Why did they do it?… Does it even matter?

Via HuffPo:

‘That jumper is so gay,’ is a comment that one designer is hoping to hear emanating from the front row of Toronto Fashion Week.

The garment in question was knitted from the donated hair of more than 1,000 LGBT people by the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD).

“The idea for the sweater was born from a desire to educate and encourage everyone to use ‘gay’ the correct way,” says Jeremy Dias, director of the CCGSD, regarding their decision to to create ‘the world’s first and only 100% gay object’.

“We want the conversation that surrounds the gay sweater to inspire those who are using ‘gay’ in a detrimental way to both realise the negative impact their words and actions are having and change their behavior.”

“When I hear someone say ‘that’s so gay’, I want to scream: I’M GAY, but you don’t. You suck that pain, that oppression, that emotion up, and you just try to pretend it doesn’t bother you,” Dias added to HuffPost UK Lifestyle.

“The truth is that the existence of ‘that’s so gay’ as an expression is an indication that homophobia and transphobia is still a problem. The reality that we are so desensitised to the expression and the oppression is truly heart breaking. And maybe you don’t mean it like that, but when you are me, and you hear it everyday, day after day, it cuts like a series of a thousand paper cuts that slowly slice at your soul.”