spaduf@slrpnk.netM to Men's Liberation@lemmy.ca · 11 months agoI'm a trans man. I didn't realize how broken men arenewsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkI'm a trans man. I didn't realize how broken men arenewsweek.comspaduf@slrpnk.netM to Men's Liberation@lemmy.ca · 11 months agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squareTb0n3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months 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-up1·11 months agoI mean, no, the definitions are not disconnected at all. Gay was used as an insult because it meant homosexual.
minus-squaredarq@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months 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.