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A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY SIGNALG, OM HANKY S TO THAT 'WHAT GAY GUYS ARE ACTUALLY LIKE' VIO
Maybe you've seen the recent vio that purports to show "what actually happens when gay guys see other gay guys and straight people aren't around." While I n't nfirm or ny the accuracy of the clip's subject matter (still wag on clearance om the Gay Agenda), I n say that s edy is rooted a rich… * of gay code *
You probably know what means to “e out” as gay.
In my 2020 book“Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are, ”, I explore the history of this term, om the earlit days of the gay rights movement, to today, when has been adopted by other movements. In the late 19th and early 20th century, gay subculture thrived many large Amerin ci.
Gay men spoke of “g out” to gay society – borrowg the term om butante society, where ele young women me out to high society.
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A 1931 news article the Baltimore Ao-Amerin referred to “the g out of new butant to homosexual society. The 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s wnsed a growg backlash agast this visible gay world. In rponse, gay life beme more secretive.
The Mattache Society, the earlit important anizatn of what was known as the homophile movement – a precursor of the gay rights movement – took s name om myster medieval figur masks. In this ntext, g out meant acknowledgg one’s sexual orientatn to onelf and to other gay people. Kg” or “gay” – that uld be ed mixed pany to signate someone as homosexual.
The term “gay” was origally borrowed om the slang of women prostut, when they ed the word to refer to women their profsn.