MUCH ADO.

There seems to be a big fuss in the golf world. Apparently after missing a putt at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii, Justin Thomas referred to himself in anger as a faggot. Since this is considered a major slur against gays, he was deeply apologetic and many who heard him found it offensive. As a gay man, I want to state —as I often have—that faggot or any other epithet directed at gays is no more offensive, and actually less so, than the word queer which many gays and organizations have stupidly embraced in the insanely mistaken belief that if offers some kind or armor against discrimination. Queer is in an insult, a verbal attack, an age-old discriminatory nasty  invective and will continue to be such no matter how many misguided gays choose to believe otherwise.