Category: LGBTIAQQ* issues (page 4 of 4)

120: Homophobia Out of Sport

A new campaign to get rid of homophobic language in Aussie Rules football is drawing attention around the world.

And other groups from soccer to hockey are picking up the ball in an effort to end anti-gay slurs. How are …

101: Words of the Year 2012

Time for our yearly round-up of words that made the news.

Which vocabulary items captured the essence of our time, and which will survive?

Linguist Daniel Midgley brings you the useful, the outrageous, and the awful on this episode of …

98: Homophobia

We don’t seem to mind when words are created, but who decides when a word should be retired?

This week, the Associated Press decided that it would refrain from using the words homophobia and Islamophobia. What’s behind the change? …

8: Money for Nothing

CW: homophobic slur

This month, Canadian radio banned the Dire Straits song ‘Money for Nothing’ over an anti-gay slur in its lyrics.

Has the f-slur now become as unacceptable as other swear words? And how has the word changed since …

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