Teen Girl Gets Apple to Look Into Its Offensive Definition of 'Gay'
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While doing some research for a school project on gay rights, 15-year-old Becca Gorman was shocked to find that Apple’s dictionary app includes a definition of the word “gay” straight out of the troubled psyche of a homophobic tweenager: “informal foolish; stupid: making students wait for the light is kind of a gay rule.” Um, excuse me?
“At first, I was kind of in disbelief,” she told WCVB Boston. No other dictionary she looked at contained that definition (most likely because it’s offensive and in horrible taste). As both a rational human being and the child of lesbian parents, Becca says that she was hurt that a “humongous company” like Apple would legitimize such a definition.