Gay insults

Exploring the vibrant and ever-evolving world of LGBTQ+ slang, our team has curated a list of the top slang terms used within the gay community. Offensive contemporary term for LGBTQ+ people, often used by right-wing people reacting to perceived advancements in LGBTQ+ people's rights.

Synonyms: Bathsheba composition between bathroom and Sheba to create a name reminiscent of the Queen of Sheba , Ghost 50s, ghost, because they wander the corridors of the bathroom. Browse these 21 words we have reclaimed — and some we haven’t. Gay slang expression for people who frequent public toilets looking for sexual encounters.

1. More often used as a now widely recognised term of affection between gay men, though more likely as a friendly term than as a romantic one. This section contains many abhorrent and harmful terms, as well as reclaimed slurs and community slang. All are offensive and should not be reproduced in description unless necessary.

Queer. If a lesbian says it, it's okay as it is THEIR slur and not for others to call them even "jokingly." (this word also means lesbian in Finnish) people who can reclaim this slur. "Queer” was first used. Should not be confused with the game of the same name, which involves throwing beanbags into a hole in a wooden platform.

Widely used in this way in the UK, inoffensive. Well, Bored Panda has a list of people who had some pretty hilarious and perfect responses to homophobic comments. It is offensive towards lesbians, just as dyke. Please take care when using the glossary. Cannot corroborate from other sources.

Well, you can fight fire with fire or you can take another route. This list may not reflect recent changes. See 3. There are many variations of this term used for queer people across the 20th century and across different regions, inlcuding bowl of fruit, fruitcake, fruit-eater, fruitloop, and fruit-picker.

Not to be confused with other meanings: "Fag" is also British English slang for a cigarette. If used in these alternative contexts, consider including further explanation or quotation marks in description, to make this clear. All across Twitter, Facebook, and even in text messages to family members, people have professed their homophobic views.

Associates gay men with misogynistic ideas of femininity; implies weakness, unthreateneaning appearance, cowardliness. Now mostly obsolete. Inoffensive in this context, though rare. A person holds a rainbow flag at a beach with the word "queer" above them.

There is speculation that the term came to be a slur due to this association with immorality and punishment, but there is no consensus on its origins. Only use these terms if someone self-describes in this way, and enclose in quotation marks to indicate this. Therefore, lesbo is no different.

Emily St. James, Vox [4]. Offensive, often used as an intentional slur. The content of the Chew glossary can be distressing - there are many words documented here that are offensive. Green's Dictionary of Slang [8]. Mostly appeared originally in s-onwards in informal dictionaries of slang, which were not always reliable.

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All of these terms are offensive and should never be replicated unless a necessary part of a title or other identifier, in which case enclose in quotation marks to indicate this. For historical preth Century terms, see 3. Should we reclaim queer? Gay terms should not be used as an insult because there is nothing wrong with being gay.