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Moniker42 · 05-15-2007

I've just read the full article...

"The girl, Jessica Turner, and her grandparents Kenneth and LaVerne Richardson, are seeking more than $400,000 in damages under the suit filed Friday against the Chicago Board of Education and others."

$400,000?! That's a bit much

Although I think it's still a complete over-reaction I've changed my mind, that film shouldn't have been shown to twelve year olds - although I think being freaked out by homosexuality is something that has to change with today's youth.

Here's a question I'd be interested in hearing the answers to... Is homosexuality still regarded as weird and abnormal in the states? I know in the UK I don't think anyone would be caught dead "coming out" at school, they'd probably be bullied and laughed at, the word "gay" has an extremely negative connotation.
I'm 17, I've just left school, and i still know some people that say things like "don't be gay" (if you refuse to lend someone money or whatever) to mean something negative or "that's gay" (in reply to getting detention for being late). Is the word gay used in that context elsewhere or is that a Glasgow/UK thing?

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Moniker42 Level 37 Bureaucrat Join Date: May 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 188	Re: Family of girl, 12, sues after 'Brokeback' shown in class I've just read the full article... "The girl, Jessica Turner, and her grandparents Kenneth and LaVerne Richardson, are seeking more than $400,000 in damages under the suit filed Friday against the Chicago Board of Education and others." $400,000?! That's a bit much Although I think it's still a complete over-reaction I've changed my mind, that film shouldn't have been shown to twelve year olds - although I think being freaked out by homosexuality is something that has to change with today's youth. Here's a question I'd be interested in hearing the answers to... Is homosexuality still regarded as weird and abnormal in the states? I know in the UK I don't think anyone would be caught dead "coming out" at school, they'd probably be bullied and laughed at, the word "gay" has an extremely negative connotation. I'm 17, I've just left school, and i still know some people that say things like "don't be gay" (if you refuse to lend someone money or whatever) to mean something negative or "that's gay" (in reply to getting detention for being late). Is the word gay used in that context elsewhere or is that a Glasgow/UK thing?
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