Over the last five days, I made a note of every time a person used certain words as insults towards LGBT people, used "gay", "fag", "dyke", etc. as insults whether intentional or not, implied that homosexuality was a negative quality, or other similar instances. I carried a notecard and made a mark every time one of the above occurred, and it was surprising to see how often people use slurs related to sexuality, often without realizing what they're saying. Here are my findings: Monday: 14 times Slow day, as Mondays usually are. Most people were too tired to do much of anything. Tuesday: 12 times Same, not much going on. Wednesday: 31 times The reason there are so many more is because one student decided to start singing "The Fag Song" during class. Of course, the teacher does nothing at all. In fact, the teacher of that class frequently jokes about gay people and makes some of the most glaringly false and uninformed statements I've ever heard, but he was oddly quiet this week. Thursday: 12 times And again... Friday: 27 times No amusing little songs today, just lots and lots of ignorance. I overheard a conversation where a student mentioned their gay rights activism and the stupidity started flying. Insults were tossed around like toys, many assumptions and generalizations were made, and here's the teacher minding her business. Just though it might be interesting.
I was thinking about doing this myself, but then I just thought it would make me upset so I decided against it. How long do you plan on keeping a list like this?
Next week is my last week is my last week of school and I only have to go up until Wednesday, so the results would be a little off. This is probably the last time I'm keeping a record like this until the next school year. And I hate to sound so hopeless, but how much could I really achieve by taking my findings to the administration? The year is almost out anyway, it wouldn't be for another three months before anything happened, and that's if they bothered to do anything at all.
my school is like that, and i have to admit my friends use gay as a word for stupid ALOT but now i tell them off every time they do.
One of my partners for a project said that they should call same-sex marriages something different and I said, "Like civil unions?". Then he said, "Civil union sounds gay." My reaction was something along the lines of, "Yes?!? :| ??? It is...Wait what?"
omg today on the way to art, some guy that i dont even know was like "sup faggot" when i walked by, and i was like "not much, douschebag"
I tried doing this, but I stopped after 70 on the monday, and lost interest after pulling the notecard out so much, and it was only halfway through the day -.-
I kept a mental count....but got lost at about 30.......(the colorguard walked by, and we have a guy in ours)
at least at our school there isn't much homophobia and all my friends are kool about it, but there are always going to be people who are not kool with it
Yeah I used to get a lot of homosexual discrimination in my old school, just because I put my school work above pulling guys I must be 'a dyke' right? It's much better now I've moved, everyone is too caught up in the amount of work to think about much else.
well i live in louisiana and they def have alot of close-minded people rednecks are the worst when it comes to that i just hate the word dyke and fag theyre just so insulting i think thats one of the main reasons i havent come out they are all so close-minded and judgemental.
Hmmm...an old thread. But today seemed bad. Really bad. At least Andrew apologized to Cody, I guess...
