spaduf@slrpnk.netM to Men's Liberation@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoI'm a trans man. I didn't realize how broken men arenewsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkI'm a trans man. I didn't realize how broken men arenewsweek.comspaduf@slrpnk.netM to Men's Liberation@lemmy.ca · 1 year agomessage-square97fedilink
minus-squareTb0n3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoThey 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.
minus-squaredarq@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI mean, no, the definitions are not disconnected at all. Gay was used as an insult because it meant homosexual.
minus-squaredarq@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOnly because the term has mostly fallen out of use. If you still use “gay” as an insult, it absolutely is still homophobic.
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.
I mean, no, the definitions are not disconnected at all. Gay was used as an insult because it meant homosexual.
Was.
Only because the term has mostly fallen out of use. If you still use “gay” as an insult, it absolutely is still homophobic.