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Anti-gay slogans are catchphrases or slogans which express opposition to homosexuality in ways which gay rights activists consider to be irrationally hostile or fearful (see homophobia and also anti-gay). Whether any particular formula is actually irrational is, of course, a matter of considerable controversy. A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ...
Look up Slogan on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A slogan is a memorable phrase used in political or commercial context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. ...
Since its coining, the term homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ...
// The gay rights movement comprises a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, and related causes. ...
The term homophobia is constructed from Greek όμοιος (homos), same and φόβος (fobos), fear. ...
Homophobia is a term used to describe: A culturally determined phobia manifesting as fear, revulsion, or contempt for desire or physical love between people of the same sex. ...
These slogans, along with moral or or scriptural prohibitions, have a long history, dating back at least as far as Classical Greece 2500 years ago. They range from the disrespectful, denigrating and pejorative to those expressing antipathy on religious or moral grounds. They commonly use pejorative terms like "fag" or "faggot". Godhatesfags.com is a prime example. This article describes the ancient classical period: for the classical period in music (second half of the 18th century): see Classical music era. ...
// Overview Religious views of homosexuality have varied widely. ...
Look up Fag on Wiktionary, the free dictionary The word fag has several meanings: A fag (fag-end) is the (usually worthless) remnant of something; also a cigarette butt. ...
Faggot derives through the Old French fagot from the Latin facus (bundle) (see also fasces), coming into Middle English on or around the 13th century as a reference to a bundle of sticks or branches meant for firewood. ...
Westboro Baptist Church is a small religious organization based in Topeka, Kansas, USA, headed by minister Fred Phelps. ...
In political use, they are commonly used to convey the varied cases against homosexuality. They reflect the spectrum of opinion among those who oppose homosexuality and gay rights. Many are considered homophobic hate speech by those who accept the concept of hate speech. The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also...
Homophobic hate speech is a controversial way of referring to speech which is taken to be offensive to gay men and lesbians. ...
Hate speech is a controversial term for speech intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against someone based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. ...
Themes The stock phrases used against same-sex love have changed little over the centuries. They are one of the main vehicles for the propagation of anti-gay attitudes.
Declaration that same-sex love is unnatural Main article: Queer studies Queer studies is the study of issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity. ...
This particular charge dates back to Plato, who claimed that male love was "against nature" (para-physein). In recent times the discussion has been framed in psychiatric rather than philosophical terms, with the claim that it is a sexual perversion. Paraphilia (in Greek para παρά = over and philia φιλία = friendship) is a mental health term recently used to indicate sexual arousal in response to sexual objects or situations that are not part of societally normative arousal/activity patterns, or which may interfere with the capacity for reciprocal affectionate sexual activity. ...
Though the psychiatric establishment did medicalize same-sex love, that position has been revised and homosexuality was removed as a medical disorder from the DSM4 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). Recent work in queer studies has shown the practice to be widespread in nature as well as in human society, leading gay right advocates to assert that opposition to same sex love would itself be against nature. Queer studies is the study of issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity. ...
Blame for Biblical plagues and natural disasters Main article: Religion and homosexuality // Overview Religious views of homosexuality have varied widely. ...
Since the middle ages, sodomites were blamed for "bringing down the wrath of God" upon the land, and their pleasures blamed for the periodic epidemics of disease which decimated the population. This "pollution" was thought to be cleansed by fire (modelled after the mythical destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah), as a result of which countless individuals were burned at the stake or run through with white-hot iron rods. Sodom redirects here. ...
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A modern example of this type of thinking was shown by the Rev. Jerry Falwell, who blamed gays and lesbians (among others) for indirectly causing the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington of September 11, 2001. On the broadcast of the Christian television program "The 700 Club," Falwell made the following statement (for which he later apologized): Jerry Lamon Falwell (born on August 11, 1933) is an American Baptist pastor, televangelist, founder of the Moral Majority & Liberty University, and a prominent Conservative activist. ...
- I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'
Since the 1980's, similar accusations have been made, inspired by the AIDS epidemic, labeling it a gay disease and divine retribution against homosexuals. The epidemic, however, has touched primarily people enagaged in opposite-sex behaviors, and medical evidence indicates the disease is propagated not because the sex of the partner is the same as one's own, but as a factor of unhygienic sexual behaviors (such as relations with multiple partners concurrent with an absence of protective techniques). See discussion below The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, is a non_governmental organization devoted to defending civil rights and civil liberties in the United States. ...
1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
The Red Ribbon is the global symbol for solidarity with HIV positive and people living with AIDS. The Red Ribbon was created by the late New York-based painter Frank Moore. ...
A disease is any abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort, dysfunction, or distress to the person affected or those in contact with the person. ...
Conflation with child abuse - See also Pedophilia and sexual orientation
This is an accusation which predates the current era, as it was leveled against pederasts even during Antiquity (See Lucian's Erotes). More recently, this charge has been phrased as "recruitment", implying that homosexuals are somehow predatory on children, or are "recruiting" in secret. A common slogan is "Homosexuals cannot reproduce — so they must recruit" or its variants. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
Pederasty, as idealized by the ancient Greeks, was a relationship and bond between an adolescent boy and an adult man outside of his immediate family. ...
Antiquity means ancient times, and may be used of any period before the Middle Ages. ...
Lucian Lucian of Samosata (Greek, Λουκιανὸς ΣαμοσατεÏÏ‚, Latin, Lucianus; c. ...
In an Advocate.com interview[1] on his 2000 work, Outlaw Representation: Censorship and Homosexuality in 20th-Century American Art, Richard Meyer discusses this line of attack: This article is about the year 2000. ...
- . . . those who attacked Mapplethorpe's work in the late 1980s used this photograph to reinforce long-standing stereotypes of gay men as pedophiles. Although no sexual activity is shown (or even suggested) in the portrait, and although the picture was commissioned by the child's mother who was in the room at the time of its taking, the very fact that Mapplethorpe had photographed a naked boy was enough, at least in the minds of Pat Robertson and Jesse Helms, for the photographer to be accused of child molestation.
Among the counterarguments used to refute the charge are that it is based on the denial of the comparable abuse of young girls by men who prefer the opposite sex, and on the infantilization of adolescents who in a different context would be considered to have come of age. The reports of young people discovering their attraction to others of the same sex at an early age contradict claims that those young people were subject to outside persuasion. Robert Mapplethorpe (November 4, 1946 - March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, famous for his large-scale, highly-stylized black & white portraits, photos of flowers and male nudes. ...
1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
Pat Robertson Marion Gordon Pat Robertson (born March 22, 1930) is an American Christian televangelist, entrepreneur, and Christian right political activist. ...
Jesse Helms Jesse Alexander Helms (born October 18, 1921) is a former five-term Republican U.S. Senator from North Carolina. ...
Writers who deconstruct the notion of a linkage between homosexuality and pedophilia, such as Gerald Hannon, may even themselves find their work misrepresented as endorsing pedophilia and child abuse. Gerald Hannon (born 1944 in New Brunswick) is a controversial Canadian journalist. ...
Dissipation of vital force This argument has been phrased since antiquity in agricultural terms, as "casting one's seed on sterile rocks." It has been countered by pointing out that there are multiple examples of non-procreative heterosexual sex (as well as masturbation), such as relations between people past the age of conception, commercial sex, and sex in which birth-control measures are used. It has also been suggested that the insemination inherent in same-sex relations, while not producing actual offspring, yields spiritual and intellectual fruit.
Association with effeminacy in men, and masculinity in women Main article: Gender identity In sociology, gender identity describes the gender with which a person identifies (i. ...
This accusation seems to be based on the generalization that all those who engage in same-sex relations are also gender variant, a contention which is not sustained by research in the field.
Homosexuality as a sin Main article: Religion and homosexuality // Overview Religious views of homosexuality have varied widely. ...
Certain Christian congregations interpret Biblical texts to imply that same-sex love is "sinful." Other congregations claim that these interpretations are in error. Many slogans, including some listed in the next section, have been used by religious opponents of homosexuality, particularly by Rev. Fred Phelps. These have included "God Hates Fags", "Fear God Not Fags", and "Matthew Shepard Burns In Hell" [2]. Another slogan is "God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve". // Overview Religious views of homosexuality have varied widely. ...
Fred Phelps, c. ...
Matthew Shepard Matthew Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was an American university student who was murdered. ...
AIDS as a gay disease Related article: Homosexuality and medical science The relationship between homosexuality and medical science has a long and controversial history, covering many countries and stretching across a wide spectrum of specialities, from psychology to epistemology to genetics. ...
A common theme of anti-gay slogans is that AIDS is a gay disease which is somehow deserved. One example is the slogan "AIDS Kills Fags Dead" (fag being a pejorative term for a male homosexual). The fact that the AIDS disease is much more prevalent in the homosexual community fuels the societal thinking in this regard. Actually, HIV, the disease which is believed to be the cause of AIDS, is much more attainable from a man than a woman. The Red Ribbon is the global symbol for solidarity with HIV positive and people living with AIDS. The Red Ribbon was created by the late New York-based painter Frank Moore. ...
Look up Slogan on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A slogan is a memorable phrase used in political or commercial context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. ...
Look up faggot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
The "AIDS Kills Fags Dead" slogan is a parody of the advertising slogan "Raid: Kills Bugs Dead", the tagline used in television advertising for the SC Johnson insecticide. It thus implicitly identifies gay men with vermin fit for extermination. Ad Parody anti-gay slogan File links The following pages link to this file: Anti-gay slogan Categories: Images with unknown source ...
Advertising slogans are claimed to be, and often prove to be, the most effective means of drawing attention to one or more aspects of a product. ...
In contemporary usage, parody is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it. ...
In contemporary usage, parody is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it. ...
Advertising slogans are claimed to be, and often prove to be, the most effective means of drawing attention to one or more aspects of a product. ...
Raid is a brand name insecticide produced by SC Johnson, first launched in 1956. ...
Raid is a brand name insecticide produced by SC Johnson, first launched in 1956. ...
From the earliest days of the medium, television has been used as a vehicle for advertising in some countries. ...
S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. ...
Insecticide application by crop spraying An insecticide is a pesticide whose purpose is to kill or to prevent the multiplication of insects. ...
The slogan appeared during the early years of AIDS in the United States, when the disease was mainly diagnosed among male homosexuals and was almost invariably fatal. The slogan caught on quickly as a catchy truism, a chant, or simply something written as graffiti. The Red Ribbon is the global symbol for solidarity with HIV positive and people living with AIDS. The Red Ribbon was created by the late New York-based painter Frank Moore. ...
A truism is a claim that is so obvious or self-evident as to be hardly worth mentioning, except as a reminder or as a rhetorical or literary device. ...
A chant (peace¹) is the rhythmic speaking or singing of words or sounds, either on a single pitch or with a simple melody involving a limited set of notes and often including a great deal of repetition or statis. ...
Graffiti on the banks of the Tiber river in Rome, Italy. ...
It is reputed that the slogan first appeared in public in the early 1990s, when Sebastian Bach, lead singer of the heavy metal band Skid Row, wore it on a t-shirt. // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...
Sebastian Bach (born Sebastian Bierk, April 3, 1968) was the lead vocalist of the 1980s heavy metal bands Kid Wikkid, Madam X, Herrenvolk, VO5, and Skid Row. ...
Heavy metal is a form of music characterised by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ...
Early 90s Metal Band Skid Row Skid Row is an American heavy metal band which became the hard rock prototypes of the early 1990s metal scene, carving out a profitable niche until the Seattle grunge bands took over. ...
T-Shirt A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a shirt with short or long sleeves, a round neck, put on over the head, without pockets. ...
The phrase has been used by religious opponents of homosexuality. It was for example seen in 1998 at the funeral of Matthew Shepard, a victim of anti-gay violence (who did not have AIDS), when a group led by Rev. Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church staged a protest. // Overview Religious views of homosexuality have varied widely. ...
1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
Matthew Shepard Matthew Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was an American university student who was murdered. ...
Fred Phelps, c. ...
There are at least two Westboro Baptist Churches: Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, run by Pastor Fred Phelps and home to the godhatesfags. ...
A variant of this is "AIDS cures fags", a role reversal which makes homosexuality the disease and the inevitable death from AIDS the "cure".
See also Homophobic hate speech is a controversial way of referring to speech which is taken to be offensive to gay men and lesbians. ...
The relationship between homosexuality and medical science has a long and controversial history, covering many countries and stretching across a wide spectrum of specialities, from psychology to epistemology to genetics. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Societal attitudes towards homosexuality. ...
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The following is a list of sexual slurs that are, or have been, used to refer to members of a given sexual minority, gender, sex, or sexual orientation in a derogatory or pejorative manner. ...
Hate speech is a controversial term for speech intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against someone based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. ...
Fred Phelps, c. ...
Early 90s Metal Band Skid Row Skid Row is an American heavy metal band which became the hard rock prototypes of the early 1990s metal scene, carving out a profitable niche until the Seattle grunge bands took over. ...
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