Faggot

Theres was times i would tell myself i wish i wasn't gay. But i had that weird feeling about the same sex. But i didn't really know what that meant at the same time. At the age 14 i was in middle school. I started to realize more that i was attracted to guys. There was times i would go to bed crying , wishing i wasn't gay. Because i was scared of how my family would react especially my father. Most of the times, when i would go to bed crying i would pray to god wishing i wast gay. Dad would sometimes catch me crying. He would ask me "why are you crying". I would panic & stress out, i went through my youth unsure about a basic part of me verbally abuse about it growing up my dad taunting me with such negativity & hurtful words such as "Faggot" & "Joto". Much sorrow and hurt kept going threw my head for nights. Sometimes it felt like months. Most of the time he would hit me & call me inappropiate names. Starting high school that changed, he…

the most hateful words an individual can say to another human being. The word faggot is a very powerful and hateful word that leaves an impression on an individual’s life in both short term and long term time periods. The word faggot came from the word fagot which was from the late thirteenth century England and meant a bundle of sticks. Later on the word was used as faggot to rudely describe a woman in the United States in the 20th century. In the twenty first century the word faggot means a…

article in the New Yorker in 1970, “A fathering of homosexuals.. a Jew, a Negro, a butch faggot, a Nellie faggot,” (http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/67623). As the definition has changed dramatically throughout history, today it has become a word with an extensively negative implication. In the contemporary United States it refers to homosexual men, yet is more broadly used as an insult given for a multitude of reasons, encompassing homoerotic behavior and any deviant action. When…

It’s the middle of the 80s AIDS crisis and an activist named Larry Kramer is one of the most influential people of the movement. He is a Jewish gay writer born in Connecticut in 1935. His breakout novel was his book “Faggots,” a critique on the lifestyle of gay men in the 70s. When the AIDS virus hits the US he finds another calling in activism. He forms the groups Gay Men’s Health Crisis and ACT UP. Throughout his controversial life he’s found many enemies, though. Larry was always a critic…

In Larry Mitchell and Ned Asta’s The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, Mitchell and Asta tell the stories of oppressed peoples such as ‘faggots’ and queer men, who must live off of what little possessions they have due to the inequalities of the society they live in. In Shulamith Firestone’s The Dialectic of Sex, Firestone details the possibility of a feminist revolution in the modern era which frees women from the natural and societal inequalities that they experience. In both…

Journal 1.2 Masculinity and homophobia connected when you are an adolescent. As stated by C.J. Pascoe, being homophobic creates masculinity. It may be insulting and offensive to some, but the reality is that it’s the real world and it has been happening since we were young. I don’t agree with it, but that connection is there and there is no way to hide around it, and no way to stop it either. In my opinion, agreeing with Pascoe, being homophobic builds masculinity because you are asserting your…

Be a gentlemen, manage money, work hard, be the best you can be; That’s what I wished my father told me. Be a star athlete, get all the girls, be a man; Have big biceps, be smart but not too smart, be a jock, date the hottest cheerleader; Eat healthy, don’t get fat, drink alcohol, smoke pot; Dress nice, have a decent haircut, get yourself a smooth ride; Go to all the parties, do shots, start a fight, learn how to fuck a girl; I want to make love to a girl; Learn how to defend yourself, never…

“...The thing that Brad yelled at Patrick. “Faggot”!”(150). This is meaning that he is being insulted for who he is and the gender he likes or is. They shouldn't be judging you because if you were in their shoes, you wouldn't want anymore to be bothering you or telling you anything. Therefore, being called “Faggot” can be very offensive to those people that are because they have feelings to and should be insulted when they see them or if they did or made a mistake just because they were drunk…

In this generation the words “gay” and “faggot” are used to make people feel bad about themselves and it is made to be an insult. With these words floating around….. “A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are” Present generations often believe that people, who may differ from us in one way or another, are lower or less deserving than ourselves. As the song goes on, Macklemore uses his lyrics to show that there is no reason to hide who you are and that everyone is similar.…

all straight – straight as a line,” showing that ALL men are supposed to be straight (Jackson, 1982). These days, males don’t have to be straight as there are several sexualities that exist in society. The comparison of being as straight as a line shows how in the 1970s, the norm was to be straight and unfortunately this mindset hasn’t changed. If someone is part of the LGBTQ+ community, they’re harmfully bashed for their “sinful” life choices (e.g. Caitlyn Jenner, Neil Patrick Harris, etc.) In…