Why does gay mean stupid

All of these have the potential of creating an unsafe classroom or school environment and must be addressed. So, what can caring adults do?

Skip to Content. Accept More Information. These are hurtful words and can impact anyone who overhears them. Is that clear? Ignoring mean name-calling and hurtful teasing allows it to continue and possibly get worse. Gorman, whose parents are lesbians, wrote an email to Apple CEO Tim Cook, saying that she objected to the inclusion of gay's informal definition.

The representative was also shocked at the offensive definition, and that the company would look into the problem. Despite Cook's stance, as well as Apple's own extensive anti-discrimination policies , the definition is still in place in Apple's dictionaries. Apple did not respond to ABC News' request for comment. I just went gay. Today, gay is a socially acceptable term for homosexual people. However, this word is rooted in the classification of certain types of people as illicit, counterculture or behaving in ways that go against the respectable conventions of society.

When gay is used today to mean stupid or undesirable it has only been used in this way since the s , it carries with it a history of negative judgment and rigid ideas about who or what is acceptable. Gay is not a dirty word.