The 80s put the gay man ont and centre of pop. Then me the Aids crisis – and three s of monisatn, disrd and displacement. Now, wh Troye Sivan leadg a new wave of gay stars, has change tly arrived?
Contents:
- THE 13 GAYT MIC VIOS OF THE '80S
- KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
- WILL WE SURVIVE THE 1980S? A SNAPSHOT OF A GAY CULTURAL MILI
- ICôN GAYS S ANNé 80
THE 13 GAYT MIC VIOS OF THE '80S
* 80s gay code *
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.
Gay men spoke of “g out” to gay society – borrowg the term om butante society, where ele young women me out to high society.
KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
A 1931 news article the Baltimore Ao-Amerin referred to “the g out of new butant to homosexual society.
WILL WE SURVIVE THE 1980S? A SNAPSHOT OF A GAY CULTURAL MILI
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.
The term “gay” was origally borrowed om the slang of women prostut, when they ed the word to refer to women their profsn.
ICôN GAYS S ANNé 80
Of urse, “gay” was ultimately “outed” when the gay rights movement adopted followg the Stonewall Rebelln 1969.