The Solutn to "Gay" Insults: Freedom of Speech | Psychology Today

Contents:

• THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
• GAY HOMOPHOBE
• TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH
• ARE HOMOPHOB REALLY GAY?

THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH

Is llg someone gay always homophobic? I always knew some gay people sce I was a small child.

So there was never a dislike of gay people my md.

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GAY HOMOPHOBE

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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.

TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH

" 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. 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.

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ARE HOMOPHOB REALLY GAY?

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.