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COMMENTARY: Why “That’s So Gay” Is Okay…Or Not
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Language is powerful. There are a lot of factors as to what gives it power (love, lust, fury, hate), and we all interpret what we perceive differently based on our own experiences, our control prejudices, or whatever mood we happen to be in at the day. In this day and age, or at least in my own minute social atmosphere, people come across to be more sensitive to language than they’ve ever been.
Words, phrases, and expressions that have historically been PC are no longer acceptable, depending on whom you’re speaking to. Some people think we’re in a language revolution, aggressively ridding the nature of hurtful words and phrases for the betterment of mankind. Others consider people are hypersensitive, creating a tense environment by making others hesitant to speak their minds even if what they contain to say is harmless.
Some words and phrases are definitely not okay to say, agreed upon by the general public living in modern society (e.g. several different ways to describe black people A word used to detail people who have a fluid sexual and/or lovey-dovey orientation which changes over time, or the course of their life. They may use different terms to describe themselves over time. An umbrella term used specifically to describe a lack of, varying, or occasional experiences of sexual attraction. This encompasses asexual people as well as those who identify as demisexual and grey-sexual. Ace people who experience intimate attraction or occasional sexual attraction might also employ terms such as lgbtq+, bi, lesbian, straight and queer in conjunction with asexual to describe the direction of their passionate or sexual attraction. Umbrella terms used to narrate the wide group of people who experience a lack of, varying, or occasional experiences of quixotic and/or sexual attraction, including a lack of attraction. People who identify under these umbrella terms may describe themselves using one or more of a wide variety of terms, including, but not limited to, asexual, ace, aromantic, aro, demi, grey, and abro. People may also use terms such as gay, Definitions were drafted in collaboration with other U.S.-based LGBTQ people organizations and leaders. Spot acknowledgements section. Additional terms and definitions about gender identity and gender statement, transgender people, and nonbinary people are available in the Transgender Glossary. Are we missing a term or is a definition outdated? Email press@glaad.org *NOTE: Ask people what terms they leverage to describe their sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression before assigning them a label. Outside of acronyms, these terms should only be capitalized when used at the beginning of a sentence. LGBTQ Revtim1 Anyone else discover these similes friggin’ hilarious? My favorite ones that I’ve heard from the SDMB: I’ve also heard bup2 as gay as Christmas Seinfeld - “so gay he buys Brawny paper towels for the packaging” Malleus_Incus_Stapes3 Good Omens used “gay as a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide.” Morgyn4 I’ve heard “gay as a Mexican hat band.” MeanOldLady5 I used to say “gayer than the Pride parade they pitch in West Hollywood every year.” A little extended, and plus I ponder I need to update my reference now that I’m not in Los Angeles anymore, but twas my go-to nonetheless. tdn6 Czarcasm7 Gay as a mayor . List of LGBTQ+ terms
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Abro (sexual and romantic)
Ace
Ace and aro/ace and aro spectrum
Glossary of Terms: LGBTQ
Acronym for womxn loving womxn, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer. The Q generally stands for queer when LGBTQ organizations, leaders, and media use the acronym. In settings offering back for youth, it can also stand for questioning. LGBT and LGBTQ+ are also used, with the + added in recognition of all non-straight, non-cisgender identities. (See Transgender Glossary ) Both are acceptable, as are other versions of this acronym. The term “gay community” should be avoided, as it does not accuratel
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Gay as a box of birds
Male lover as a tap dancing hyena (my current favorite)
Gay as a goose (the first one I can recall hearing, from an episode of ‘Cheers’)
Gay as a french horn
Gayer than cum on a mustache (some comedian, can’t recall who)
Gayer than eight guys blowing nine guys (comedian Patton Oswalt)
Gay as a chaise lounge
Gay as a playwright
Gay as a head of state
Gay as a Nobel Prize winner
Gay as a king
Gay as a painter
Gay as a mother
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