'Homosexual' is banned (POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD ALERT)

The Sun ^ | November 27, 2002 | DAVID WOODING

[MadIvan]

GAYS have had the word homosexual banned by the Government because they say it is offensive.

Ministers want it written out of their vocabulary after complaints that it was outdated.

Instead they will refer to those with an “orientation towards people of the same sex”.

Homosexual, coined 130 years ago, will be ditched under anti-discrimination laws drawn up by equality minister Barbara Roche.

Whitehall officials will be told not to use the term in official documents, speeches, press releases or white papers.

Last night a spokesman for Mrs Roche, 48, denied the move was political correctness.

He said: “There was a strong feeling that homosexual wasn’t the way forward in defining sexual orientation. There were various concerns.”

Gays’ objection to the word homosexual was revealed while mum-of-one Mrs Roche was doing a consultation exercise last year.

The paper, called Towards Equality and Diversity, contained the Government’s plans to tackle sexual and religious discrimination.

For decades homosexual was regarded as a non-discriminatory alternative to words like queer, fairy and poof.

But since gay took over as the most popular description in the 1960s, homosexual is seen by some as a term of abuse.

[Slicksadick]

Bone Smuggler, Rump ranger, Butt Pirate.

[Xenalyte]

Miss Twolumps bringing in the tea tray cracks me up every time. (Carol Cleveland is underappreciated as part of the Python Pantheon.)

[yoe]

"f__kin'faggot".

.....has a certain clarity about it don’t you think?.......

[weegee]

Hitler had an idea for the "people's car", the Volkswagen.

You don't want to be some kind of fascist like Hitler do you? You don't really need your own car when socialized mass transit exists; you should be riding along with your commrades. < /sarcasm >

[mhking]

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!

[weegee]

"Homosexual" is neutral, scientific. I can't say I've heard it used in the same pejorative way as "poofter" is used.

What's ironic is that they are attempting to use science to "prove" that homosexuality is a natural and acceptable genetic trait yet they want to ban the most precise (and scientific term) for their condition.

Is bisexual still an acceptable term or are we dealing with a group of homosexual activists who dislike bisexuals (there are some homosexuals who feel that bisexuals are really homosexuals who won't commit or don't like the stigma of being a homosexual).

[WaveThatFlag]

Speaking of which can we get to more important topics, like what to call my Big Bertha Hawkeye driver? "Metal Wood" is just not cutting it.

[kapn kuek]

How about calling them men who have anal and oral sex with other men?

[Grampa Dave]

How about calling them Sexual Predators of the same sex!

[spodefly]

I suppose this means that "Rump Ranger" and "Butt Pirate" are out as well?

[F16Fighter]

"This from a country where if you are asked to go outside and have a cigarette, it sounds like this, and I qoute, 'Let's go outside and blow a fag.'"

A confused Richard Simmons in the UK: "Have fags, will smoke....especially if he's young and cute."

[Dan(9698)]

"One guy corrected me, said that they prefer the word gay. "

So, were they Gay Homosexuals or just happy Homosexuals?

[kapn kuek]

The true meaning of the word homophobia is a homosexual that calls himself gay.

Thank for your brilliance! I am saving this definition for future use.

[biblewonk]

“orientation towards people of the same sex"

I'll say that about the time I start saying African American.

[Billthedrill]

Well, I for one demand reciprocity. I'm sick and tired of being referred to as a "heterosexual." I demand the terminology be changed to "person attracted to other persons with gi-normous hooters." So call me Mister PC...

[Right Wing Professor]

There are many other fine and more ancient polysyllabic words that mean the same thing. Pederast and sodomite are two of my favorites. 'Homosexual' is actually rather new-fangled; it was coined as a 'technical' term by a sexological researcher at the end of the 19th century.

Yep, I'll support its replacement by 'pederast'.

[Right Wing Professor]

It affects many people when they try to cram their disorientation down the throats of others

Yeow. Be careful of those metaphors you're flinging! That one nearly put my mind's eye out. Let's avoid words like 'cram' and 'throat' in this thread, OK? I'd like to be able to eat Thanksgiving Dinner.

[Spiff]

The proper term should be Same Sex Attraction Disorder (SAD).