"No Homo"?

To me its just a cover up saying i have homesexual feeling but i hide them so i say "no homo"

 

They don't say this in hispanic countries, fortunately

 

Not offended really, but if I hear someone I don't know very well saying it in earnest it does have a fairly significant negative impact on my respect level for them.

On the other hand, making fun of people who use the phrase can be pretty funny.

Lonely Island song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0yFyW7Ysps

 

It doesn't offend me at all. I fin it stupid and pointless though.

"You look good today brah, no homo"

Why can't you just say "you look good today".

 

Yes! It makes it seem like being gay is a bad thing, and that's what I think that expression signifies. If you're comfortable enough with your sexuality, then you shouldn't be saying it period. The end.

 

No because I cut them type of people out of my life

 

Yes it does annoy me. It's annoying having to deal with things as is to have to be reminded that the worst thing that could happen to you is to end up like me.

My cousins did this weeks ago. One wanted to borrow my phone charger so he got it off my leg(it was plugged in and stretched across it) and he said 'no homo' to which the other explained to his gf that 'all guys say that when they don't want stuff like this to come across the wrong way'. It made the situation uncomfortable and I wanted to backhand them both.

 

I find it annoying, because why does it need to be said? You can hug someone without going "no homo," geez. Luckily most of the people I know don't say that. But to the ones that do, I usually just say "yes homo" or "no hetero" in response, honestly.

 

I find it annoying, but not enough to get significantly pissed off. Me and my other friends on the spectrum have taken to saying "no hetero" as a joke, because they're both equally stupid

 

Never heard anyone say that before.

 

I guess I've never heard it used, but from what people are saying about it's usage I guess it wouldn't really bother me. I mean the fact of the matter is that most people aren't gay--it's just a fact, we're special like that.

 

I just sent the "No Homo" song to my 14 year old brother (who use the term frequently), which led to a discussion. After a while, he says:

"Guys don't wear pink!"

My dad and I go:

"You're shirt is partly pink..."

*My brother storms off*

It's definitely a sign of one's insecurity in their masculinity.

 

It's sort of dumb, doesn't bother me a lot though. I mostly just see it as people being insecure.

 

Definitely seem as if it is born of insecurity. Although sometimes if I compliment a girl in front of my straight friends, I might say "no hetero" as a joke

 

It's just phrase used by men to reassert their heterosexuality to other men.

Have you SEEN the stuff straight guys do to each other? They're gayer than I am!

It is nice to watch, though.

 

I always use "no hetero" in response.. ^.^

 

It has very little to do with most people not being gay. It's that they feel like they can't say anything that would appear even the 'slightest bit gay' without inserting it in to reassure everyone that they aren't/didn't mean it that way.(as if something is wrong with it being seen as such in the first place)

 

Like most things it depends on the intent for me. If the person is a homophobe I may not like the term, but if the person is at least, for the most part, accepting of gay people and they use it, it's fine and sometimes I find it funny.