN SULTS/ ROGATORY NAM FOR GAY PEOPLE
- WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT “THAT’S SO GAY”?
- EDORIAL: STOP SAYG “GAY” AS AN INSULT.
- WHY IS THE TERM "GAY" USED AS AN INSULT TO MASCULY?
- IS LLG A HOMOSEXUAL PERSON “GAY” OFFENSIVE?
THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Do we need laws forbiddg the "gay" sult? * gay is an insult *
Usg gay as an sult is ok. When someone “gay” as an sult, I gantee you ’s jt bee of how easy is to say and spell.
A DAD’S ADVICE TO NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS: DON’T E GAY AS AN SULT
Impartg life lsons to your own kids is part and parcel of parentg, but what about dog that for other people’s children? Aaron Gouveia wrtled wh that qutn when his young son me to him cryg bee an olr kid kept llg him gay. * gay is an insult *
Not bee they are g malicly agast gay people.
Tons of words have more than one meang, so why not jt look at the dictnary, the word gay ed as an sult means “foolish, stupid, or unimprsive. ” Why not jt accept the new meang and ll a day, after all, the word gay has a send meang already, meang “lighthearted and reee.
The same as g gay as an sult don’t imply that gay people are bad. I don’t mean that n’t be ed as an anti-gay thg, I thk the negative stigma should be removed and should be accepted as jt another fn of a word. I try not to e gay as an sult, but shouldn’t be seen as a slur.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO ‘THAT’S SO GAY’ & OTHER ANTI-LGBTQ+ COMMENTS?
Sh straight people say to gay guys. * gay is an insult *
There was a recent high profile story the news about an 11-year-old boy who mted suici, apparently bee he uld no longer tolerate beg lled “gay. The most mon sult among kids today is “gay. " Kids get mad when they are lled gay and they sometim get to fights.
I have great passn for gays. What is one to do when lled gay? Many anti-bully activists sist that anti-bully laws should specifilly mentn sults agast gays and those of non-heterosexual orientns.
AMERIN SULTS/ ROGATORY NAM FOR GAY PEOPLE
* gay is an insult *
If be a crime to sult people, then, is hoped, no one will be attacked wh the “gay” sult, and the associated vlence will disappear.
One of the problems wh makg illegal to ll someone “gay” is that vlat the First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech. The tth is that society has e a long way recent s toward rcg hatred and discrimatn agast gays. However, will be a while–if ever–before anti-gay sentiment disappears pletely.
So what is one to do when lled gay? Usg laws to punish people for g “gay” as an sult is not likely to solve the problem, eher.
WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT “THAT’S SO GAY”?
Almost every teacher has heard stunts e the exprsn, “that’s so gay” as a way of puttg down or sultg someone (or to scribe somethg). The lsons will help stunts exame how appropriate language n hurt, and will help them thk of ways to end this kd of name-llg. * gay is an insult *
If people get punished for sultg gays, do you thk they are gog to thk, “Now I rpect gays so much bee I was punished”? We n al wh gay sults all by ourselv, and at the same time help rce prejudice society. Scenar Number One: I am not gay, but you ll me gay.
You: You are soooo gay! Everyone knows you’re gay!
You’re flamg gay!
EDORIAL: STOP SAYG “GAY” AS AN INSULT.
Stephen O. Murray, The Art of Gay Insultg, Anthropologil Lguistics, Vol. 21, No. 5 (May, 1979), pp. 211-223 * gay is an insult *
Stop llg me gay!
I’m gog to keep on llg you gay until you adm ’s te!
WHY IS THE TERM "GAY" USED AS AN INSULT TO MASCULY?
You ll me gay one more time and I’ll have no choice!
You: Gay, gay, gay, gay, gay! Me: How e you thk I’m gay?
IS LLG A HOMOSEXUAL PERSON “GAY” OFFENSIVE?
What about me do you thk mak me look gay?