2. Thatās so gay!
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Everyone says it. Right? Itās no big deal.!!
Maybe you say it, too.!
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But what do you mean when you say it, exactly?!
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Thatās so gay?!
3. Do you mean ābrilliantā like Alan Turing the British mathematician and logician who
cracked German codes, which helped defeat the Nazis?!
4. Do you mean āwittyā like Oscar Wilde the Irish poet and writer from the 1800s, who we
still quote today?!
5. Do you mean āathleticā like Martina Navratilova, the Czech-born tennis player who was
number 1 in the world and arguably the greatest player of either gender ever?!
6. Do you mean āartisticā like Andy Warhol, the American artist and leading ļ¬gure in the
Pop Art movement?!
7. Do you mean āpoeticā like Walt Whitman, the āfather of free verseā and probably the
greatest American poet of all time?!
8. Do you mean āintellectualā like Ludwig Wittgenstein, the Austrian-born philosopher?!
9. Do you mean āsmartā or āadventurousā like Sally Ride, the physicist and astronaut ā
and the ļ¬rst American woman in space?!
10. Do you mean āmusicalā like Tchaikovsky, the Russian composer, who wrote some of
the most popular music in the classical canon?!
11. Do you mean ābraveā like Harvey Milk, the ļ¬rst openly gay person to be elected to
public ofļ¬ce in California?!
12. Do you mean ādashingā and ātalentedā like Sir Ian McKellen, one of the greatest and
most respected actors of our time?!
13. Do you mean ācompassionateā like Florence Nightingale, the English social reformer
and founder of modern nursing?!
14. Do you mean ātoughā like Michael Sam, defensive end for the St. Louis Rams and the
NFLās ļ¬rst openly gay player?!
15. So many great words to choose from when youāre
describing something. !
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āGayā is just one.!
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Why not be clear about what you mean?!
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Gay people will probably appreciate it.!
16. In honor of all my LGBTQ brothers and sisters | Pride Month, June 2014!
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@stribs!
Thank you!