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Contents:
- SUP? LOOKG? PARTY? A GUI TO GAY APP LGO
- 12 SLANG WORDS FOR GAY – USE THE TERMS TO ADDRS THEM!
- GAY SLANG 101
- DICK LESCH’S GUI TO SEVENTI GAY SLANG
- GAY SLANG: A SECRET LANGUAGE THAT BEGAN AS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE
SUP? LOOKG? PARTY? A GUI TO GAY APP LGO
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12 SLANG WORDS FOR GAY – USE THE TERMS TO ADDRS THEM!
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GAY SLANG 101
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Gay Slang Terms From The Mid-century To The 70s.
DICK LESCH’S GUI TO SEVENTI GAY SLANG
Homosexualy remaed illegal across the Uned Stat the mid-twentieth century – that is, until Illois beme the first state to crimalize same-sex relatns 1962. In an act of ristance, unrground gay and lbian bars thrived the 50s and 60s. In the 60s and 70s, gay men even had a “hanky ” – a system that volved wearg bandanas wh lors that signified whether you were a top, bottom, to BDSM, etc.
GAY SLANG: A SECRET LANGUAGE THAT BEGAN AS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE
One of the most well-known phras to e out of this time is “iend of Dorothy”, which is for a gay man. Judy Garland, who played Dorothy the film, was also a queer in who patronized gay bars and often surround herself wh queer iends. In the 60s, Lesch was the print of a gay rights anizatn lled the Mattache Society and me up wh the “Sip-In” – a monstratn held at New York Cy bars that banned service to out gay people.