Azizi, I think it's very important for us to avoid being overly sensitive about the use of words, and to avoid reading prejudice into places where there is none. Here on a folk music forum, we frequently discuss songs and use traditional language that now can be considered objectionable in certain circumstances. I think it's very important for us not to get huffy about how people use language.
I think that the "modern" attempt to sanitize language of everything objectionable, is highly offensive. That sort of judgmentalism is divisive.
Most people find nothing wrong with the use of "queer" and "gay" in appropriate context.
-Joe Offer-