How Conservative newspapers use language to describe homosexual people in the 1950s, the 1980s and in recent years.
Introduction “That’s so gay” has been an insult for years, being yelled spitefully in the playground at primary school to describing an outfit in later years. Bein g homosexual is considered insulting and an affront to the heteronormality of our world. The implication that homosexuality is wrong, immoral and imprisonable still rings true in some countries and many hold the opinion that being part of the LGBT community makes you a lesser person. Despite the offensive language that has plagued people's personal language , the media, the epitome of standard and precise English , is a major part of the problem . Although the purpose of the media is to inform and educate people, misinformation, slander, and all-around upsetting coverage has perpetuated newspapers through time. Newspapers are commended, approved with high...