Impartg life lsons to your own kids is part and parcel of parentg, but what about dog that for other people’s children? Aaron Gouveia wrtled wh that qutn when his young son me to him cryg bee an olr kid kept llg him gay.
Contents:
- A DAD’S ADVICE TO NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS: DON’T E GAY AS AN SULT
- IS LLG A HOMOSEXUAL PERSON “GAY” OFFENSIVE?
- THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
- EDORIAL: STOP SAYG “GAY” AS AN INSULT.
- WHY IS THE TERM "GAY" USED AS AN INSULT TO MASCULY?
- IT’S 2016, THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE G ‘GAY’ AS AN SULT – AND THEY REALLY NEED TO STOP
- WHAT DO YOU SAY TO ‘THAT’S SO GAY’ & OTHER ANTI-LGBTQ+ COMMENTS?
A DAD’S ADVICE TO NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS: DON’T E GAY AS AN SULT
* gay as insult *
That’s the qutn I wrtled wh as I nsoled my 7-year-old son who was cryg bee an olr kid the neighborhood kept llg him gay.
“Dad, why is beg gay stupid or bad? That means g “gay” as an sult, tellg someone they “throw like a girl” and llg someone a “retard” is banned our fay. They know our gay iends, they have gay relativ they love, and we discs on a route basis why ments such as those are so hurtful.
IS LLG A HOMOSEXUAL PERSON “GAY” OFFENSIVE?
Do we need laws forbiddg the "gay" sult? * gay as insult *
So, when my son heard olr kids he looks up to g gay as an sult, a part of him wonred if his idol was right.
I also remd him that many people around him might be gay or qutng their sexualy and asked him how he thks they’d feel if everyone ed gay as a pejorative.
THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH
You have likely heard many stunts ll other stunts “gay” as an sult. Here is an example. Mark: Did you know that Anton still plays Fortne? Andrew: Really? That is so gay! The major problem wh g gay as an sult is that suat that beg gay is a bad thg. In the suatn... * gay as insult *
The Trevor Project, a nonprof focg on suici preventn efforts among lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and qutng youth, timat more than 1. “Gay is an inty term, not an sult.
"Gay", on s face, is not a rogatory term. It's typilly preferred by those to whom appli over the term "homosexual", the technil nature of which mak this state of beg sound like a munible disease or mental illns (which, as recently as the DSM-II, seventh edn, was, tegorized as a pathologil phobia of the oppose sex). Many advocy groups, such as GLAAD (Gay/Lbian Associatn Agast Defamatn) and terms they promote for e the media (such as LGBT) rporate this term, though this isn't to say the terms will always be acceptable for this reason; the group name often persists long after the words behd them have fallen om favor, to avoid the nfn of a rebrandg of the group.
"Queer", an old slang term for gay men, and "fag"/"faggot", origally AE slang for a wimp or unmanly person, but which me to be associated wh the stereotypil "swishy" gay man, have bee si terms; still appropriate when ed by a ntral party or a "straight" person, but acceptable ntext between gay men. 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.
EDORIAL: STOP SAYG “GAY” AS AN INSULT.
The most mon sult among kids today is “gay. " 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?
WHY IS THE TERM "GAY" USED AS AN INSULT TO MASCULY?
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.
IT’S 2016, THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE G ‘GAY’ AS AN SULT – AND THEY REALLY NEED TO STOP
One of the problems wh makg illegal to ll someone “gay” is that vlat the First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech. The tth is that society has e a long way recent s toward rcg hatred and discrimatn agast gays. However, will be a while–if ever–before anti-gay sentiment disappears pletely.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO ‘THAT’S SO GAY’ & OTHER ANTI-LGBTQ+ COMMENTS?
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. If people get punished for sultg gays, do you thk they are gog to thk, “Now I rpect gays so much bee I was punished”?
We n al wh gay sults all by ourselv, and at the same time help rce prejudice society. Scenar Number One: I am not gay, but you ll me gay.
Everyone knows you’re gay! I’m gog to keep on llg you gay until you adm ’s te!