Dear Editor: In a recent article Professor Colleen Capper from UW’s department of educational leadership and policy analysis eloquently describes the harmful effects children and adolescents suffer from the terms “fag,” “faggot,” “that’s gay,” and “that’s so gay.” She lauds the Madison Metropolitan School District’s anti-bullying program supported by the Gay-Straight Alliance for Safe Schools.
As a school counselor I lament the fact that by giving such detailed attention exclusively to “gay language” harassment, Professor Capper implies that this harassment is more harmful than other types.