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Jan 2012
Open your ears and tell me what you hear.
A word of only three letters can hurt so many.
People trash talking on the basketball court
Saying that your moves ****
And that he’s all that.
Oh, by the way,
Your moves are just gay?

Walk down the halls of every school,
Middle school
High school
University,
And you will hear,
“Oh my God, he’s so gay.”
Or “…that’s so gay.”

Walk down Main Street of every town,
Your town
My town
His town
Her town,
And you will her kids of all ages saying,
“Don’t be so gay”
Or “You’re gay.”

That word is only three letters long
But it carries a big punch.
It carries the same weight of an atomic bomb.
When you let it go,
Everyone is hurt.
It offends everyone, especially those who are gay

It’s not cool or creative
So the next time you use “gay”
Remember:
“You offend one person,
And you offend everyone.”
Think before you speak.
My inspiration was from the PSA for GLSEN and the Ad Council's Think Before You Speak campaign on April 12, 2011. It features Grant Hill and Jared Dudley from the Phoenix Suns.
David Chin
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David Chin  29/M/New Jersey
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