Don Kulick, Gay and Lbian Language, Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol. 29 (2000), pp. 243-285
Contents:
- THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN
- GAY SLANG: A SECRET LANGUAGE THAT BEGAN AS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE
- GAY (HOMOSEXUAL) AND GAY (HAPPY)
THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN
The LGBTQ+ muny is known for havg unique and creative ways of self-exprsn. One secret language began as an act of fiance agast an anti-gay society. * is gay a language *
Only sce the begng of the 20th century has queer been ed to refer to people who intify as gay or lbian.
GAY SLANG: A SECRET LANGUAGE THAT BEGAN AS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE
The standard fn of homosexual is “a person sexually attracted to people of one’s own sex.
GLAAD prefers that we don’t e the term homosexual bee ’s “aggrsively ed by anti-gay extremists to suggt that gay people are somehow diseased or psychologilly/emotnally disorred.
GAY (HOMOSEXUAL) AND GAY (HAPPY)
Bee suggts that beg lbian, gay, bisexual, or of another sexual orientatn is a choice and the person n be “cured. The word gay refers to a homosexual man, but origally meant “lighthearted, joyful, reee.