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Equality means understanding that the use of the words "faggot," "dyke" or "queer" as derogatory terms in casual coversation is just as offensive as the use of "nigger" or "kike...
...fighting on a San Francisco sidewalk last December, his reaction was typical of many city dwellers: he crossed to the other side of the street. But before the 38-year-old gay poet could get safely out of range, one of the men suddenly came after him."Hey, you faggot bitch," the man called out, "I'll mess you up." Running over, he knocked Sugar to the pavement and began kicking him in the back. As Sugar lay on the ground, another man ran over and stole his wallet...
These race-walking movements produce that curious rolling motion of the hips that many bystanders in their lethargy find amusing. "This is not a sport for insecure people," says Julie Morrison, editor of the Running Journal, based in Concord, N.C. "People often yell out and call me 'faggot' because I swing my hips," says Jacobson's son Alan, 32, a top competitive walker. Shrugging off the stereotypical jeers, Alan Jacobson churns along at 7 m.p.h., compared with the average aerobic walker's 4.5-m.p.h. pace...
Boston resident Todd McKay told the committee that police officers insinuated that he and a male friend who "were sitting in [a] car talking," were having sex. "The police yelled `Hey faggot' and `Fucking queer' and then arrested me," McKay said...
Handel said he had seen a policeman call a gay pedestrian a "faggot", and he also testified that the police department was purposefully slow in responding to reports of harassment of gays and lesbians...