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A GAY BLA
Posted by RRC on Febary 24, 2008 at 18:09:In Reply to: As gay as a bla posted by Evan on Febary 24, 2008 at 09:12:: What is the orig of the phrase "As gay as a bla"? A gay bla origally refered to a dashg swordsman whose sword was often upright and at the ready.
Later was applied to any gallant young morn tim, the change of meang of the word gay and the movie "Zorro: The Gay Bla" ( which the famo swordsman has a homosexual tw brother) have greatly fluenced/changed the meang of the dog show parlance, a gay tail is one that is upright and sometim curvg over the back not unlike an upright sword (though I don't know for sure that the two meangs are related).
Here before me were three men who were gay and died om AIDS. Then-Print Ronald Reagan did not mentn the word AIDS publicly for years until after his Hollywood iend Rock Hudson me out as gay and revealed that he was livg wh AIDS.
TWO D.C. GAY BAR CTOMERS STABBED ON SIWALK NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE
The ernment was so adamant about not mentng AIDS that the topic was met wh lghter and homophobic remarks a 1982 prs nference which former Prs Secretary Larry Speak asked reporter Lter Ksolvg if he had AIDS.
In that time of ernmental neglect, misrmatn, and homophobia, Jake posed a challenge his piece. In my muny, ’s not unmon to hear someone mentn that homosexualy isn’t “Ain” or that homosexualy is an “agenda” beg phed by the whe mastream media to stroy the Black fay stcture.
Even though the Black church is currently experiencg drops attendance, not too many Black people are far removed om the fluence the church has had on our people and unfortunately, homophobia has been one of s fluenc. Beg a Black gay man the 70s, 80s, and 90s, I wonr how Charl navigated the social issu.