# Is the real Bud Light problem that the right is now insulted because they have been identified as having 'the gay'?

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**Created:** [June 30, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-real-bud-light-problem-that-the-right-is-now-insulted-because-they-have-been-identified-as-having-the-gay/986372 "2023-06-30T19:34:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-real-bud-light-problem-that-the-right-is-now-insulted-because-they-have-been-identified-as-having-the-gay/986372/179 "2023-07-05T21:58:54Z")

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> [@msmith537](#):
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> > [@Johanna](#):
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> > “Transvestites”? Seriously? Please state why you consider that an acceptable thing to say.
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> Is it not?

Short memory?

> [@Say something that is true to a person in 1985 that will make you sound like a crazy person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/566):
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> Moderating: I believe the magazine has featured trans women, not transvestites. The word “transvestite” describes a man dressing as a woman, and has mostly been replaced with words like “cross dresser” or “drag queen”, depending on why he does it. It’s rude (and a violation of the board’s policy) to refer to trans women as transvestites, as that is misgendering them. It’s also being a bit of a jerk to women to dismiss fat women who were selected for being beautiful fat women as “fat chicks”.…

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