You don't have to be Gay to support the LGBT Community.

[Bluenorthwest]

76. That link is from 2006. I was not on DU then.

In my family and circle of friends, gay parents are as numerous as straight parents, or nearly. So disrespect toward gay parents or their children would not go well around me. I don't use words like that at all. I can only recall hearing it a few times in my life, once as an insult to straights, none of whom were present and to which I took exception, a few times straight people mention the word, as was the case in that thread, and in this one, actually. A gay relation who was on child three once ironically used the term for herself.
That thread from 2006 also tried to make it seem like the word is common, when it is not., and it attempted to claim that if 'a gay person' uses a term, we all somehow own that action. If that is the case, I'll gladly trade you any of the many terms straights coined and used endlessly toward gay people. If 'a straight' said it, that means they all did, or does that logic only apply to gay people in your world? See, if gay people who do not use language like that need to get your wrath, then what of all those straight people who do not use nasty language against us? Are they also guilty in a proxy sort of way? 'One of you said f****t, so I hold it against all of you'? Is that fair? That's what you are doing. And holding that grudge for years against people who did nothing.
So I say if a person offends you, deal with that person, do not take that offense to others 'like' the person who offended you and claim they are also guilty. That is prejudice.