• Tb0n3
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    -141 year ago

    They called you gay not because they thought you were homosexual but as an offhanded insult. The two definitions have been disconnected for quite a while.

    • darq
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      171 year ago

      I mean, no, the definitions are not disconnected at all. Gay was used as an insult because it meant homosexual.

        • darq
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          101 year ago

          Only because the term has mostly fallen out of use. If you still use “gay” as an insult, it absolutely is still homophobic.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 year ago

      Trust me it wasn’t just an insult where I grew up it had a seriously negative impact on my ability to socialize or form any kind of romantic relationship