Why do you say "straight?"

I don't think it implies anything negative towards those who are not heterosexual. Gay is gay, straight is straight, people need to stop looking for offensive meanings in everything.

 

I don't think it does either .

 

Honestly, I say "straight" because I say "gay".

Why call a straight person heterosexual when we call ourselves gay, queer, and lesbian?

Is doesn't seem right to call people heterosexual when we ourselves, don't say homosexual As often as gay, lesbian and queer.

It's too scientificky (if that's a word)

 

I really think you are overreacting.

Personally, I don't think we should really use ANY labels to define ourselves. How did something as mind-numbingly simple as a word come to define something as mind-bogglingly complex as a sexuality?
That's just me. Say what you'd like.

 

maybe you you shouldn't but the rest of us are pretty find using it .
Talk about hypocritical:lol:

 

I've always wondered if straight didn't come from the british slang 'bent' or 'bender' for gay men, which would in my opinion be a little bit dodgy.

I have no idea if that's the actual etymology though

 

I'm so glad you said that! I think this all the time. Labels can be useful but they can become restrictive when we identify with the label rather than just using the label descriptively.

 

Because they lack fun curves?

 

I don't like it either. But it's what people understand.

 

I don't know how that term came into being. I also don't like it. I don't like it because LGBT status would then crooked, as was stated in the OP. However, I've also "straight and narrow" which means someone who is a goody two shoes and doesn't do anything they shouldn't. Could they possibly be related? Some, not all, straight people can be narrow minded.

 

Could everyone do at least a little research into the etymology before jumping in with strong opinions?

Although Wikipedia is not the world's most reliable source;

Heterosexuality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

I get what you're saying. I wouldn't doubt there are alot of homophobic people out there who apply that 'straight is right' meaning to it so yeah I do think this viewpoint is relevant. I try not to take offense to it and rather look at it as meaning 'default' as opposed to more elaborate sexual preferences. But to answer the title question I'm fine using it since for whatever reasons it stuck and everyone knows it. trying to change it now seems pointless and impractical i guess

 

LOL.

Interesting. Gay slang went mainstream on this one. This notion reminds me of the word "breeder." I think that, while everyone now uses it to some degree, it is used more among LGBT folks who don't have kids. BTW, "breeder" is somewhat offensive, too. It harkens to someone who raises pedigree dogs to make puppies and make money.

 

In my opinion I love having curves in my line

 

convenient, understood, one syllable

 

The Online Etymology Dictionary supports that as well:

"probably suggested by straight and narrow path "course of conventional morality and law-abiding behavior," which is based on a misreading of Matt. vii:14 (where the gate is actually strait), and the other influence seems to be from strait-laced."