necromanzer52 said:
Razada said:
necromanzer52 said:
Razada said:
I was actually going to say homosexuals originally, but then changed it to gays, as it's the more normal, everyday term, and I didn't want to appear too formal. Which isn't brilliant reasoning, but I don't see any problem as, in my experience, the terms are pretty interchangeable.
Depends on your mood and I guess I am an overly formal guy. I just prefer the term homosexuals as it is less... *sigh* Less associated with males. You gotta admit, when someone says "Look its a gay couple" they usually mean "Look its a gay male couple". That plus the fact that people so often use the word gay to mean bad these days, well, it just makes me flinch whenever I hear the term. Better safe than sorry and all that, Heh.
However, none of that matters within the context of this thread so I wish you good day.
I would have thought it was the other way around actually. To me homosexual sounds more specifically male, whereas gay is just a gender neutral term.
I think it also comes down to culture? To me, as a Brit, Gay = Men and Lesbian = Woman, despite both Gay and Homosexual being gender neutral (Although Lesbian is not. Hmmm. Odd that there is a specific for lesbians but not for gay men) and I find homosexual to be more netural than gay.
But... This is all not really connected at all to the argument at hand.
EDIT:
Argument?
Debate?
Discussion?
I just fell off a plane and have been awake for more than 24 hours, apologies if I am incoherent.