i've known this guy ric for years and years. he is gay, and participates in things like marches and goes to pride. but he also uses the word "gay" to put things down. he also doesn't seem to think as highly of gay people as straight people - never has, and i've known him for over ten years.

my son confronted him about this, actually. ric thought about it a lot.

i think within any group, there will be some people who were indoctrinated enough by society to feel that their entire group is "less than" because society dictates it is so.

it's really too bad :-(