I am a little
confused here. On one hand The Advocate asks the
question: Is the word gay so drained of meaning that it can
be used as a slur with impunity in schools? of your
GenQ readers. Yet, your cover boldly asks, "Who is
Gayer?" of the two primary presidential candidates?
Ya, get my point here? Am I to assume that because you are a
gay publication you have the 'right' to use the word 'gay'
as you see fit (similar to Blacks having the "right",
whether they should/shouldn't isn't the question, to
use the 'N' word)? Was the cover question an oversight
on the editor's part considering everyone seems to be
taking offense to the use of the word in most contexts? I
thought all of this was settled when the gay culture
chose to take a purported insulting word like, say,
QUEER and turned the tables by embracing the word as a
positive. If anyone uses the word queer today to mock
someone, they are simply laughed at as being 'queer'
(Webster's version) themselves. Why is it so hard,
in-turn, to do the same when someone uses the word
'gay' as a quote/unquote "insult". Let's just embrace
the word; by accepting it as a positive, we'll see how long
it's used as an insult.