LGBT Rights & Issues Thread

[Divair2]

Depends on who you're around, I imagine. I don't really use it. There are far better words I prefer. Like cunt.

I sometimes use it as an insult toward some of my friends (who are gay) and they do the same. I would probably use it like this:

Me: *opens fridge and looks around. Dramatically closes fridge* "Who the hell took the last beer!?"
Girl Friend: *reading magazine with hot guy on cover. Answers without taking eyes off of article she's reading* "Michael"
*Michael walks in*
Me: *in an angry tone* "Damn it Michael, you're such a gay b*tch" *walks away*
Michael: "What the f*ck did I do?"

But I would use it as an insult only with my group of close friends, never outside that group. That's our group thing that we do.

I totally think it depends on the people around you

That's like something straight out of a comedy.

[AiliailiA]

I sometimes use it as an insult toward some of my friends (who are gay) and they do the same. I would probably use it like this:

Me: *opens fridge and looks around. Dramatically closes fridge* "Who the hell took the last beer!?"
Girl Friend: *reading magazine with hot guy on cover. Answers without taking eyes off of article she's reading* "Michael"
*Michael walks in*
Me: *in an angry tone* "Damn it Michael, you're such a gay b*tch" *walks away*
Michael: "What the f*ck did I do?"

But I would use it as an insult only with my group of close friends, never outside that group. That's our group thing that we do.

I totally think it depends on the people around you

That's like something straight out of a comedy.

Are there straights in comedy? I thought all comedians were gay.

[MERIZoC]

I never quite understood why North Americans use ”gay” as a word for stupid.

There was a time when homophobia was rampant.
Gay was a synonym for bad or stupid.

Since then, we've become more progressive, but language doesn't revert.
When I call someone a faggot, I'm not calling them homosexual. I'm calling them a faggot.

If a gay person gets offended at the word faggot, it's their fault for giving that word power over them.
Nobody in my group of friends says faggot when talking about gay people.
They say faggot when one of us teamkills or cornerblocks someone in a videogame.

The English language just works like that sometimes.

That's like saying that it's okay to say the n-word because it's black people's fault for getting offended by it. Newsflash: It's not. The word is offensive.

[Sanguinea]

There was a time when homophobia was rampant.
Gay was a synonym for bad or stupid.

Since then, we've become more progressive, but language doesn't revert.
When I call someone a faggot, I'm not calling them homosexual. I'm calling them a faggot.

If a gay person gets offended at the word faggot, it's their fault for giving that word power over them.
Nobody in my group of friends says faggot when talking about gay people.
They say faggot when one of us teamkills or cornerblocks someone in a videogame.

The English language just works like that sometimes.

That's like saying that it's okay to say the n-word because it's black people's fault for getting offended by it. Newsflash: It's not. The word is offensive.

I depends actually, are we talking about rhotic or nonrhotic N-word.

[MERIZoC]

That's like saying that it's okay to say the n-word because it's black people's fault for getting offended by it. Newsflash: It's not. The word is offensive.

I depends actually, are we talking about rhotic or nonrhotic N-word.

If you're saying what I think you're saying, the one that came first, not the one that rappers like to say 50 times in each of their songs.

[Blasveck]

I never quite understood why North Americans use ”gay” as a word for stupid.

There was a time when homophobia was rampant.
Gay was a synonym for bad or stupid.

Since then, we've become more progressive, but language doesn't revert.
When I call someone a faggot, I'm not calling them homosexual. I'm calling them a faggot.

If a gay person gets offended at the word faggot, it's their fault for giving that word power over them.
Nobody in my group of friends says faggot when talking about gay people.
They say faggot when one of us teamkills or cornerblocks someone in a videogame.

The English language just works like that sometimes.

This is fucking stupid.

[Kiruri]

That's like something straight out of a comedy.

Its actually something gay out of a comedy...not straight.

Are there straights in comedy? I thought all comedians were gay.

exaclty

[Benuty]

There was a time when homophobia was rampant.
Gay was a synonym for bad or stupid.

Since then, we've become more progressive, but language doesn't revert.
When I call someone a faggot, I'm not calling them homosexual. I'm calling them a faggot.

If a gay person gets offended at the word faggot, it's their fault for giving that word power over them.
Nobody in my group of friends says faggot when talking about gay people.
They say faggot when one of us teamkills or cornerblocks someone in a videogame.

The English language just works like that sometimes.

This is fucking stupid.

Have you eaten faggots covered in sauce?

It really is nothing to be offended about .

[Tarsonis Survivors]

This is fucking stupid.

Have you eaten faggots covered in sauce?

It really is nothing to be offended about .

You know what goes good with faggots? Spotted dick.

[Phocidaea]

That's like something straight out of a comedy.

Are there straights in comedy? I thought all comedians were gay.

There are straights in comedy, but most of them are Jewish.

[Libertarian California]

However, some cultures have superior moral values.

Well I know where this is going I better get another ticket cause we are all going on the SOULLLL TRAINNNN!

Oh wait it says white american values land...damn I really looked forward to going to the 1970s.

wat

[Soldati Senza Confini]

Have you eaten faggots covered in sauce?

It really is nothing to be offended about .

You know what goes good with faggots? Spotted dick.

Faggots are actually a version of meatballs in England

[Shnercropolis]

Question: Why are there so many definitions for sexuality? Why do we need to attach words to it?

[Greater Beggnig]

Question: Why are there so many definitions for sexuality? Why do we need to attach words to it?

So that people can belong to a group for support if they want.

[Wintersdown]

Question: Why are there so many definitions for sexuality? Why do we need to attach words to it?

Because even if we did a whole "unisex you like who you like" thing, it wouldn't take out the who sexual preference. Lesbians would still like girls and straight chicks might be offended if they were hit on by another woman. It just is more like a: these are people who will accept you and could possibly lead to a romantic/sexual interest. Rather than a roulette table of hoping that guy you spotted across the room is gay too and won't spit in your face for hitting on him.

[Union Of Canadorian Socialists Republic]

Question: Why are there so many definitions for sexuality? Why do we need to attach words to it?

Humans attach words to everything. That is the true beauty of language.

[Kiruri]

Question: Why are there so many definitions for sexuality? Why do we need to attach words to it?

Because even if we did a whole "unisex you like who you like" thing, it wouldn't take out the who sexual preference. Lesbians would still like girls and straight chicks might be offended if they were hit on by another woman. It just is more like a: these are people who will accept you and could possibly lead to a romantic/sexual interest. Rather than a roulette table of hoping that guy you spotted across the room is gay too and won't spit in your face for hitting on him.

Exactly

[Valica]

There was a time when homophobia was rampant.
Gay was a synonym for bad or stupid.

Since then, we've become more progressive, but language doesn't revert.
When I call someone a faggot, I'm not calling them homosexual. I'm calling them a faggot.

If a gay person gets offended at the word faggot, it's their fault for giving that word power over them.
Nobody in my group of friends says faggot when talking about gay people.
They say faggot when one of us teamkills or cornerblocks someone in a videogame.

The English language just works like that sometimes.

That's like saying that it's okay to say the n-word because it's black people's fault for getting offended by it. Newsflash: It's not. The word is offensive.

Not even close to the same.
Faggot had definitions before it was derogatory. It's meaning has changed over time.
Nigger did not. It's creation was born from racism. It continues to be used as a derogatory term.
There is a difference.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

That's like saying that it's okay to say the n-word because it's black people's fault for getting offended by it. Newsflash: It's not. The word is offensive.

Not even close to the same.
Faggot had definitions before it was derogatory. It's meaning has changed over time.
Nigger did not. It's creation was born from racism. It continues to be used as a derogatory term.
There is a difference.

Unless you are talking about the country of Niger, which is where the word originated. It was modified into a slur by adding the intonation we now know.

Niger, the country, is a perfectly acceptable use. Nigger, the insult, isn't and it should be used with EXTREME reservation if you have the urge to use it as it has come to mean an high-class insult at this point (at least in certain parts of America). Nigga' on the other hand has lost much of its negative connotations because of rap and whatnot, and in some circles it's even okay to say it, which I found odd, given the nature of the word.

[Farnhamia]

That's like saying that it's okay to say the n-word because it's black people's fault for getting offended by it. Newsflash: It's not. The word is offensive.

Not even close to the same.
Faggot had definitions before it was derogatory. It's meaning has changed over time.
Nigger did not. It's creation was born from racism. It continues to be used as a derogatory term.
There is a difference.

Faggot did, indeed, have other meanings before it became a derogatory word for male homosexuals. It has been a derogatory term for about 100 years, probably longer. And you're wrong about the sequence of "gay" meaning "bad or stupid." That meaning is the more recent.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

Not even close to the same.
Faggot had definitions before it was derogatory. It's meaning has changed over time.
Nigger did not. It's creation was born from racism. It continues to be used as a derogatory term.
There is a difference.

Faggot did, indeed, have other meanings before it became a derogatory word for male homosexuals. It has been a derogatory term for about 100 years, probably longer. And you're wrong about the sequence of "gay" meaning "bad or stupid." That meaning is the more recent.

Usually it meant "happy" or "jolly". If read within present context the title "The Gay Science" by Nietzsche would be EXTREMELY misleading...

[Asigna]

Faggot did, indeed, have other meanings before it became a derogatory word for male homosexuals. It has been a derogatory term for about 100 years, probably longer. And you're wrong about the sequence of "gay" meaning "bad or stupid." That meaning is the more recent.

Without having to leave this site it meant the wood that was used to burn homosexuals at the stake if i am correct. It's quite a harsh word, considering people sometimes use it as an insult to homosexuals without knowing the terrible history behind it.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

Faggot did, indeed, have other meanings before it became a derogatory word for male homosexuals. It has been a derogatory term for about 100 years, probably longer. And you're wrong about the sequence of "gay" meaning "bad or stupid." That meaning is the more recent.

Without having to leave this site it meant the wood that was used to burn homosexuals at the stake if i am correct. It's quite a harsh word, considering people sometimes use it as an insult to homosexuals without knowing the terrible history behind it.

It was just a bundle of sticks

Although it is also a type of food: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_(food)

[Asigna]

It was just a bundle of sticks

Looks like wattpad love stories do teach me new words. Faggot should really be restrained from being used as an insult, it has a stigma to the LGB community especially to the terrible history behind it. It shouldn't be used anywhere in a civilized manner except when it means other things like food.

[Kodovia]

Faggot did, indeed, have other meanings before it became a derogatory word for male homosexuals. It has been a derogatory term for about 100 years, probably longer. And you're wrong about the sequence of "gay" meaning "bad or stupid." That meaning is the more recent.

Without having to leave this site it meant the wood that was used to burn homosexuals at the stake if i am correct. It's quite a harsh word, considering people sometimes use it as an insult to homosexuals without knowing the terrible history behind it.

And in other countries it means something else. America is not the end-all, be-all of word definitions.

These terms are much like the N word, here in the US. If you are a part of the group the word is used against, it is perfectly acceptable to say. If you are not, I'd advise extreme caution.