Love the subtlety of the kids shirts.
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It's different because...I've yet to touch grass and talk to real, breathing human.
I read that as "different because..." implied the author was in the closet.
Also, I live in a UK city that may be in the top three for left wing, LGBT, etc support and my best friend has had basically all of this said to her because of her sexuality and worse, including threats of rape yelled at her and threats of murder at her partner. I literally never hear these kinds of comments but they are absolutely things people in the queer community hear all the time.
Being a lame ally is better than being hostile though, and it's a shame this comic blends bigotry with well meaning but lame support.
I keep tying to fit this into an alignment chart.
I feel like the first panel doesn't really fit.
Yes, it is still bad, but at least they are accepting of LGBTQ+, unlike all the other ones.
The second and sixth ones are just doing their best as well even if what they are saying is disrespectful af. Can't really blame em.
The kids shirts in panel 9 just makes it.
Sadly, I've heard a lot of these almost verbatim. Sometimes I don't like living in a small town.
Wait, what's wrong with saying "that's gay"?
By using "that's gay" as a negative, there is an association that gay=bad regardless of context. I don't feel that way but I understand other people's perception of the phrase.
So it's not really about saying it, it's about stopping thinking that it's somehow negative.
But of course I was being 80% ironic with my original comment. I was simply implying there's nothing inherently wrong with saying it.
I think also the context genuinely matters. As a straight male, I personally would use βthatβs gayβ to point out something that is not mainstream normal, yet cool or cute; possibly even kitschy.
saying it in a derogatory way or as an insult
But how can it be used in a derogatory way? Just because the user thinks it's derogatory doesn't make it insulting.
LMK if I'm being too logical here.
It used to be a standard thing that young people said to express disapproval.
"Ms Johnson said I can't make up the homework I missed because I forgot my bag yesterday."
"Sorry bro, that's gay."
I haven't encountered that IRL, but when I see that on the internet, I just assume it's being used ironically.
its the intent yeah. people using it in a derogatory way means they think gay = bad