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.@AZEALIABANKS "needs to stop using homophobic slurs."
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Banks said she doesn’t regret her use of slurs and explained that by her definition the word “******” specifically describes misogynists — because the word “misogynist” itself escapes Banks.
“A lot of gay men are way more misogynistic than straight men,” she said, adding, “You can be a straight ******, you can be a gay ******. A ****** is anybody that hates women.”
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Banks used the word “f*****” last year during a run-in with gossip blogger Perez Hilton. Hilton had taken sides with rapper Angel Haze in her feud with Banks. Banks decided to tweet “@PerezHilton lol what a messy ****** you are.” She eventually apologized to those who were offended by her foul language (but really, the “I’m sorry if you were offended” apology is a non-apology).
In clarification of why she called Hilton a ******, Banks gave a slightly different definition, tweeting, "A ****** is not a homosexual male. A ****** is any male who acts like a female. There’s a big difference.” She followed up that tweet by saying that as a bisexual person, she understood the weight of the word, clarifying she should have said “acts like a ****” instead. Either Banks’s definition has evolved or she just can’t keep track of her definitions. That was a year ago, and she has since (perhaps recently) deleted those tweets. But she's still using homophobic slurs.
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It seems that Banks doesn’t understand that no one can suddenly choose to self-define a word with decades of historical meaning. And while I in no way want to defend the likes of Perez Hilton, she is using a slur that has been used by and against queer men. It’s not a word she has any right to use. The word “******” shouldn’t be in her vocabulary.
As GLAAD noted when she first used the slurs, “Our society knows that 'fa**ot' is a derogatory word for gay men, and in this case it was used to attack someone in a very public altercation with hundreds of thousands of fans and young people following.”
So yes, this slur is primarily used on queer people who identify or present as male. It’s a derogatory term that has been used to attack our humanity and is associated with acts of violence against us.
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