Being gay is gay

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When I was in LA I heard that LGBT got an annex, QA. So now it's LGBTQA. The QA doesn't mean that gays are now running quality assurance tests -- although they might be -- but that the "questioning" and "allies" are represented.

Myself, I have no real objections to this centipede of an abbreviation, but come on, couldn't a couple of vowels have been inserted in reasonable places? Why couldn't it be, Lesbians, Allies, Gays, Bisexuals, Unsure, & Transsexuals? That's a heck of a lot easier to pronounce and remember!

I've heard it with Q before, but the A is news to me.

Upon consideration, I think that

Bisexuals, Unsure, Lesbians, Transsexuals, Allies, & Gays

is probably the best choice.

we will stand by our gay allies, and put them on the fast track to NATO membership.

while we're talking about gay stuff: how many straight ppl here were called "fag" in grade school? I got called it every fucking day by both guys and girls in 6th & 7th grade. I remember one time in gym class someone threw a pair of dirty underwear at me and the entire class pointed at me and chanted "FAG! FAG! FAG!" I'm still not entirely sure what provoked them to do this. I don't remember the teachers doing anything to stop it, if they even noticed.

wow that's terrible.

I got called "frigid" a lot more often than I got called "fag".

frigid?

from infancy until age 12 i went by the name 'jay' -- changing only when 'jay' became semi-permanently 'gay' ca. age 10.

didn't help that i went as a 'hobo' for halloween when i was 10, but spoke so quietly everybody thought i was a 'hobo' in plaid w/ a weird bindle.

also wtf dad telling me a fag was what lit fires... cut to me proudly walking into school 'yeah, i'm a fag - and probably a better one than you'

oh noooooooo

I had tons of experiences in HS along the same lines as you Curtis. Even a gym teacher once called me a fag because apparently I was not trying hard enough to get a good time while running a mile.

what? in my book, that's called a lawsuit.

lol ian i thought you were gay

fagots

f<3g 4 u 4eva

here's betting burt got called a homo a lot in school.

1shot with a beer back

nah i'm a grade a American Male

I was never called "gay" in high school; there were no gay people in high school.

Actually I went to a pretty small school, so we all grew up with each other. I was called "homo" by all the kids and adults I didn't grew up around, which I continue to be called to this day. "me taking a relaxing walk in my hometown at the ripe ole age of 26. [two punk ass kids walking down the street, 10 years old or so, with their skinny jeans and their skate boards] yo do you think that guy looks like a fag? kid 2: hyeah!!"

i fucking hate kid 2. always follows what kid 1 says. get your own personality.

kids

so torn between "never have kids" and "smart people need to start breeding PRONTO."

ah, i know, a scary ultimatum.

you should breed before burt_stanton

yes, breed before me. i'm tired of paying for porn. [rimhsit]

Myself, I have no real objections to this centipede of an abbreviation, but come on, couldn't a couple of vowels have been inserted in reasonable places? Why couldn't it be, Lesbians, Allies, Gays, Bisexuals, Unsure, & Transsexuals? That's a heck of a lot easier to pronounce and remember!

Yeah I gotta say I agree with you here. I detest the damn "LGBT" abbreviation. I told a very good male-to-female TS friend of mine that it made me think of a bacon, lettuce & tomato sandwich. She laughed.

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"Gayesy Old Dude In Town"

GayeSTTTTT

(don't outbid me.)

Looks cool, ian! Did you win the record?

Here's a special gift to gays, I think: Bernard Sumner in short white shorts! Wow.

wow, imagine not having to deal with girls' bullshit. lucky bastards.

Okay, I had thought Burt was like 19.

I was pretty outwardly disdainful of most guys I went to school with so I had the head start on being an asshole.

I've also heard LGBTIQ: Not smarter: Intersex.

I thought "queer" meant all the above?

Well, sometimes yes, sometimes no. Have you popped into the gay marriage thread lately?

"married into the gay poppage thread"

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has denounced a movie trailer for the Universal comedy "The Dilemma" and says the studio has pledged to remove the offending scene.

A spokesperson for the organization said Universal sent GLAAD a link to the trailer last month. At the time, GLAAD says they called on the studio to remove a scene where the word "gay" is used as a pejorative.

“The use of the word ‘gay’ in this trailer as a slur is unnecessary and does nothing more than send a message of intolerance about our community to viewers,” said GLAAD president Jarrett Barrios.

GLAAD has told the organization today the joke will be removed from promotional media campaigns from this point forward -- including in the trailer currently playing in movie theaters.

In a statement released Friday, Universal said, “The teaser trailer for ‘The Dilemma’ was not intended to cause anyone discomfort. In light of growing claims that the introduction to the trailer is insensitive, it is being replaced. A full trailer, which has been in the works for some time, will post online later today.”

In an appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" this week to discuss bullying, Anderson Cooper criticized the movie, saying, "I just find those words, those terms, we've got to do something to make those words unacceptable cause those words are hurting kids."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TuvhHqmp4o

two annoying fatties dating hot chicks: the movie

u jel

ugh! when are the aliens coming to destroy this place. people are gross.

i guess it's a small victory that the hot chicks are at least around the same age at the fat dudes

MAN how does Queen Latifah just SIT there while puffy face calls something "gay"?

Hate both of those fat dudes, btw.

MAN how does Queen Latifah just SIT there while puffy face calls something "gay"?

http://www.collider.com/uploads/imageGallery/Mad_Money/mad_money_movie_poster_onesheet_-_queen_latifah__diane_keaton_and_katie_holmes.jpg

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from what I've heard in the gay underground, how does Kevin James sit there and take that?

^ interesting!

people always ask this abt gay/minority/female/whatever celebrities, politicians, rich fucks etc - what they dont understand is that money fame and power is a much stronger fraternity than those other things

The book "Going Down In La La Land" by Andy Zeffer is a re-telling of his experiences in Hollywood as a short-lived porn star and escort.

Zeffer also writes about an affair he had with major sitcom star that started out as another escort date, bloomed into a romance, and led to a dream job as the star's personal assistant. "John Vastelli" is described as, "His build was stout and thick, like that of a maintenance man. He had a belly that bulged a bit over his pants, but nothing that hung over. And a barrel chest and burly arms offset his wide middle, so in reality he looked in proportion."

he was a ups driver.

...just sayin'

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/seven-arrested-in-bronx-in-anti-gay-attacks/?hp

"We live in an era where everywhere you look, someone is taking offense at supposed transgressions, be they religious, racial or otherwise. A number of critics have criticized Disney’s new film “Secretariat,” saying its portrayal of black groom Eddie Sweat was Uncle Tom-ish. Movie.com’s Jen Yamato called it “the worst cringe-worthy ‘Praise Jesus!’ black stereotype of the year.” The cover story of the current issue of the Jewish Journal raises the charge that Jean-Luc Godard, the renowned French filmmaker who is being awarded an honorary Oscar this year, is an anti-Semite.

I’ve always been a stout defender of the rights of artists to speak their minds without censorship or cultural restraints. I wasn’t offended by “The Dilemma’s” gay joke, I thought “Secretariat’s” depiction of Eddie Sweat was a not-implausible portrayal of a black man who grew up in the pre-civil rights era South, and I think that while you could accuse Godard of having all sorts of crackpot political views, it’s a big stretch to call him an anti-Semite.

But everything is in the eye of the beholder. As a straight white guy, it’s easy for me to watch Vince Vaughn say “It’s gay” and shrug off other people’s sensitivities by saying, essentially, hey, it’s just a joke. My sister, who is gay and has an entirely different life experience, felt the joke was an insult. After all, if Vaughn had said the car was such a Jew or so retarded, wouldn’t it sting?"

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2010/10/the-dilemma-takes-a-big-hit-how-hollywood-suddenly-got-cold-feet-about-making-gay-jokes.html

I saw an advertisement recently warning that using phrases like "that is so gay" is homophobic. Unfortunately the advertisement was in a magazine aimed at the gays, so they may have been preaching to the converted.

"the king of queens"