"That's So Gay" Is Jt So Wrong | Psychology Today

Contents:

• "THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG
• THAT'S SO GAY
• WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE GAY? DEFN AND MEANG OF GAY
• WHAT DO YOU SAY TO ‘THAT’S SO GAY’ & OTHER ANTI-LGBTQ+ COMMENTS?
• HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
• THAT'S GAY
• THE TE MEANG BEHD “THAT’S SO GAY”

"THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG

Spend any time around teens, and you’re likely to hear the mon exprsn, “That’s so gay" — even among gay kids.

If you ask them about , as some rearchers have, they often will sist that is not tend as homophobic language, jt a harmls phrase to exprs tratn or somethg siar. Studi reveal that 30 percent of gay adolcents stggle wh suicidal thoughts. “That’s so gay” is always pejorative, always harmful, and always homophobic.

Thk about this: For thoands of years, religns have lled homosexualy an abomatn. People still get murred if someone thks they are gay, and not jt other untri.

THAT'S SO GAY

Gay Equals Sex.

When most people hear the term LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual), for stance, they equate to havg adult sex. Another client’s mother once ught him lookg at gay porn, and said, horrified, “You’re not gay, are you? ” Later when the parents learned their children were gay, they apologized to them for sayg the thgs, but the damage was already done.

WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE GAY? DEFN AND MEANG OF GAY

I heard you say whout knowg I was gay. Hearg kids sayg, “that’s so gay” every day mak the people and everythg else around them qutnable: Are thgs safe or dangero?

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO ‘THAT’S SO GAY’ & OTHER ANTI-LGBTQ+ COMMENTS?

What, then, n be done about makg kids (and the rt of ) more aware of the harm g such phras as “That’s so gay?

But parents who are enough aware of language’s substrata n help by helpg their kids’ schools unrstand the value of practicg the same kd of zero tolerance for homophobic language that they do for racist or anti-Semic or bullyg language.

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY

The bt thg I have seen is the mpaign “ThkB4YouSpeak” by GLSEN (Gay, Lbian School Edutor Network). Anti-LGBT remarks such as “that’s so gay” are often untentnal and a mon part of teens’ vernacular.

THAT'S GAY

Gog to the fay rnn will be a gay old time.

Teenager: Dad, that's so gay. Teenager: No, 's lame and joe1970 October 9, 2010FlagGet the That's so gay 's so gay1- Used by people as an adjective to scribe thgs that are retard, bad, unpleasent.

THE TE MEANG BEHD “THAT’S SO GAY”

Gregory-"Did you see that dumb PSA, 'Thats so gay' "Zach- "Yeah du, that's so gay"Gregory- "How gay is "Zach- "Gayer then AIDS"by omgJFD Augt 3, 2009FlagGet the That's so gay 's so gayA disrpectful way of showg dislike to somethg.