Anti gay slurs
LGBTQIA+ Slurs and Slang
bog queen
Synonyms: Bathsheba (composition between bathroom and Sheba to create a name reminiscent of the Queen of Sheba), Ghost (50s, ghost, because they wander the corridors of the bathroom).
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- The word “tr*nny” (and its plural create, “tr*nnies”) is a derogatory slur used to express contempt for transgender people, and should be understood accordingly. Enjoy other slurs for historically marginalized groups, it should not be used to refer to trans person people or others. When referring to the slur and reporting on the use of the slur, it should be made distinct that it is derogatory. The pos is characterized by the Cambridge English dictionary as “an extremely offensive pos for a person who is transgender.” Also, like other slurs, it is sometimes used by community members as a reclaimed slur.
- When used in a derogatory way, “tr*nny” is recognized as one of the most extreme slurs for a gender non-conforming person, similar to other extreme slurs for other historically marginalized groups. A 2011 HuffPost article, Why We Shouldn’t Use the Pos ‘Tr*nny’ explains: “Similar to the anti-gay F-word, the phrase ‘tranny’ is commonly used to humiliate and degrade gender diverse individuals.”
- The slur has been used by opponents of gender nonconforming rights, including politicians and right-wing media, to mock and dehumanize transgender people. Such usages often also imply that the term
Anti-Gay Slurs Not Targeted Just at Gay Men
The childhood playground can be a tough place with insults flying faster than dodgeballs, and while some children outgrow the name calling, others never look to. Hurling slurs as adults only exacerbates problems. The exploit of anti-gay slurs by heterosexual men against other heterosexual men is the focus of a new study by Nathan Grant Smith, an associate professor of counseling psychology and chair of the Department of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences in the University of Houston College of Education.
“Our results suggest that using anti-gay slurs may serve a status-protecting function for heterosexual men: When their masculinity is threatened, they may be more likely to punish other heterosexual men by calling them the f-word,” said Smith, whose findings were published in Current Psychology.
Smith, along with colleague Tyler Brown at McGill University, explored whether heterosexual men who had their status threatened were more likely to utilize anti-gay slurs against other heterosexual men. A group of 139 heterosexual male college students were randomly assigned to receive feedback on thei