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Contents:
- POLARI: THE LANGUAGE GAY MEN ED TO SURVIVE
- RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
- WHAT DO BBC STAND FOR GAY DATG
POLARI: THE LANGUAGE GAY MEN ED TO SURVIVE
On the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offenc Act Bra, Fna Macdonald looks at a gay slang that beme a form of fiance. * bbc in gay slang *
Polari was spoken to skirt the UK’s strict anti-homosexualy laws. ”That may seem like a strg of nonsense words om Dr Sss’s The Cat the Hat or Anthony Burgs’s A Clockwork Orange but ’s a real-life greetg gay men the UK would say to each other the 1950s and 60s.
RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
”Until 1967, homosexual sex was illegal England and Wal. To avoid imprisonment, gay men ed Polari, a language that the Oxford English Dictnary says is “ma up of Italianate phras, rhymg slang and nt terms.
WHAT DO BBC STAND FOR GAY DATG
The Queens' English: The LGBTQIA+ Dictnary of Lgo and Colloquial Phras is a prehensive gui to morn gay slang, queer theory terms, and the lloquialisms that fe and celebrate LGBTQIA+ culture. The stand for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer (although the "Q" n also reprent Qutng), Intersex, and Asexual. “But, more importantly, this dictnary is a celebratn of the diverse language that is ed to scribe the spectm of gay and queer inty, ” says Chloe.