-when I was younger, I thought being gay was kind of creepy. Not sure why, I was just kind of scared, I guess. We fear what we don't know about.

-I've jokingly called a few of my guy friends gay, and meant it as an insult.

I feel guilty about it now, looking back. I try to counter it now by lecturing anyone who insults gay people, or makes fun of them. Hehe, that leads to some interesting debates

I started picking up "faggot" as an alternative phrase for "goddamnit", without even realising it. Fortunately, I was able to stop myself before it became a habit.

I still don't condemn really bad gay jokes. I have to work on that.

I used to condemn the effeminate straight guy. Technically it's not homophobia, but it's related in a complicated way.

Dave

I think we all have probably done things like this; I think it has less to do with homopboia and more to do with a desire to 'fit in' socially.

Think about it; homophobia is 'cool'.. taking a stand against it distances you from others.

I'm not saying that it's 'okay' or anything, but it's certainly understandable.

i hav a gay uncle so i was alwayz really good with homosexuality.but i hav used the word "gay" as an insult a couple timez.

I use to be rather homophobic and participate in the gay jokes until one day in 5th grade I found out one of my friend's father was gay. Then a few years later I found myself with a crush on a girl.

I love Integra Wingates Hellsing!...Heh I am so sad, I am in love with a fictional character. Wait I can lie to my self, I have been doing that for the past 16 years.

all I can think of is calling my mate simon gay this past weekend, but not meaning it as an insult, actually hoping maybe I was right...

oh, and I was pretty freaked out this past spring when I first realized my newest friend wasn't just a butch girl, but a transexual...I soooo got over that

Yeah, for a while I did the whole "That's so gay" thing. But then I realized that it was stupid, and so I made sure to stop. Now, I'll say something to someone about it...if I know them. And sometimes even if I don't. I do call my friends "fags" or "dykes" a lot...but that's because they are. Te he. I wouldn't use it a an insult, my friends and I just use them as labels. We were actually talking about this the other day, my friend and I. It's like, when African-Americans call each other "nigger" it's okay, but if a Caucasian says it...bad news for them. And if a GLBT person calls another GLBT person a "fag" or a "dyke", it's okay, but if a straight person says it...they're likely to get bitch-slapped if they've just said fag, and decked if they've just said dyke. I just found that interesting.

I've taken to calling things gay for comic irony. I'm out to all of my friends so they get the joke and I'd even like to think that my sarcastic abuse of the word has made them think twice about using it. Hell, my last journal entry was titled "Animé Censorship is Gay". Go figure :p

I feel kind of like a prude. I never made gay jokes, I didn't even know what 'gay' was until I was like ten. Even now, I defend myself when people make that stupid-ass comment 'oh, that's so gay'. Huh. Anybody else feel like that? Never thought gays were sick or evil or made fun of them?

"Where the hell is Nebraska?!"

You might never find out that you are useful for all the right reasons - and not all those stupid things that people tell you you're useful for. --Angelina Jolie

i used to beat up "gay" kids at school. they weren't even "gay"
they were just dorks and weiners...whoops! i guess that dosen't really count though seeing that they weren't really gay.maybe it counts as homophobia since i screamed out the term "FAGGOT" as i would pummel them.oh well, (: i feel bad , i stopped doing that.
i feel better.

i went through a gay phase plus i very rarely stick up for gays unless its really bad...i just learned very early on not to take it personally

I have, over the course of my life as one questioning my sexuality done the following:

-- Put things down by calling them gay
-- Held a person in contempt, as I suspected he was gay
-- Been very uncomfortable in the presence of people whom I believed were gay
-- Invented two particularly heinous gay jokes.

You have my support. Fred Phelps has my hatred.

I'm the most un-P.C. person in the world. I was raised around queers and queens. I learned to have a casual attitude about it all. As long as I'm the only one "getting hurt", I'll say and laugh at anything.

-I've called things gay. Nothing shocking there.
-I've called my junker car "The Fag Wagon". To my defense, the thing is rainbow and driven by yours truly.
-I've laughed at and told gay jokes. Still do, if they're creative enough. My personal fave is "She thinks Stone Mountain (carpet warehouse) is an all-you-can-eat buffet." Said about yours truly by a former friend.

That being said, I'll stand up for anyone having these things done to them. Having a sense of humor is one thing. Being malicious is another entirely.

i have called things gay
i laughed with my guy friends coz a boy was bi they envoke a diffent mentalety on me boys a differnt to girls i hate it

they are my confessions

==*ash*can't even think straight==

For as long as I can remember I've known that I would do what was necessary to ensure equal rights for all. The first speech I remember making in class was about how I would be willing to risk arrest to participate in a gay or racial equality rights protest. It made things hard for me since the school I go to (a combination elementary, middle, and high school) is small and closed minded. I learned to deal with it.

The reason I acted the way I did is because I've always tried to think about how I would feel if I was treated like dirt because of some supposed difference. That and my stepdad is very racist and homophobic and I didn't want to be like him. Plus I'd always liked things that society has a problem with. Still do in fact.

All these things into consideration, it took me until I was 18 to fully accept that I was bi and transgendered. Why did it take so long? No idea. I tricked myself into thinking my crushes on other females was nothing more than a desire to be friends.

My secret (or not so secret anymore) shame is that despite claiming to be so ok with it and open minded I remained in denial for so long about being bi and tried to force myself into a gender role that wasn't me.

when I was beginning to be outed I got on the extreme defensive and started flinging out the gay jokes and mocking/teasing the 'lesbian' in my year (I'm friends with her now, turns out she's actually bi) and I said some horrible things in general which I regret deeply now.
I do try to counter it by sticking up for the LGBT students and pushing for discipline of students who attack, either physically or verbally, other students for being gay.

I'm always assuming people are gay. And am usually wrong.
I hate all public displays of affection. When it happens to be same-sex I feel a little homophobic, even though I hate all PDA equally.
I always let "that's so gay" go because I don't want people to be uncomfortable around me. However if someone makes an untasteful joke I will be quick to say "that is so f'ed up and not cool."
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the anti-philosophy of spontaneous acrobatics / tristan tzara

Oh, come on. I'm a dyke. I Love a good gay joke. I say "That's so gay" all the time. I like to think I have the right to, seeing as if I don't use it in fun, it'll be used against me.

Whatever I did, I didn't do it.

Before I came out, I made homophobic jokes about 2 boys that people always said were going out (they weren't). I almost got kicked out of Health class for that because some stupid girl said I started it and CRIED because I said that she had in fact started the jokes, I was just going along with it.

That's it though.

The only thing I've done that I'm ashamed of:
When I was in sixth grade, my friend asked me if I had a crush on any boys, and I responded with my usual "no." Then she asked me if I had a crush on any girls, I assume as a joke, and without thinking I said, "Ew! No!" I immediately regretted this response because I was, in fact, already out to myself. What a step backwards.

I always yell at people who use gay as an insult, and am very outspoken about how I feel regarding GLBT issues. Still, it doesn't really make up for that "Ew! No!" back in sixth grade.

I never contributed to the jokes but i didnt tell people to stop either, i just shut up and didnt talk or respond, now i tell people to stop, atleast in my boyscout troop, but thats because they have to listen to me =P

**Far from a saint, not quite a sinner**