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pona-a • today at 7:38 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

Idk, some queer people are ironically using it in that way, which kinda blurs the line. The word gay itself started out as an insult, but later became the preferred term people identify with, as opposed to the clinical "homosexual" which I'd identify as more uncomfortable today.


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Izkata • today at 5:32 PM

Go further back and it just meant happy or cheerful.