G O D C L U B

So Hilary Duff and Wanda Sykes are in these ads put out by GLSEN that encourage teens to not use "gay" as a derogatory term. Is it bad that I kind of like them? I can't think of any really worthwhile reason to be annoyed by them. I mean, I guess GLSEN could be using money for other things (that is if they actually put money into them because they are also sponsored by the AD Council), but I think that it is interesting that there is a relatively large media attempt to change public discourse surrounding the word "gay." At the very least, even if it actually doesn't change the mind of any teenagers (which it probably really won't), it reaffirms gay teenage identity. (And the Wanda Sykes one is actually really funny).

The only real problem I have with the commercials is that it compares using the word gay derogatorily as equal to making fun of a teenage girl with an ugly top or a fugly boy with a post-pubescent mustache. NOT THE SAME THING. But, whatevs.