2 years ago:
I agree. I have a (male) friend, who is only, like, eleven, and he got a bunch of people spreading rumours that he was gay (he isn't, but that's not the point. They were saying that he 'acted' gay and being kind of insulting to say the least). He told a teacher and now we kind of joke about it and he plays it up like crazy, saying stuff like 'fabulicious' and giving little effeminate hand-flicks and everything. I also have another friend (female and almost fifteen) whose mum lives with another woman (I don't know if they're actually together in a romantic sense. Some people say they are, but my friend won't tell me so for the moment we'll say that they're not). Two girls who were supposed to be her friends were saying stuff about them having a 'love fest' with their other 'lezzie friends' and giggling a lot. I probably should have objected to that--but I'm sure you can appreciate, with your Lucy thing and everything, it's a lot easier said than done. I feel as if the homophobia is becoming a bit better now. Of course it has to improve gradually, just like racism did, and there's more gay people in the media and everything which probably helps. But you know, it's still worse than I originally thought. 32% of people in Britain (don't know the statistics for America) still have a problem with homosexuality. That's a massive number, a third of the population. It's shocking and it's just wrong.