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-square213fedilinkarrow-up1525arrow-down183
arrow-up1442arrow-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-square213fedilink
minus-squaredarq@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 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-up10·1 year agoOnly because the term has mostly fallen out of use. If you still use “gay” as an insult, it absolutely is still homophobic.
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoTrust me it wasn’t just an insult where I grew up it had a seriously negative impact on my ability to socialize or form any kind of romantic relationship
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I mean, no, the definitions are not disconnected at all. Gay was used as an insult because it meant homosexual.
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Only because the term has mostly fallen out of use. If you still use “gay” as an insult, it absolutely is still homophobic.
Trust me it wasn’t just an insult where I grew up it had a seriously negative impact on my ability to socialize or form any kind of romantic relationship