quick question

(question for french people, or any person who is familiar with it and knows about it. I just need some answers, thank you.. )


So, I'm living in France for some years now and I did hear a lot in my family the word "PD" (I believe it's actually "pédé", but if I'm wrong, please correct me) for describing gay people and it sounded extremely rude to me.. for this reason I have never used it, but I hear it often and I got genuinely curious if it's an offensive, derogatory word, (like the f-word in English for instance), or it's just a simple/respectful/positive word for gay people..


And I did google it first, but it didn't really help me..