I'm assuming that most of you are in high school. If you are beyond high school, try to be nostalgic for a moment. I wouldn't really recommend anyone who is in any grade below 7 and 8 to post in this thread, but then again, it's hard to imagine that this place contains a lot of people that age.
Anyways, back on topic, how often does homophobia occur in your school? In my school, it's basically everywhere. I seriously don't have a problem with it, but whenever I use the term "fag," I would only say it just to piss the other person off. It's not that I'm intentionally trying to offend any homosexual that hears me, I'm intentionally trying to offend whoever would be pissing me off. Yes, I'm that bad, but I try to avoid it.
The big thing is, it's not just my school. It's pretty much every school that's around my area. I'm counting around 6 or 7 schools that are pretty much like mine when it comes to homophobia. I know this due to the amount of people I know that go to that school. I live in Southern Ontario, and as far as I'm concerned, my county is at large with homophobia.
I'm curious to know if all high schools are alike at this part. I'm glad I live in Canada, so most of you Americans that live across your country can tell me how large homophobia is at your high school. Or if you're out of high school, then tell how it was and how large it was back then and maybe we can compare it to today.
Yeah people at my school used gay and fag as insults all the time, but that's pretty much where it stopped. There was a lesbian girl that got made fun of all the time, but that was more because she was annoying, because other homosexual kids weren't talked to in the same manner as she was.
Pretty high, just like probably all high schools.
I don't consider people using the terms "gay" and "fag" out of context as homophobic. But I do consider people who blatantly say they don't want gays to get married, don't want to see that, etc. as homophobic. It's kind of annoying because they really just do that to try and prove that they are as much of a man as other guys.
Oh well, it doesn't really concern me because I am not gay nor do I have any close connection or connection at all with anyone who is gay (as far as I know).
Quote from: Selkie224 on July 25, 2008, 07:48:47 AM
I don't consider people using the terms "gay" and "fag" out of context as homophobic.
Yeah I don't really think it is either.
You get around it.
Insults become a little easier to pass every time.
Not that I know of.
Admitted I know only two gay kids doodthing;
There's this one kid other kid's don't care about him being gay, because the guys will talk to him regardless (eh's a pretty cool guy)
The other, however, is really flamboyant and alienates himself from most other guys and hangs around with the girls.
Insults like "homo", "gay" and "faggit" are used here all the rime. Usually it's not meant to offend someone who really is homosexual, though. There are a few gays and lesbians in my school and, although I think they're only doing it for attention, none of them are ever made fun of. At least, not for being gay.
Quote from: They Call Me Classic on July 25, 2008, 08:04:33 AM
You get around it.
Insults become a little easier to pass every time.
Question.
How do you get offended when people call you "fag" or "gay"? It's simply the truth, nothing to be offended of.
So anyway, yeah they're used. Even girls use those words when it's really suppose to be targeting males that are gay, not females. Females get more freedom. I don't really use it as uch as I've used it in Middle School. (God, i was such an ass back then.)
I used to be offended, yes.
Then I realized "well, it's true. Might as well play with them". doodthing;
What a fucking minefield, not even touching this one.
Fag has been dulled as much as mother fucker.
When you call somebody a mother fucker-- are you actually dissing them for fucking their (or somebody else's) mom? Not usually. Same with fag/faggot/gay ass chode licker/etc, people rarely use fag to diss on other's sexual preference, at least in my experience.
People at my school used those insults in like 9th grade, not anymore.
But as for how we treat gays at my school, it seems that as long as you don't make passes at people or aren't annoying people will like you and not treat you any different.
Quote from: Socks on July 25, 2008, 11:02:27 PM
What a fucking minefield, not even touching this one.
How pretentious.
Uh, not very prevalent.
I live in Massachusetts. baddood;
It wasn't really a huge problem. People called each other fags quite a bit but as for actual homophobia, it wasn't an issue. My school had several gays in it.
I've heard people call each other 'fag' or 'gay' a yeah, but I doubt they meant to actually offend homosexuals.
I've only experienced true homophobia a few times, mostly from the same people. Like one kid in my math class stating that 'God created AIDS to kill homosexuals...' he went on but I was sitting too far away to hear what else he said, and then on the Day of Silence my world history class got into a huge argument about how 'wrong' homosexuality is and how homosexuals shouldn't be able to marry.
Yet another example that proves that the Bible is full of shit.
Homosexuality is a sin, so does that mean God wants people to be sinners by making them gay? baddood;
I see no reason to hate people of different sexual orientation. They're people, just like us, except they like to have sex with other people of the same sex.
Quote from: Geno on July 26, 2008, 06:03:28 PM
Yet another example that proves that the Bible is full of shit.
Homosexuality is a sin, so does that mean God wants people to be sinners by making them gay? baddood;
I see no reason to hate people of different sexual orientation. They're people, just like us, except they like to have sex with other people of the same sex.
Supposedly this god gave humans free will and they're supposed to "correct" themselves to accept him.
Quote from: Geno on July 26, 2008, 06:03:28 PM
Yet another example that proves that the Bible is full of shit.
Homosexuality is a sin, so does that mean God wants people to be sinners by making them gay? baddood;
I see no reason to hate people of different sexual orientation. They're people, just like us, except they like to have sex with other people of the same sex.
Technically it's just sodomy that's deemed sinful in the bible.
And the bible definitely does not say to hate people of a different sexual orientation.
There are a few lesbians at our school, but nobody really cares. I'm sure there are many gays too, but none that we actually know about. Anyways, I rarely hear anybody being called gay or a faggot etc. It typically is frowned upon to say something like that... Even my private school in Florida had more people being called a fag then here. Really, it just makes you sound immature.
From what I can tell, there isn't really any homophobia in my school, at least from what I've seen.
Hell, there was this flamboyantly gay guy that walked around during my lunch period first semester and he never got harassed. doodthing;
I'm in Texas, in the south, where it's stereotyped that we grab one of our twenty guns and shoot the homosexuals. However, I'm in Dallas, the most mediocre and average city in the nation. My school is just like the others.
I know of one guy who is slightly openly gay. I don't really know much, but my sister says everyone likes him and he's the key gay-friend to a lot of girls. The girls in my school pretty much don't have anything against gay men, though it's likely they'd make fun of lesbians.
Sometimes, fag is just meant as an insult, not as in "you're gay". I think we're all guilty of calling someone a fag, not meaning homosexual. But it's easy to tell when they're actually calling you a homo. Among the guys, I've gotten a few opinions on gays. Generally, the more intellectual people, liking it or not, agree that their sexuality is none of our business. I've met a few who say they just don't like gay people, but they're not super serious gay haters.
Homophobia tends to relate to insecurity. I've often reminded the assholes that "YOU'RE A HOMO, GO FUCK A MAN" is an ancient and overdone insult, and I remind them to have some more creativity. I also like to have fun with it. Sometimes I'll respond to a gay insult with "I'm gay, and gay for you. Let's assfuck." or something like that.
It's all just insecurity and immaturity.
I'm not much of a homophobe (in fact, I support gay rights), but I'm really afraid my future roommate in college might be gay. It would be just way too awkward for me.
Quote from: Red Lightning on July 30, 2008, 08:34:49 AM
I'm not much of a homophobe (in fact, I support gay rights), but I'm really afraid my future roommate in college might be gay. It would be just way too awkward for me.
You can always request to change roommates
Quote from: Flying Circus on July 30, 2008, 08:37:46 AM
You can always request to change roommates
True, but I'm afraid that might mean changing rooms, and I really like the room I'm in now. It's a large split double, and it's right near the lounge, the bathroom, and the elevators.
Quote from: Red Lightning on July 30, 2008, 08:34:49 AM
I'm not much of a homophobe...but I'm really afraid my future roommate in college might be gay.
i think fear of gay people is sort of the definition of homophobia
Quote from: Commodore Guff on July 30, 2008, 11:56:02 AM
i think fear of gay people is sort of the definition of homophobia
Touché.
However, it's not that I'm scared of gays. Hell, I have gay friends. I'm just scared of how awkward it would be to room with one.
Quote from: Red Lightning on July 30, 2008, 12:22:25 PM
Touché.
However, it's not that I'm scared of gays. Hell, I have gay friends. I'm just scared of how awkward it would be to room with one.
i'm not racist, i just don't want to live next to black people
Quote from: Commodore Guff on July 30, 2008, 12:23:55 PM
i'm not racist, i just don't want to live next to black people
You don't think it would be awkward if he started hitting on you, which could be a very real possibility?
Quote from: Red Lightning on July 30, 2008, 12:30:13 PM
You don't think it would be awkward if he started hitting on you, which could be a very real possibility?
it's funny how homophobes always seem to think that's going to happen doodthing;
in that case you just say no, just as you would if a female you weren't interested in asked you out
Quote from: Commodore Guff on July 30, 2008, 12:33:11 PM
it's funny how homophobes always seem to think that's going to happen doodthing;
in that case you just say no, just as you would if a female you weren't interested in asked you out
Alright. You're right. I'm just overreacting.
It's possible he may not even be gay. It just sort of looked like he was.
Quote from: Red Lightning on July 30, 2008, 12:30:13 PM
You don't think it would be awkward if he started hitting on you, which could be a very real possibility?
Like Guff said, you would just have to tell him that you're not gay, I don't see why that would be hard.
Quote from: Red Lightning on July 30, 2008, 12:22:25 PM
Touché.
However, it's not that I'm scared of gays. Hell, I have gay friends. I'm just scared of how awkward it would be to room with one.
Like the possible gay sex that would occur in your room? :|
Quote from: Red Lightning on July 30, 2008, 12:30:13 PM
You don't think it would be awkward if he started hitting on you, which could be a very real possibility?
You're assuming that gay people will hit on any man in sight.
Quote from: Picasso on July 30, 2008, 08:31:07 PM
You're assuming that gay people will hit on any man in sight.
He is, and it's a god damned stereotype.
Grow a pair. It's not like he'll touch you or anything. :|
Quote from: Houdini on July 30, 2008, 08:31:07 PM
You're assuming that gay people will hit on any man in sight.
Like this kid in my advisory.
He was being a jackass to me, he found out I said I hated him.
He took it as a compliment because he "didn't want me hitting on him".
I wouldn't touch pretty much any freshmen in my school with a 20 ft pool.
And Because a lot of guys are assholes and understanding, I'll probably never start a more than friendly relationship with any of them.
It's tough.
Quote from: Camtaro on August 25, 2008, 08:54:18 PM
Like this kid in my advisory.
He was being a jackass to me, he found out I said I hated him.
He took it as a compliment because he "didn't want me hitting on him".
I wouldn't touch pretty much any freshmen in my school with a 20 ft pool.
And Because a lot of guys are assholes and understanding, I'll probably never start a more than friendly relationship with any of them.
It's tough.
Sugar, you don't know tough.
I live in Southern Arizona and it doesn't really seem like homophobia is a big issue here. There are a lot of very Christian (-Spanish Catholic) here so I imagine there is not as much acceptance here as there could be but nobody is very vocal about it.
I did sit across from this boy Freshman year (he was a Senior at the time) and he told me once about this gay boy that took his boyfriend to problem and there were a lot of issues with that because he was "acting gay" or something like that.
Other than that I've never really seen any anti-homo behavior. It's funny. With some groups of kids at school it seems as if being queer is cool but they just don't understand it, I think.
Quote from: They Call Me Classic on August 25, 2008, 10:25:32 PM
Sugar, you don't know tough.
I meant for people victim to homophobes in general.
I know I might not have been through as much, but a lot of relationships have become awkard for me some even reject me completely.