A Clack of Tiny Sparks

Cooper forces the particular issue of being gay in an American culture that has not fully accepted the idea of being of a different sexual orientation. Our language is coded to label individual sexual identity because of the words we use to describe that identity. We use words like Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Faggot, Homo, Nancy Boy, Queer, and Queen. These words prove to be our coded language for our sexual orientations and we use them on a daily basis to describe another's sexual orientation. Whether or not it be true people still call others these names, mainly to just describe a way a person is acting. People internalize these linguistic codes by making what they are called their identity. When someone is called a faggot they may continue to act the same way, further encouraging people to call them names. It impacts their since of identity by making that language their identity.