That's So Gay

Yup, I'm doing it.



I never thought I would really care about people saying the word gay. It seemed overly sensitive. Was it really an epidemic?

But after spending more time around the general (non-gay) public, I have realized that it is.

Seriously, every five words: gay. So gay. And it doesn't help that the kind of person who usually says it says it like "ooooohhh, that's sooo gaaaayyyyyyeeeee-uh"

The irony is that I don't mind if someone who is gay uses it. Around homos and other neredowells, I will drop "that's so gay" like it's hot. But there's a kind of humour there for me that makes me want to. My best gay friend says she loves her girlfriend so much, and I call her a gay lord? Well, she kind of is a gay lord for saying that. It's also a term of endearment in a sense, since I'm essentially saying "hah, that's awesome, bro." Or telling my other gay friends that they're fags for watching Glee. Well, they are fags. And they watch Glee. The fact that they watch Glee has nothing to do with it, and on some idiotic level, that amuses me to no end. And if any of them were to call me a stupid dyke, I would probably feel warm and fuzzy inside, like watching a baby bunny nuzzle a spring flower.

But listening to my co-workers call something gay? Nails on a blackboard. Makes me want to scream "THAT'S SO (NEGATIVE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THEY'RE LIKE)!!!!!!" and then give them the crazy eyes. Or maybe the "could've had a V8" noggin bump.


So my solution is that we rise up, and reclaim gay. Make it ours. Take it back.

.... I'm not good at inspirational writing.