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View Poll Results: The limp-wristed hand gesture
is offensive and demeaning to gay people 21 35.00%
is harmless 9 15.00%
is funny 1 1.67%
is something I have done, but no longer do 9 15.00%
is something I have done and still do 0 0%
is something I see often 2 3.33%
is something I haven't seen in the last decade 23 38.33%
is something I sometimes see 13 21.67%
makes me feel bad 5 8.33%
is worth speaking up against 16 26.67%
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Old 01-10-2012, 06:32 AM   #1
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It depends on who is using the gesture. If I am with my queer friends and we are awash in camp then it is alright. A straight person doing the gesture to indicate someone is gay is not alright.
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It depends on who is using the gesture. If I am with my queer friends and we are awash in camp then it is alright. A straight person doing the gesture to indicate someone is gay is not alright.
exactly how i feel
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I've done it and will probably do it again.
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