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Contents:
- "THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG
- ‘THAT’S SO GAY’: LANGUAGE THAT HURTS, AND HOW TO STOP IT
- JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
- JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
- WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT “THAT’S SO GAY”?
- FEATURED QUIZZ
- SO BIG IT HURTS MEGA BUNDLE: 14 STORI OF MAN OF THE HOE, BRATS AND GAY STERS
"THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG
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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’: LANGUAGE THAT HURTS, AND HOW TO STOP IT
Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * so gay it hurts *
“That’s so gay” is always pejorative, always harmful, and always homophobic.
JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
Almost every teacher has heard stunts e the exprsn, “that’s so gay” as a way of puttg down or sultg someone (or to scribe somethg). The lsons will help stunts exame how appropriate language n hurt, and will help them thk of ways to end this kd of name-llg. * so gay it hurts *
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. 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.
JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
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, then, n be done about makg kids (and the rt of ) more aware of the harm g such phras as “That’s so gay?
WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT “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.
FEATURED QUIZZ
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. The phrase "that’s so gay" has persisted as a way for stunts to scribe thgs they do not like, fd annoyg or generally want to put down, while is promisg that fewer stunts are hearg homophobic slurs than prev years.
The phrase is ed so monly that many stunts no longer regnize as homophobic bee is “what everyone says.
” When tors and other adults tervene, mon stunt rpons clu “I was jt jokg, ” “I don’t mean actual ‘gay people’ when I say ‘that’s so gay’” and “My iend is gay, and she don’t md. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Gay, Lbian & Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN) No Name-Callg Week.
SO BIG IT HURTS MEGA BUNDLE: 14 STORI OF MAN OF THE HOE, BRATS AND GAY STERS
9% of stunts heard “gay” ed a negative way (e.
G., “that’s so gay”) equently or often at school, and 91. 3% heard other homophobic remarks (e.