More on the subject.

In many ways it's unfortunate the word "gay" has been appropriated to mean homosexual. After all "gay" is a perfectly good word for being bright, happy, and upbeat. But at least it is a positive word so there's no reason to be annoyed. However, the word "queer" which so many people seem to accept as a synonym for gay is one I find utterly unacceptable. The dictionary definitions of queer are, "strange, odd, unusual, peculiar, curious, bizarre, weird, uncanny, freakish, eerie, and unnatural." Now I don't know about other gay men, but I don't consider myself any of those things, and thus find the appellation queer to be highly offensive.  Sadly I have noticed that many straight people innocently seem to feel it is completely acceptable and use it at will without fear of being politically incorrect. I say, get over that comfort area right now. Unless you're with some kind of repressed homosexual who gets a masochistic pleasure out of insulting himself, then it would be best to avoid that word unless you're using it to mean, "strange, odd, unusual, peculiar, curious, bizarre, weird, uncanny, freakish, eerie, or unnatural"