Dude, you should find a different word. You might be lucky enough to live in a part of the world where violence doesn't occur against a person on account their sexuality -if so, that's great. The word has a history & is loaded, generally with hate. Violence is still out there. An acquaintance of mine was bashed & hospitalized last year. Was it related to his sexuality I can't say, but he is gay & guess what they called him.