I've followed Kit for about a decade now (they used to have a knitting podcast) and it's been lovely watching them find their identity.

"Gay" as a general insult was after my time, but I am aware that it was used in that way, and I've also noticed that it isn't discussed much. I can see that it wasn't weaponised specifically against gay people in the way that other words (queer and dyke, and others that haven't been reclaimed like faggot and poof) were, so it isn't quite equivalent, but it is still a thing that anyone of that generation has had to get over.