I grew up during a time where “gay” was a common insult in school. And being called that probably impacted me more than I gave it credit for… I guess some other things (I went through a lot of abuse in high school) but none stick out to me as such.
More recently, some bi male friends of mine have been using the bundle-of-sticks word to refer to me and others, so I’m wondering if that term in particular is being reclaimed.
Other than that, apart from an American friend not realising how problematic “special” is, I’ve not really been slurred at. I don’t think I’d take it very well though if it happened irl, given how sensitive I am…
I remember these times, and do I ever have regrets. We were all dumb kids at some point, and we really didn’t know as much as we thought we did. I’m sorry you had to deal with that.
I grew up during a time where “gay” was a common insult in school. And being called that probably impacted me more than I gave it credit for… I guess some other things (I went through a lot of abuse in high school) but none stick out to me as such.
More recently, some bi male friends of mine have been using the bundle-of-sticks word to refer to me and others, so I’m wondering if that term in particular is being reclaimed.
Other than that, apart from an American friend not realising how problematic “special” is, I’ve not really been slurred at. I don’t think I’d take it very well though if it happened irl, given how sensitive I am…
I remember these times, and do I ever have regrets. We were all dumb kids at some point, and we really didn’t know as much as we thought we did. I’m sorry you had to deal with that.
It was reclaimed a while ago.