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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
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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. “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 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 *
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.
I love “homo” bee sounds clil and scientific.
WHY "GAY" ISN'T A BAD WORD FOR CHILDREN
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?
Case Agast: If you were ever lled a “homo” by a homophobe, you might hate .
GAY IS A SWEAR WORD NOW?
“Limp-wristed” is an offensive way to scribe gay men, particularly feme guys. Cue discsn about gay misogyny. “Dyke” is the most wily known lbian slur, one many gay women have embraced.
A self-intified gay woman, she rried the bt sign the crowd, one that exemplified slur-reclamatn: “DYKE: We might not go down history, but we’ll do down on your sister! ” We give words Agast: If a homophobe lled you a dyke, would you still e ? “Faggot” is also the most offensive antigay slur history.
Gay men have died wh that word rgg their ears. It’s easy to see how “faggot” beme a hate word wh s implitn that gay men should that meang, words like “flamer” and “flamg” formed as rogatory terms for feme men.