I remember a discussion we had in Freshman English, this is years ago. A black student took issue with a definition of a word, can't even remember what it was but it was pretty innocuous, stating that "well, white people wrote the dictionary so everything in it is from their point of view." Myself and the professor argued that you need to have an agreement on language to a certain point or all words lose their meaning. How would we operate if the word for "car" meant something different to everyone based on race, let alone all the other facets of a person? We'd be unable to communicate. And why would anyone assume that when the word was defined, there was some racial element at play and not just the pragmatic effort to agree on definitions. Not to mention all the refinements and updates dictionaries go through.

This just makes me feel like that black kid won. Words have lost all common meaning anymore. Any word, thought, idea can now be branded with whatever you choose to believe or whatever supports your narrative. Gay is just one demographic, but here we are, adding words to dictionaries and changing the rules of language just to cater what is estimated at ~10% of the population. Where does it end?