13 Things Not To Say To Your Lesbian Friend - Cosmopolitan

        Only thirteen ?

          How about when you are performing an SSM marriage, "are you sure you want to incur the wrath of the Almighty by going through with this godless and deviant act ?  I wouldn't say it, but it would be fun to watch the reaction of those gathered.

This Photo Has No Bearing on the Story but I needed a Visual Element and Didn't Dare Use a Photo of  Two Girls Making Out

 

           The real third rail these days is "that's so gay" in reference to anything odd or nonsensical. Say that and the media itself will descend upon you more than if you say the N word, which we have been so brow beaten on you can't use it even to illustrate its inappropriateness.
          Unless you are Kanye West, then its OK.  By the way, the new overused expression is a sudden look of disdain with the admonition, "that's so inappropriate."  Women especially like to say that.
          As for lists of things not to say to groups with a special designation, I just try to use common sense and courtesy, realizing once in a while somebody's outrage detector will go off.  If your "gaydar" is working, you'll know what to say and when.
          Now for the outrage over the Cosmo headline. Does everyone have a least one friend per designation. You have your black friend, your Jewish friend and some even talk about their Muslim friend, although that person is usually a doctor so no one will question your opposition to Jihad.
My favorite is qualifying your friendship by making sure you  acknowledge you know they are in the wrong political party but you like them anyway. "I am godmother to my neighbor's kids, and they are Democrats."  
        I am  fond of bragging I have socialist friends in LaFargeville, although I am quick to disavow their beliefs. It's kind of getting that way with Tea Party people. Admitting you know them can be more of a pain than its worth.
         I like to think I have friends without the need to categorize further, but as I was telling my one-legged friend the other day, sometimes its hard not to notice.        

13 Things Not To Say To Your Lesbian Friend - Cosmopolitan