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Contents:
- WHAT DO YOU SAY TO “THAT’S SO GAY” AND OTHER ANTI-LGBTQ COMMENTS?
- WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT “THAT’S SO GAY”?
- GAY GAY HOMOSEXUAL GAY / I CAN STILL HEAR HIS VOICE
- 'THAT'S SO GAY' PHRASE HAS LASTG IMPACT FOR LGBT YOUTH, STUDY FDS
- POST GAY
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO “THAT’S SO GAY” AND OTHER ANTI-LGBTQ COMMENTS?
The phrase “that’s so gay” has tradnally been unrstood as homophobic. Stonewall’s School Report argued this posn, and will be discsed their upg Edutn Conference. Stonewall argu… * that post was so gay *
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WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT “THAT’S SO GAY”?
* that post was so gay *
“It’s not OK at this school to e ‘gay’ disrpectfully to mean somethg is bad.
GAY GAY HOMOSEXUAL GAY / I CAN STILL HEAR HIS VOICE
The Lastg Impact Of 'That's So Gay' * that post was so gay *
“You may not have meant to be hurtful, but when you e the word ‘gay’ to mean somethg is bad or stupid, is hurtful.
'THAT'S SO GAY' PHRASE HAS LASTG IMPACT FOR LGBT YOUTH, STUDY FDS
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.
POST GAY
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.
Consir Joe, a 19-year-old gay stunt at an ele universy.