Spanish and Italian cultures are more emotional than Anglo Saxon ones, so you can't assume gay references from using words that portray emotional closeness.
“...this is vulgar.”
It is, needlessly vulgar. And that obscures her point.
Here she is complaining about language and instead of using grown up language herself, like homosexual, she throws the word faggot around.
Nobody likes a good rant better than me, but this wasn’t one.