Word: faggots
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hanks can be the good, dying gay man in Philadelphia--but no passionate kiss for your boyfriend, please. In the thriller Copycat, the gay character is not the serial killer, he is the heroine's best friend--but he still gets murdered. And gay baiting is still acceptable; "faggot" remains the epithet du jour of movie machismo. In Mel Gibson's Braveheart, early line favorite for the top Oscars, the English prince who will become Edward II dares to have a male lover at court. The King's response: he throws the lover out a high castle window, then contemptuously...
...equally successful attempt to affirm gay dignity, the current issue also contains the following gem, quoted in The Crimson: "Truth in Advertising? "The poster originally read 'Come hear Barney Frank'.. Later his name was blacked out and the word 'faggot' written across it..."" Apparently, Peninsula believes that in service of the twin goals of truth in advertising and affirming gay dignity, we should call all gays "faggots...
Apparently Truth and Courage (Peninsula-style) mean calling a faggot a faggot. How very pleasant. How very thoughtful. How very enlightening. How very dignified. Lest one suppose that these instances of "affirming dignity" are the work of a rogue among the Peninsula staff, the masthead assures us that "The Council [the three highest ranking members of Peninsula] accepts responsibility for all unsigned pieces." The two wisecracks quoted above are both unsigned...
...poster, which originally read "Come Hear Barney Frank Talk About Political Life in Washington and How He Copes With Conservatives Like Newt Gingrich," was "doctored to read 'See How Barney Frank Deals With Being a Faggot,'" said Leverett resident Sarah J. Manguso...
...Later, his name was blacked out and the word 'faggot' was written across it," she said...