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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...