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THE REAL MEANG BEHD MARV GAYE'S 'WHAT'S GOG ON'
A the time, Douglas was a torrid love affair wh the famoly gay thor Osr Wil, and his poem lyrilly scrib homosexualy as "the love that dare not speak s name. The word lavenr was ed as slang referrg to gay men sce the 1920s, but has some troubled 20th-century history. As Prologue Magaze explas, this was a reactn to creasg awarens of homosexualy, leadg to thoands of gay workers beg forced out of feral jobs.
Gay people were characterized as risks and associated wh munists by Senator Joseph McCarthy (y, that McCarthy). The move was met wh stiff opposn, among both straight and gay femists.
Even proment gay figur like Elton John were volved lavenr marriag. It feels like a ftg tribute that now, sce gay marriage has bee legal and accepted, lavenr ros are often ed to adorn same-sex weddgs.