How Cape Town's "Gayle" has endured -- and been adopted by straight people

gay lingo south africa

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.

mary – obv homosexual. polly – Portugue homosexual.

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 *

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. 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”.

CONNIE, SALLY AND PRISCILLA: GAY SLANG SOUTH AI

* gay lingo south africa *

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.

SOUTH AI’S GAYLE

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. 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.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY LINGO SOUTH AFRICA

South Ai’s Gayle – LGBT Slangs English.

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