Gays

Phantom

Phantom

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I thought "gays" meant both sexes

Recently Melbourne OOPS SYDNEY (Australia) held a gay and lesbian mardi gras

My question is what are males called and I don't mean deogatory names
 

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"You'll have a gay old time"
~ from The Flintstone's opening song

So why do gay females have a secondary title and gay males do not?

I think that's gender discrimination! :cower:
 
Pappy said:
When I was growing up, gay meant having a good time. Ex: Everyone had a gay time. When I first heard the other meaning, I think I was in my 20s. Nowadays, everything has to have a label. I liked the old days.;)
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Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term was originally used to refer to feelings of being "carefree", "happy", or "bright and showy". The term's use as a reference to homosexuality may date as early as the late 19th century, but its use gradually increased in the 20th century.
 
And, since it's often used as a term of endearment amongst the gay population but as a derogatory term by others, why isn't its use being banned like the "N-word"?

What, they don't have a strong enough lobby or something? :rolleyes:
 
SifuPhil said:
And, since it's often used as a term of endearment amongst the gay population but as a derogatory term by others, why isn't its use being banned like the "N-word"?

What, they don't have a strong enough lobby or something? :rolleyes:
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The N word was another word that was hardly ever used when I was small. Norwich, NY was a small town, about 8,000 pop., and to my knowledge there were only two black families in town. I was in grade school with one of the black girls and we didn't make much of it. In fact. She was a very polite person. I didn't get introduced to the segregation side of it until I went into Army. I guess it was then I started to realize that it wasn't all peaches and cream.
 
Pappy said:
The N word was another word that was hardly ever used when I was small. Norwich, NY was a small town, about 8,000 pop., and to my knowledge there were only two black families in town. I was in grade school with one of the black girls and we didn't make much of it. In fact. She was a very polite person. I didn't get introduced to the segregation side of it until I went into Army. I guess it was then I started to realize that it wasn't all peaches and cream.
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I never heard it until I entered junior high, and then it was only used among the blacks. To me it was an ugly word, but now, 30-some-odd years later, I see it as just another word.

Phantom said:
Talking of gay How about The Gay Gordons
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Heck, I'd put on a skirt and swing my sporran to that!

Oh, wait ... would that make me bisexual, or transgendered, or transvestite, or lesbian, or gay, or ... I'm SO confused! :cower:
 
Pappy said:
The N word was another word that was hardly ever used when I was small. Norwich, NY was a small town, about 8,000 pop., and to my knowledge there were only two black families in town. I was in grade school with one of the black girls and we didn't make much of it. In fact. She was a very polite person. I didn't get introduced to the segregation side of it until I went into Army. I guess it was then I started to realize that it wasn't all peaches and cream.
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The difference between growing up in the north vs the south I'd say.
 
Well I think there seems to be an awful lot of people making a very big deal out of it, and the biggest deal seems to be trying to prove it is as normal as heterosexuality. What I've never got about the whole thing is why things that should be kept private in a bedroom, are now front-page news, often. I don't care who someone choses to sleep with, but I don't want to hear about it. Guess I'm old-fashioned, but there are "unmentionables" as Phil calls underwear.
 
and one more thing then I won't discuss it further, but humans are born with either an inni or an outy (as far as I know) so those fit sort of nicely together, and yes, one of the biggies for that is reproducing our species. That's probably why there is a hard time convincing some people that homosexuality is normal, the end.
 
nwlady said:
Well I think there seems to be an awful lot of people making a very big deal out of it, and the biggest deal seems to be trying to prove it is as normal as heterosexuality. What I've never got about the whole thing is why things that should be kept private in a bedroom, are now front-page news, often. I don't care who someone choses to sleep with, but I don't want to hear about it.
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I feel the same way Nwlady, people's sexual preferences should remain private, as the act of making love is very personal. This morning I was listening to a radio show and they were talking about all the gay gab lately on the news. A homosexual man called in, and said that he was sick and tired of all the publicity revolving around the gay community. The majority of the homosexuals do not care for those showy gay 'pride' parades, as they show all of them in a bad light. I have no problem with gay marriage, when I was a teen, my best friend was gay, but she knew that I was straight and respected that. She was a wonderful person, very kind and great to hang out with. I wouldn't want to see a heterosexual parade either, with men and women touting their sexual preferences. :rolleyes:
 
Jillaroo said:
... last year they painted the crossing in rainbow colours , it looked great.
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I SO want to do a song parody of Over The Rainbow, especially seeing as how Judy Garland is one of the icons of gay culture.

... but it wouldn't be PC ... :(
 

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