Why "Gay" Isn't a Bad Word for Children
Contents:
- 15 EVERYDAY WORDS ED AS GAY SLURS DIFFERENT LANGUAG
- WHY KIDS THK THE WORD “GAY” IS A SWEAR WORD
- WHY "GAY" ISN'T A BAD WORD FOR CHILDREN
- GAY IS A SWEAR WORD NOW?
15 EVERYDAY WORDS ED AS GAY SLURS DIFFERENT LANGUAG
The word 'faggot', 'fag' is monly ed as an sult towards gay people and general people om LGBTQ+ muny. It shouldn't be ed by heterosexual people, as 's nsired highly homophobic and disrpectful. The history behd the slur: Gay men were burned alive on a stack of sticks, while beg lled a 'faggot'." name="Dcriptn" property="og:scriptn * gay swearing word *
Are we gay people?
I n fd ltle evince of this on the ter, but sce gay culture is passed down through hearsay and gossip, I’m cludg this. Some archivist or queer historian may rroborate or squash this ia, one I heard om a gay elr and pass on to you — that “queer” was actually the word preferred by the first wave of queens, h om the closet, sweatg word-of-mouth disthequ that migrated through the cy. Acrdg to the ter, “queer” first beme an antigay slur durg the trials of Osr Wil.
So many zgers are rerd om those trials that this seems plsible: Sir John Douglas, the Marqus of Queensbury (serly), who first lled Wil a sodome and lnched the gay playwright’s epic mise, reportedly lled Wil a “snob queer” durg the proceedgs. A mon slogan you n still fd on T-shirts and queer bars across the untry is “Not gay as happy, but queer as ‘fuck you.
WHY KIDS THK THE WORD “GAY” IS A SWEAR WORD
We have e a really long way this world. I often hear teachers pri themselv on stoppg stunts their classroom om sayg, "That's so gay!" as an sult. It was not all that many years ago when this was a monly ed phrase, when teachers themselv uld often be heard g this phrase,… * gay swearing word *
“Queer” addrs the fluidy of genr and sexual orientatn and f those who e as people foced on problems largely ignored by the gay rights movement: racism, wage equaly, women’s rights, transphobia, and so on. People wh inti outsi “gay, straight, or bi” feel reprented by “queer.
WHY "GAY" ISN'T A BAD WORD FOR CHILDREN
Homo.
“Homo” is still a slur to many gay men, but jt as “queer” beme a power term, “homo” has seen a recent surge populary.
GAY IS A SWEAR WORD NOW?
I love “homo” bee sounds clil and scientific. A s love to ll homosexuals. The word beme cemented antigay lgo wh the famo CBS Reports episo “The Homosexuals, ” which aired on March 7, 1967 (I would be born on the same day 25 years later).
The episo claimed homosexualy was an illns gay men uld treat if they tried.
“Homo” is antagonistic, unpretent, and sort of funny. It pok fun at For: Who don’t love a homo?