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.
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But also as a history nerd, i also am aware that this word has been ed medieval & Renaissance tim to talk about anyone who intified as gay/ lbian (or LGBTQ+ general). LGBT is still a popular term ed to discs genr and sexual mori, but all GSRM are wele beyond lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people who nsent to participate a safe space. 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 Longer Oxford English Dictnary has, as s fifth and fal meang for fairy: ‘A male homosexual. But how much earlier did ‘fairy’ mean homosexual?