Bart,
   
  Umm....no, you have it backwards. 'Gay' as 
  bad, sissy or dumb is the OLD 
  thing- a derogatory slur used on non-gays to insinuate they 
  are sissys 'like 
  gays'. That was over (up here, anyway) 
  back in the 70s.
   
  Now it means homosexual and nothing else 
  (unless your 80-years-old and 
  then it means happy, too).
   
  'Gay' is just another 'N' word when used 
  as you did.
   
  I know, i know...you hate lectures. But 
  nobody gay is going to agree with 
  your take on that use of the word....north 
  or south.
   
  As 
  for 'bad' or 'dumb'...I just call stuff like that 'shit', as always. Only the 
  
  owner of the 'shit' gets offended 
  then.....which is the intent!