> Seriously... language evolves... and this word has moved on. Get over it.
Exactly, language evolves, but not in ways we can expect, approve, or want. It just happens, sometimes because it's politically correct, other times because it's politically incorrect, lots of times due to ignorance, and a few ones due to certain facts "conspiracy theories" that I will not tell because I would have to kill all of you.
Wikipedia has a good article on the usage of the term and the several meanings and uses of it in the anglosphere. But, the point IMHO is not how do you use a particular word, but the meaning you want it to transmit. So the word itself is pretty much avoidable, exchangeable. I would worry much more about changing prejudices in people than how a particular word is used. Here in Jupiter we always laugh when some feminist association wants words which only have a male version to have both, or to even change them into a new, neutral form. Wow, what a milestone movement towards equality. I wouldn't make a feminist or anti-sexist association just for crap like that.
So it doesn't matter what word do you use for what. Homophobes will still use terms to refer to homosexuals as a despective word. Yes, the language is important for perception of reality, e.g. anyone who has read 1984 remembers the Ministry of Love, Ministry of Peace, and Ministry of Truth. And all that. But words don't change people. People change people. Meanings change people. Words are just transitional symbols for those meanings. So go to the end of the road. If you can climb hills, you can do more things!
Wound up, can't sleep, can't do anything right, little honey / Oh, since I set my eyes on you. / I tell you the truth.
I can't get it right / Get it right / Since I met you...
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