Friends of Dorothy meetgs are advertised on many cise ship daily programs. Jt what are they, their history and role for gay passengers today.
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A “Friends of Dorothy Meetg” is a dated way of sayg that gay travellers are ved to meet wh other gay people on that ship. I fd really strange that today’s world, cise l are still g a term that dat back to a generatn when beg gay / homosexual was illegal.
This means that gay cisers of younger generatns are unlikely to even be aware they are happeng! The Oxford Universy Prs f a “iend of Dorothy” as “a homosexual man”. Many believe that the term is lked to the gay in Judy Garland, and her classic role as Dorothy the Wizard of Oz.
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