It can be, but it depends on the manner in which it's used.
No, however, attempting to insult someone by calling them gay is ignorant.
Nope!
The minister's comments made his image defamatory. It means decreasing or damaging someone's status.
Calling someone gay as a term of abuse is offensive and illegal in many countries. Bullying and cyberbullying similarly.
It is two words really. The whole thing is a phrase calling someone the lord of gay which is offensive to gay people.
DEFAMATORY SPEECHSpeech or writing that is likely to damage someone's good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them.
say that's not what your mom said last night.
Mildly defamatory, suggestive of scandal or wrongdoing about someone.
no, it's sexual orientation discrimination. Racism is discrimination for different races.
Mudslinging refers to making defamatory remarks to a particular opponent. Calling a fellow rivals a thief or a murder is just but an example.
If it's done to cause hurt or embarrassment, then yes, it's offensive and bullying. It doesn't matter if the person is gay or not. That makes no difference to the offence.
Calumny is slander : making false and defamatory statements in order to damage someone's reputation.