Shocked and dismayed with "gay" remarks on this site

[Bengalzona]

(04-05-2019, 09:45 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Me to Zona, if I had a nickel for every derogatory word and phrase I've heard and said in the 70's and 80's I'd have no need to keep playing the lottery. It was just part of the culture then. I'm not trying to defend it or say it was right, just that's what we grew up hearing.

I'd say I've slipped up in the past and I'll try hard to be more respectful in the future.

Yeah, I used to talk that way all of the time before I actually met a few gay people and became friends with them. Actually, I had a couple of friends growing up who I didn't even know were gay (probably because they wouldn't be inclined to come out to someone who made such comments, eh.). I had absolutely no concept of how hurtful some of these comments could be.