"Gay" as an insult was already falling out of favor around 1998. Source: I was there.
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Well it was very much alive by 2008. Source: was a not straight teen in 2008.
Yeah, it was used inflationary around that time. I remember the parents of our friend group asking us to please not use the word in that way because it was so excessive.