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You can only go around in this world declaring that your problems are in fact someone else's problem for so long before it comes back and bites you in the ass.
Respect, particularly where sensitive self-identifying words are in play, is a sign of maturity and mutual respect. Do what you will with that.
There are plenty of words with multiple meanings which are avoided by the polite (or well-meaning) with a vocabulary large enough to select a more appropriate word. If 'gay' is truly the only word you can place in that position, then so be it, but perhaps investing time in a larger vocabulary is in order. There are plenty of words which could've been used in its place which added to your argument rather than detracted from it.
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