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This speech might refer to homosexuality in general, such as queer, fag, or poof. In what was seen to be an effort to neutralise "homophobia" (not a clinical phobia), these words began to be adopted and redefined by the homosexual community in the 1980s, especially the word queer. All these words, though widely used by the homosexual community as a positive affirmation of their sexuality, can still be taken as "hate speech" in some contexts. One such context is within phrases or anti-gay slogans used by groups with what is claimed to be a "homophobic" agenda. Others see this as an attempt to legislate morality at best, and at worst an attempt at destroying the religious rights ability to proclaim its values, in other words enforced political correctness.
This speech may also refer to specific sexual acts that the speaker associates with homosexuals (e.g., fudgepacker, which can refer to anal sex).
Occasionally, entire books which are seen to attack homosexuals and or which proclaim anti-homosexual views have been described as hate speech. A recent example was Sexual Revolution in South Africa: The Pink Agenda: The Ruin of the Family (2001) by Christine McCafferty and Peter Hammond, a South AfricaSouth Africa is a republic at the southern tip of Africa. It is bordered to the north by Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the north-east by Mozambique and Swaziland. Lesotho is contained entirely inside the borders of South Africa. South Africa is one on book. In 2002, the sale of this was restricted to individuals aged 18 and over, though many were calling for it to be banned outright, accusing it of inciting hatred. "Homophobic hate speech" is now a criminal offence in many countries, and is extremely controversial due to the aformentioned attempts to invoke censorshipIn ancient Rome, censorship was the office or function of a censor. This article is about controls over publication and discussion. Censorship is the use of state or group power to control freedom of expression. Censorship 'criminalizes' certain actions o and administrate newspeakNewspeak is a fictional language in George Orwell's famous novel Nineteen Eighty-Four''. Orwell included an essay about it in the form of an Appendix after the end of the novel, in which the basic principles of the language are explained. Newspeak is clos.
See also: homosexuality, anti-homosexual views , homophobia, homosexuality and morality, religion and homosexuality, List of sexual slurs