I'm the same way. "Gay," to me, means happy or joyful. I am also adamant about using "sex" instead of "gender," a term which should be confined to linguistics. And when writing dates, I insist on using "BC" and "AD" instead of "BCE" and "CE."
I was talking to someone about “BCE” and “CE”. I told them that “BCE” means “before Christian era”, and that “CE” means “Christian era”. They were frustrated that I would interpret those initials that way.
As we know, BCE and CE are the politically correct replacements for BC (before Christ) and AD (Anno Domino, or the year of our Lord). The politically correct crowd probably made a blunder by using BCE and CE. Since we know that the calendar numbering system dates from the time of Christ, certainly many other people have thought that BCE was supposed to stand for before the Christian era, as I did.
Maybe some future liberals will overhaul our calendar. The new year 1 could be the equivalent of 1973, to celebrate Roe vs. Wade. Or the new year 1 could be the equivalent of 2004, to celebrate the Mass. same-sex marriage court case. Or maybe 1 will be 2008, to celebrate the election of you know who.