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South Ain gay culture has produced a rich range of slang terms which has been lled a 'gay vernacular.'  Although of urse many South Ain gays will have never ed or may actively dislike and avoid the slang terms, they are trigug ditors of a vibrant subculture. Gerr Olivier clus a long list of terms…

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LIST OF SOUTH AIN SLANG WORDS - SPECIAL-E SLANG - GAY SLANG

Gayle remas as popular as ever – but has evolved, shifted and bee a language spoken by more than jt gay men. * gay lingo south africa *

Gay SlangSlang veloped the 1970s to allow the speakers to nverse public whout drawg attentn – ually referrg to girls' nam often wh the first letter mon wh the tend meang:.

gayle – the name for this slang.

GAYLE: SOUTH AI’S SECRET GAY LANGUAGE

Gayle, a secret gay language, flourished durg South Ai’s apartheid-era, the language lgers on today SA slang, ed by gay * gay lingo south africa *

mary – obv homosexual. polly – Portugue homosexual. In the past two s there’s been a greater acceptance of gay men many societi.

This n be seen, for stance, by the number of overtly gay men who occupy centre stage on prime time TV.

CONNIE, SALLY AND PRISCILLA: GAY SLANG SOUTH AI

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And Somizi’s speech is fluenced by the South Ain lexin known as “Gayle” which is still e today the untry.

Ken Cage extensively explored the language’s history and velopment his 2003 book “Gayle: the language of kks and queens: a history and dictnary of gay language South Ai”. All of the varieti of language were veloped historilly by gay men (and to a lser extent lbians) who need their own way of speakg to avoid tectn and persecutn. Gayle remas as popular as ever – but has evolved, shifted and bee a language spoken by more than jt gay men.

It has been adopted by others, and is ed often by those who want to show allegiance wh gay people. There is a growg amount of rearch about Gayle, and ’s even been the subject of a short documentary, “Visg Gayle” by filmmaker Lren Mulligan.

SOUTH AI’S GAYLE

As I have argued my own rearch, the populary and longevy of Gayle South Ai shows how lguistic rourc n be mobilised by anyone. This also turns on s head the notn that speakg a particular way, wh certa tonatns or phras, “mak” a person gay.

The origs of Gayle.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY LINGO SOUTH AFRICA

Gayle: South Ai’s secret gay language .

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