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Goodapollo2113
Goodapollo2113 asked in Society & CultureCultures & GroupsLesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender · 1 decade ago

A question for gay people?

i just realized whenever i talk about gay people i call you "gays" or "the gays" moslty because homosexual is too many syllables...is that offensive? and dont use it in a derogatory way

i cant imagine you gays being easily offended

Update:

goes for lesbians too...anyone who's gay is gay to me...again is that offensive

Update 2:

rudy, you can call me the "straights" because i was talking about sexual orientation.... now if you want to bring up animals...dolphins have sex with the same sex...can i call you dolphins?

and i feel like saying "the gays" because in the sense of your sexuality...you are the same as other gays

Update 3:

and calling someone a homo sounds kind of mean...might just be my preconception though....so another part of the question i guess....is calling a gay person a homo offensive?

Update 4:

not being like "that guys a ****** homo" but saying "my sister is a homo"(which she is)

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  • JkotJ
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    Depends what sentence its in. I find “the gays” worst then ‘gay’ because its like you are saying we are all the same. But its not the worst thing I have ever heard.

  • ?
    1 decade ago

    no, i dont find it offensive, i agree that its just the easiest one to say.

    but you can understand if the person who talks means good or no, and some people use it in a really offensive way,.. it's in those cases that I feel offended...

  • Brian
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    No that's not offensive at all. We're gay. Call us gays. That's fine. No problem.

  • ?
    1 decade ago

    Well I'm bi, but you can call us 'homo's' and we won't be offended >w<

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I'm not a gay, but I won't be offended if I were one :)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    im not gay, but if i was, i wouldent find it offensive

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