I think if more people stood up and told others not to put down homosexuals, then people would become more accepting. I was ashamed of my self in high school and my mother- my best friend and i had a party at my moms house and someone asked who the women was with my mother in the pictures- i was like, umm her sister- my freind, took me to another room and told me to tell the other girl the truth and that if she sayed anything, she'd totally have my back. Ever since then i tell it like it is.
But, i have to admit to calling things "gay", and i don't take afence when someone uses it in an ok way- like in meaning that something is backwards or different. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not, but when my lil sis started useing the term, i thought that it was just disrespectful, until she explained it to me- now i'm kewl with it!