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.
Contents:
HOW GAY CULTURE BLOSSOMED DURG THE ROARG TWENTI
* fairies gay history *
Gay Fairi: When and Why.
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 gay scene of New York Cy was promently thst to the public eye 1969, after rts at a Greenwich Village bar. But existed long before that. * fairies gay history *
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?
Durg Prohibn, gay nightlife and culture reached new heights—at least temporarily. * fairies gay history *
This cis wh what is known of the peculiar societi of verts [homosexuals].