"That's so gay"

It's coming up a lot recently. "That's so gay" used as a way of saying something is stupid, weird, or just not normal.

I heard from a colleague who wanted someone to talk to about a situation that came up at a workplace event where partners were invited. My colleague is part of a same sex couple that attended the event and during the evening people at the event kept making the statement "That's so gay".

Now, there are times when saying "That's so gay" is entirely accurate and appropriate, for example when a gay man is describing hand making curtains with silk fabric and trim. This wasn't that kind of situation. This was Gay used as a synonym for weird.

One of the couple calmly made the point that using the phrase "That's so gay" in that way was insulting and homophobic. This led to a round of straight people looking bewildered and using the "We don't mean it in a bad way" defense. It was clear from what my colleague related that all the other attendees at the event didn't think there was a problem.

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