in response to monster munch i dont think this is homophobic at all. There are two very different gay guys at our office.
One is very effeminate and the other is just a average sort of bloke you would never in fact guess was gay unless he told you.
When talking about the effeminate gay one day the average gay guy said "jesus thats the gayest gay man i know.... and i know lots of them."

The word Gay seems to have so many meanings these days i dont think anyone has a clue which definition is right anymore anyway.
People are also too scared to say what they mean because of this fact too.
(Cov Boy, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 13:08, 2 replies)

i'll risk going further
*grabs fire blanket

I can't stand camp nancy-boy squealing queens.

It's not really anything to do with their sexuality, they're just tossers. I don't like straight tossers either. In fact now I think of it, I probably get on better with my 'normal' gay friends than my straight ones due to their conversation ranging further than football or starwars.
(Greencloud Wanted to go fishing on, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 13:41, closed)

I agree.
"Professional homosexuals" - people who wouldn't know what music to listen to, what books to read, what to talk about or how to act, were it not for the fact that they're gay.

Bloody annoying.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 14:51, closed)

See also "celebrity homosexuals"
AKA those who are famous and have a TV career by sole dint of the fact that they're gay. Apparently being gay now constitutes a talent in itself, and those who have become celebrities by latching onto this particular teat are not doing the cause any favour, since they're basically parading themselves like zoo animals.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 15:02, closed)

Congratulations on hitting the wrong reply button.
I grew up with "gay" being used as a pejorative term, used to accuse someone of being homosexual. I'm all for words being reclaimed, by I'm less happy about them slipping into casual usage whilst retaining their negative conotations.

With a bit of luck, "gay" will drop out of fashion, much like "dutch" has long since done so.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 30 Nov 2011, 15:43, closed)