• darq@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I mean, no, the definitions are not disconnected at all. Gay was used as an insult because it meant homosexual.

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        1 year ago

        Only because the term has mostly fallen out of use. If you still use “gay” as an insult, it absolutely is still homophobic.