It’s long been prumed by historians and folklorists that heroic LGBTQ characters simply didn’t exist. But when one ancient gay fairytale was disvered, one amic has explas they were actually eded out of history as recently as the 1960s.
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WHY THIS CHARMG GAY FAIRYTALE HAS BEEN LOST FOR 200 YEARS
For much of the 20C 'fairy' was ed to mean 'gay'. Where do this sense e om and when was first ed? Probably the US's east ast the late 19C. * fairy homosexual *
Gay Fairi: When and Why.
a male who acts slightly feme but not neccsary means that they are gay." name="Dcriptn" property="og:scriptn * fairy homosexual *
But somewhere down the list is a gay man. But there are, fact, a number of works of cultural history that make somethg of the fairy = gay nnectn.
The Longer Oxford English Dictnary has, as s fifth and fal meang for fairy: ‘A male homosexual. But how much earlier did ‘fairy’ mean homosexual? This cis wh what is known of the peculiar societi of verts [homosexuals].