It's a common phenomenon in high schools: using "gay" as a synonym for negativity.

Many students could tell you that, as a subbie, Uni students may take either French, German, Japanese, or Latin. That’s great: for the students who get their first choice of language. But what about those students who don’t get their first, second, or even third choices? And what about those students who want to take another language, such as Spanish, but their grade restricts it?