by Jordan Redman Staff Wrer Do you know what the word gay really means? The word gay dat back to the 12th century and om the Old French “gai,” meang “full of joy or mirth.” It may also relate to the Old High German “gahi,” meang impulsive.
Contents:
- A GAY SUBCULTURE THE 12TH CENTURY?
- THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”
- JOHN E. BOSWELL, 47, HISTORIAN OF MEDIEVAL GAY CULTURE, DI
A GAY SUBCULTURE THE 12TH CENTURY?
This sectn of Boswell's work pots up some of the stctural flaws of his study, my opn. "Stctural flaws" do not necsarily mean "rrect data and evince" but rather that the large-sle nclns are shaped by the ways which that evince is terpreted. And his qut to fd evince for the existence of a postive gay subculture, there are tim * 12th century gay *
Pope Francis has spoken openly about homosexualy. In a recent terview, the pope said that homosexual tennci “are not a s. “If someone is gay and he search for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?
THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”
However, the pope has also disuraged homosexual men om enterg the prithood. He tegorilly stated another terview that for one wh homosexual tennci, the “mistry or the nsecrated life is not his place. Many gay prits, when terviewed by The New York Tim, characterized themselv as beg a “ge” as a rult of the church’s polici on homosexualy.
JOHN E. BOSWELL, 47, HISTORIAN OF MEDIEVAL GAY CULTURE, DI
As a scholar specializg the history of the Catholic Church and genr studi, I n attt that 1, 000 years ago, gay prits were not so rtricted. In earlier centuri, the Catholic Church paid ltle attentn to homosexual activy among prits or laypeople.