Bringing up Toronto's parade is irrelevant. Calgary's is in no way the same so it's a bit of a non-starter to try and compare the 2.
In terms of using the word homphobic, I'm not advocating its use with people who simply state they don't want the parade. In that aspect, I don't care, particularly if you just say you don't want it. I don't want a lot of things - might make me an idiot or you an idiot but that's not the same as homphobic. I'm for the use of the word to describe those who were posting the utter crap you may have seen on the Flames FB page. For the dooshnozzles who think it's ok to scream at my kid in the middle of the street. For the religious freaks in my family who would try to cast out the evil demon of homosexuality from my daughter. Plain and simple - they're homophobes and I see zero wrong with the use of the word homphobic to describe their actions, vernacular and behavior. And, as I said previously, if they take issue with that word, that's on them, no one else and frankly, I don't give a flying eff if they find it "insulting" or if it bothers them.
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