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It is funny, because they don't mean to use it really, it's just so overused that they let it slip out. =)

Yeah I caught some pretty good ones.

 

I think it is because yes words evolve, gay meant happy before, but gay HAS NOT STOPPED meaning homosexual yet, therefore the dual use gives it a negative connotation.

 

I go to school, and I have the reputation as "The Gay Kid", that pisses me off, just because im gay, doesn't mean i have to be treated any differently. I love cock, so what.(males only lol)

 

And another thing, since when is it a bad thing to be homosexual?

 

i told a guy to die for saying that.

 

The whole "that's gay!" thing IS really annoying. I normally just respond to it in my own smart-ass manner..ie as if someone goes "That movie was so gay!" I normally reply "Yes it was. Clearly the movie preferred other movies of the same gender."

Normally they're like "Huh?" lol! Anyway..it doesn't anger me or anything..it just annoys me.

 

I feel slightly offended, since I am bi. I think people should think about if they may offend someone before using that kind of words.

 

if one of my straight friends does something homosexual and or effeminate by nature I am the first to say''thats a bit gay''...my gay friends use it all the time and dont give a shit what other people think...one time while working on phantom of the opera..one of my stagehand buddies told a very gay dresser[quick changes]that he was acting gay..he didnt know the dude was a flaming fag..the dresser says''jimmy.i am really gay''
jimmy says''ya right''
dresser says''my favorite thing in the world is to have guys coming in my mouth and ass at the same time''

no word of a lie...jimmy vomited in the stairwell of the theater...we all laughed and laughed:mickey:

 

I would say yes. If I hear that word come out of a straight guys mouth and he's not saying to ask me if I'm gay, its obviously meant to be offensive.

 

In the very beginning when I first realized I was a lesbian it would piss me off but now I just shrug it off. Comments or questions like these: “So which one is the man?” “You just haven’t found the right guy yet.” still annoys me.

 

i grew up with it being used commonly in all sorts of language. so it dosn't bother me much because well... i grew up with it that way.

what DOES offend me is when someone automatically assumes that a mere word would be offensive to me. words are just words... they only have the power we give them.

 

whenever someone says it i always say "they prefer the term homosexual" partly as humor and partly to make them see its a stupid phrase. but to play devils advocate it is a common phrase. also why couldnt gays come up with their own word. you know since gay was already taken as a word. im sure people complained about the word gay having a new meaning (other than happy) just like the gays are complaining now when it takes on yet another meaning. of course it might not bother me as much as some people because...well first of all i have heard much worse growing up. so saying a game is gay is really tame to me. but also being i am not gay its hard to say how much more it would annoy me if i was. the only thing i can do is compare it to words that i am, being the new slang word. (there is actually a psa about this, it basically is directed at gamers and says "what if someone used the slur 'thats so gamer' instead of 'thats so gay'.) but anyway the stereotypical gamer is an overweight nerd in their moms basement or teenage boys. thats not me so it wouldnt bother me even though i consider myself a gamer. thats so white? its not like any races are superior or inferior so if this was a common saying i would quickly point out the less good stereotypes of the offending party.(nothing but bad would come if that was common slang. (which would answer the comment about one of the first posters saying "what if i said thats so ******") thats so irish...hell im proud of my irish bloods stereotypes. thats so polish..well yeah that one could hurt i mean i have heard every polish joke out there. despite the polish people being as smart as any other people i could see a slang of thats so polish being used to describe something that is stupid. but if it was used to describe something completely different than the connection to any of the stereotypes of polish people then i cant say it would bother so much as to go complaining about it in a blog. much like using gay in the way it is used has no real connection to any of the stereotypes of gay people. (he just compared my sexuality to a drug that didnt get me high....if there was a connection i would be so pissed right now)
ok so just remember i dont like the fact that people use the term gay, im with you all in being upset about it. (remember devils advocate and all) i always say you have to pick your battles. personally this is one i would pass on so i could concentrate on something else. anything more than a quick comment that you dislike the person using gay inappropriately is wasted breath in my opinion.

 

exactly. i don't get this whole getting hurt over some words or opinions thing. it only goes to show how weak and insecure you are if you let yourself be bothered by words and other people's opinion. someone says something, say something back, or grow a sense of humor about yourself.

 

oh i'm just waiting for the moment where i use a word like gay or faggot (which i freely use to describe myself XD) in public and some stuck-up person (ironicly who'd be straight) would come up to me and say "you shouldn't use those words because they offend homosexuals" and i can go off in their face about that. i have the speach all prepared in my mind too.

 

My friends always used to say it like every other thing that came out of their mouths. When I came out to them it still didn't make any difference to them they kept saying things like "that's so gay". One day I had just had enough of them sayin this as to me it is quite upsetting and offending as when they say it they usually said it about something that they don't agree with or annoys them in some way. Anyway when I told them that this upset me and they didn't understand quite what the word means to me as a gay person (as they are all straight) but they tried to understand and it took them a while but they have now stopped saying "that's so gay" at least while they are around me.

 

I hear you. As a bisexual bottom man, I've had a few different gay guys tell me I just "haven't found the right guy yet" or that once I experienced his cock that I'd "realize I was gay all along."
It's really annoying. I know who I am, and just because I'm a bottom with guys, that doesn't make me gay. I still love my wife very much and that's never gonna change, no matter how good another guy's cock was

 

I'm not offended by gay jokes or comments, but then again, I'm not gay, I'm bisexual.
Truth be told though, if I were to meet the "perfect" guy for me, I still wouldn't be offended if he were to refer to me as his "gay bitch" behind closed doors, because in all honesty, if I were to meet the right guy, there's really not much (sexually) I wouldn't do for him behind closed doors, and I'd get off as much from being "used and humiliated" just as much as I would by his sexually dominant, "take charge" attitude.
Yes, for the right guy, I'd gladly be his "bitch" and do pretty much anything sexually that he wanted me to do (and I can get quite kinky).

 

As a gay man, I'm a little offended. But I'm mostly pissed off at how media, and therefore society in general, stereotype homosexuality as some overly effeminate, sissy and flamboyant thing. The vast majority of gay men that I know and socialize with, not to mention have sex with, are quite masculine, including bottoms, as of course are the vast majority of bisexual men. But they don't go around flaunting their homosexuality, like the tiny, but most vocal and visible homosexual group of men do, which is what society at large sees (e.g. drag queens). I know, for me at least, being gay and loving everything about other men makes me feel more masculine, and more of a real man.

So the term, "that is so gay", is actually not even talking about true homosexuality in my mind. That's the irony of it. In fact, another part of me likes it, in that I wish everything was gay. Of course then I'm talking about the real meaning of gay--the love of the masculine, in the literal sense.