Only a few names we've been called but for many of us they don't hurt anymore. They did back in the day we barely knew what they meant. "Faggot" was the one that would be my name for most of my school life. It was as if only the teachers seemed to remember my name. In the beginning all I understood was that it meant they didn't like me and I didn't know why. Looked up Faggot in the dictionary only to find that it was a cigarette!? Or a bundle of twiggs. Somehow later I realized they meant that they presumed I was Gay. Where did they learn this word? It wasn't part of our spelling Bs or our readers. Similar to "Natural selection", I was part of "Natural rejection"!? It's learned from parents, that's where; clueless parents as to the long term damage it might do to some young psychologies. But nowadays we use some of those names to our advantage; Queer, now very commonly used without any bad stigmas. I even heard a review called playfully "Lesbo-Monde".(Lesbian World). Homosexual is now a word I embrace, it is who I am and I am proud. It has lost it's "you are a sicko" label momentum over time. Another take on Lesbianism is the L word(Televised series) although I am not familiar with too many derogatory comments made to my Lesbian sisters of the community I'm sure they have had more than their share!
It must be mentioned that public figures using "Twitter" should re-read their foul comments before pushing send. There are so many derogatory comments being spewed out lately without thinking and when our community(GLBT) cries foul we're told we are being babies, exaggerating and that we should get over ourselves! With that in mind I believe it would be appropriate to know how these "Bigots" would feel if I called them "Breeders", "
Going still lower, below the belt possibly; Men in dresses in our community are Drag Queens(For comedy), Trans Genders(A start to a new identity or life) but when Heterosexuals put on the gowns, we call them Clergy or Cross dressers.
Recently on a Gay Blog I was treated by Homophobes to being called an "F"'ing Faggot and other stuff I rather not repeat. There is a major part of the "Standard" Hetero world that is oblivious to this and sometimes wonder why we are always up in arms. Like I said earlier it's like water on a duck's back with me now but it does bring back the painful memories. Been told by close friends not to bother with them or the site in question...So what just walk away or turn the other cheek? Let them condescend those that won't talk back, replying is giving them power? No, sorry, won't happen! At this point in my life I'm starting to feel like a Gay-Bully going after the Homophobe-Bullies. Maybe I'm waisting my time, but I sure feel good that I did something instead of sitting back. I contact these haters personally on their pages and try to keep it on the level just above theirs so that they can possibly understand what I'm saying. Hopefully explaining away their naive ideas on us.
This is just this "Faggots" Opinion.
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