Do you stand up for gays and lesbians?

[MusicPalace]

If someone was talking nasty abouts gays or lesbians or talking nasty directly to them would you step up and tell them to back off? I have stood up for them before, because its just not right i mean they are people too. So answer the poll and tell your story if you answered yes.

My story:
My family was having a nice meal when all of the sudden my father brings up gays and lesbians. He calls lesbians Lesbos. And lesbian can get reallly offened when you call them lesbos, its really an insult. So i told him "Don't call them that. Its rude." and he goes "so they don't have feelings." I go "They're people to and its very rude for you to call them that!" then i walk away and take my dinner to my bedroom.

Another story: My brother watches musicals and calls all the guys in them gay. So i told him "Not all guys in musicals are gay!" So i guess he feels he had to bring up my cousin and he goes "Our cousins gay and disgusting and hes in musicals!" I give him a crazy look and say "Whys he disgusting."
He shrugs and says "Well i don't know hes gay though!"

So yeah whats your stories if any? And if u havn't had the chance to stick up for them jus say that you would or your wouldn't.

[Mentor]

If someone was talking nasty abouts gays or lesbians or talking nasty directly to them would you step up and tell them to back off? I have stood up for them before, because its just not right i mean they are people too. So answer the poll and tell your story if you answered yes.

No more than i would stand up for anyone else, homosexuals arnt all magicly nice people, some of them are complete ******s, just like with straight people, so no im not going to stand up for someone, just becuse there gay, sexualy doesnt really have anything to do with weather id stand up for someone or not

My story:
My family was having a nice meal when all of the sudden my father brings up gays and lesbians. He calls lesbians Lesbos. And lesbian can get reallly offened when you call them lesbos, its really an insult. So i told him "Don't call them that. Its rude." and he goes "so they don't have feelings." I go "They're people to and its very rude for you to call them that!" then i walk away and take my dinner to my bedroom.

At the beginning of this? what exactly offensive about lesbo's? Its a just a word, and has no negative connotations other than what the user or listener assigns to it "/

Another story: My brother watches musicals and calls all the guys in them gay. So i told him "Not all guys in musicals are gay!" So i guess he feels he had to bring up my cousin and he goes "Our cousins gay and disgusting and hes in musicals!" I give him a crazy look and say "Whys he disgusting."
He shrugs and says "Well i don't know hes gay though!"

For the first part? thats not standing up for homosexuals? Thats more standing up for straight people, whos hetrosexualty is being challenged?
And although the "discusting" part makes no sence, stateing that your cousion is both gay and in musicals is giveing evidance towards his clame? not particaly good evidance due to the sample size, but still evidance "/

So yeah whats your stories if any? And if u havn't had the chance to stick up for them jus say that you would or your wouldn't.

As i said at the beginning, i dont actualy attach much importants to sexualty, for the most part its completety irrelivent and doesnt come in to the equasion "/ So it depends on a person whether i stand up for them, not there sexuality "/

[FlyingJesus]

If a lesbian gets offended by the word "lesbo" it's no worse than me getting offended by someone calling me short. Gays and lesbians have rights, yes, but just because someone is part of a "minority group", that doesn't give them extra rights.

Do you get annoyed like this whenever anyone says anything that could somehow be offensive to someone? If you do you're a very boring person.

[BL!NKEY]

If my friends were talking about them then I wouldnt stand up for them and say maybe we shouldnt joke about that. I wouldnt go up to a gay and say something mean to their face. But in the culture I live in people say things they dont like "Gay". But I wouldnt stand up for retarted people if my friends were talking mean about them. Nor would I stand up for any type of people if they were talking abuot them because it is not like they are doing any physical harm. Like I would stand up if they were beating up some gay person but I know no one I know would do that.

[MusicPalace]

well i know i did the right thing, so i'm happy. And i guess i'm mean now too cuz anyone that would not stick up for gays or lesbians is most likely homophobic and homophobics are sick people that should all rot in hell. (I'm usually not mean like that, and that probably wasn't mean anyway.)

[TheLastShadow]

No more than i would stand up for anyone else, homosexuals arnt all magicly nice people, some of them are complete ******s, just like with straight people, so no im not going to stand up for someone, just becuse there gay, sexualy doesnt really have anything to do with weather id stand up for someone or not

At the beginning of this? what exactly offensive about lesbo's? Its a just a word, and has no negative connotations other than what the user or listener assigns to it "/


For the first part? thats not standing up for homosexuals? Thats more standing up for straight people, whos hetrosexualty is being challenged?
And although the "discusting" part makes no sence, stateing that your cousion is both gay and in musicals is giveing evidance towards his clame? not particaly good evidance due to the sample size, but still evidance "/


As i said at the beginning, i dont actualy attach much importants to sexualty, for the most part its completety irrelivent and doesnt come in to the equasion "/ So it depends on a person whether i stand up for them, not there sexuality "/

Owned.

And id probably say something like "Chill come on thats burnt" cause making fun of anyone is mean..But i aint gonna yell out in a crowd "SHUT UP JUST CAUSE HES GAY! GO TAKE A HIKE". Its like u feel bad cause the poor person is getitng cracked on its just like thats burnt

[womanizer]

Id cuss them out

FIGHT DA POWA

[Mentor]

well i know i did the right thing, so i'm happy. And i guess i'm mean now too cuz anyone that would not stick up for gays or lesbians is most likely homophobic and homophobics are sick people that should all rot in hell. (I'm usually not mean like that, and that probably wasn't mean anyway.)

hehe, im amused how you bring hell in to this, when takeing in to account the ignorant often stupid view religion usealy takes on this kinda issue "/ Peronsaly i dont actualy belive in hell and i also dont belive im in anyway homophobic? I really dont see sexualty as something that important in an everyday socal context "/
So if somones an annoying ****, being homosexual isnt going to change that, the same as if someones a nice decent person who you get along with, them being homosexual isnt going to change that in any way, The fact is the issue for the most past has abosulty nothing to do with what a persons like.

Im not going to stick up for somone i dont like, gay or not gay. Im going to stick up for someone i do like, gay or not gay.

Whether somone gay is pretty much irrelevant in my opinion, as i belive i said in my orignal post "/

[fitcovboy]

Well it seems that the only thing you were standing up for is your opinions. Why would a lesbian take offence at the phrase 'lesbo'? People always use different words to describe things.

You are all probably guilty of saying insulting things about people, be it because their ethnic origin, weight, height.

Your brother was simply voicing his opinion, a very narrow minded opinion but still his opinion.

I think you need to lighten up and stop being so defensive, because it looks very much like you are the one with the sexuality problem here.

Just my opinion though.

[summer]

if anyone says anything completely wrong to anyone i'll say something, not just gay/lesbians