Gmans uncle said:
As a bisexual person, I find it much more unnerving that "gay" has become a universal insult in our culture, I've heard some people I know for a fact are in no way homophobic do the exact same thing. Hell, I once thought I was about to have a heart attack when I heard on of my actually gay friends call something "gay" in a derogatory way (however I think he might have been joking). The point is, people do this without even thinking about it anymore, and frankly it bothers me.
The word gay has been around for hundreds of years and has had several meanings, its only in the 20th century that it became used as a word for homosexual.
saying something you don't like is "so gay" is not saying that it is homosexual. I work and socialize in my local gay community and find the term
is often used in the pejorative form by my gay friends.
I can of course only speak from my own experience and it is hard to pin point why the term has developed this derogatory meaning but I believe few if any of the people who use it in this way have any homo-phobic intentions.
I totally understand why it would bother you but I don't see it going any where any time soon, its too ingrained now.
At the end of the day words should only offend if they are delivered with malice or malicious intent.
