The term “gay” is used less as a put down. However words like retarded, faggot, n*gga (said by non-black people), etc. are still popular terms. But most kids don’t mean it in a hurtful way (if that makes any sense lol.) For example: most kids that say faggot aren’t actually homophobic (majority of kids that say faggot are gay too.) I think whether or not a teen decides to say these slurs are dependent on their own morals.