Freddie Mercury was gay

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Freddy Mercury was gay.

Freddy Mercury was gay.

He was also made of pure awesome

But he was still gay lol though in this day and age I don't think it matters.

I don't think it even mattered back then. I'm also on the "Queen/Freddie Mercury equals awesomeness" train, used to be a huge fan.

Freddy Mercury was gay.

But there was even worse: he got a moustache.

Freddy Mercury was gay.

And that means?

Hey. The thread is now not about using a re-make of Queen's song to create a fun map but about moustaches of the gay. What the fish?

Freddy Mercury was gay.

And that means?

He was a happy person!
Or he liked MEN!
Or probably even both!!

Freddy Mercury was gay.

And that means?

He was a happy person!
Or he liked MEN!
Or probably even both!!

I read somewhere that word 'gay' meant 'happy' or 'jealous' some time ago. Just recently people on YouTube started using this word as if 'you are gay' meant 'you suck' instead of 'you're a jealous guy'. Wrong

I'am into bringing back the old meaning!

Just recently people on YouTube started using this word as if 'you are gay' meant 'you suck'

correct.
And this also even has a specific term: homophobia.

i wouldn't call it a "phobia". It's like, when you
say, for example "stupid like a cow", does it mean you must be cow-a-phobic? People sometimes say or write stupid things, that's obvious. But in most cases, no "phobia" involved. No offence to anyone, but in my opinion "homophobia" as a term is slightly overused nowadays.

please some mercifull moderator, move most of those posts to offtopic or anywhere, or just delete them

please some mercifull moderator, move most of those posts to offtopic or anywhere, or just delete them

I can change the topic to "Another One Bites The Rainbow"...

"homophobia: irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals".
Exact same definition in french and spanish.

i wouldn't call it a "phobia". It's like, when you
say, for example "stupid like a cow", does it mean you must be cow-a-phobic?

Of course not. Mostly because you likely have no fear of cows.
But concerning homophobia, there is a "phobia": we talk about fear because homosexuality challenges the sexuality of homophobic people.

And I agree on one point: we are definitely off-topic.

"Gay" is not exactly a homophobic word, it all depends on context; sometimes it is in fact a very gay-friendly word.
And while many would say calling something "gay" as a negative quality is often done without anything directly homophobic in mind, the fact is that it does banalize the use of the word as an insult, which is just another way to make the kids think it's okay to associate homosexuality and bad things.
No direct homophobic intent, but it certainly does not help tolerance at all.

phobia shouldn't be the same as discrimination, fear is fear, dicrimination is discrimination. But i know that sometimes (usually?) fear is somehow connected with discrimination. Maybe i just look at it from strict medical point of view too much... If that's official definition, then i must live with it.

But i know that sometimes (usually?) fear is somehow connected with discrimination.

Got the point, my friend!

woaw, I would have never bet on a thread named "Freddie Mercury was gay" on Xono forum...

"Gay" is not exactly a homophobic word, it all depends on context; sometimes it is in fact a very gay-friendly word.
And while many would say calling something "gay" as a negative quality is often done without anything directly homophobic in mind, the fact is that it does banalize the use of the word as an insult, which is just another way to make the kids think it's okay to associate homosexuality and bad things.
No direct homophobic intent, but it certainly does not help tolerance at all.

You've wrote a great thing I totally agree.

Sometimes I can't resist felling that some people around the internet know only two phrases, and use them to describe whatever they encounter in the world:

"awesome" / "fukcing awesome" and "lol this sux" / "this is gay".

Sad.

I have no hate or love for man being sexually attracted by other man. I just haven't met any. And from what I hear - some of them (like Freddy Mercury) are great people, some of them much better than those who pick on them and are agressive to those people.

Another approach is what Bible says on this matter. IIRC there is written something that means a bad thing: those men who take part in sexual act with other man like with women do a very ugly thing and should be killed. I'am not sure if all the law (which contains that rule) was rejected by Christ, and only one thing that decides now is people's faith in Jesus. I don't know... I'd love it to be so, gotta read Bible to find out

By the way: Freddie Mercury wasn't exactly gay. He was bisexual. He have had affairs with both woman and man. And how could he be so sexy on stage if he wasn't attracted by woman?

Wtf, thread split? i guess i deserve this....

Btw: Gay is a philosophy. It means a pro-life attitude, acceptance of every individual and free love (free like in open-source). i was just stating the obvious!
i expected one or 2 witty remarks, but didn't intend a thread-split.

(And i love his Super-Mario-moustache!)

Gay is a philosophy. It means a pro-life attitude, acceptance of every individual and free love (free like in open-source)

...yes...yes...yes... WHAT?!?!?!

What, i thought it was quite obvious: the cute names, the open-mindedness.... and even the girls have suspiciously strong hands....

Freddie Mercury? who is that?

Gay? who is that?

Gay? who is that?

xsax?

Linus Torvalds? Who is that?

Who is love?

"Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more...."