Can the queer community reclaim the use of ‘gay’ as a pejorative?
We ask the community if using gay as a pejorative is ever okay. The answers might surprise you.
Lost in the infinite scroll of my FYP, I come across the TikTok of @undiagnosedanthony, whose bubbly promise of a fun little controversial take stops me from swiping to the next piece of soul sucking attention bait.
“I can say this as, unfortunately, I am a little bit of a homosexual,” he pauses, “calling things gay is back in, arghhh I said it,” he grimaces.
@undiagnosedanthony #gay #lgbt #bi ♬ original sound – undiagnosedanthony
The video, which now has 3.8 million views and almost half a million likes, goes on to permit using gay as a pejorative because he feels like the “gays started it”, he says.
