Nakakalurkey ech,nro akh , ay bongga pak na pak! (I’m shocked, I’m blown away, and ’s extravagant and great.) This LGBT speak or gay lgo is monly known as BEKI SPEAK the untry. Terms n be ed everyday suatn nversatns. Gay lgo sometim has an timate nversatn, to…
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LEARNG GAY LGO: A STARTER GUI!
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I n fd ltle evince of this on the ter, but sce gay culture is passed down through hearsay and gossip, I’m cludg this. Some archivist or queer historian may rroborate or squash this ia, one I heard om a gay elr and pass on to you — that “queer” was actually the word preferred by the first wave of queens, h om the closet, sweatg word-of-mouth disthequ that migrated through the cy. Acrdg to the ter, “queer” first beme an antigay slur durg the trials of Osr Wil.
So many zgers are rerd om those trials that this seems plsible: Sir John Douglas, the Marqus of Queensbury (serly), who first lled Wil a sodome and lnched the gay playwright’s epic mise, reportedly lled Wil a “snob queer” durg the proceedgs.
FILIPO GAY LGO EXPLAED FOR THE RT OF THE WORLD
A mon slogan you n still fd on T-shirts and queer bars across the untry is “Not gay as happy, but queer as ‘fuck you. “Queer” addrs the fluidy of genr and sexual orientatn and f those who e as people foced on problems largely ignored by the gay rights movement: racism, wage equaly, women’s rights, transphobia, and so on. People wh inti outsi “gay, straight, or bi” feel reprented by “queer.
SISTER - GAY?
“Homo” is still a slur to many gay men, but jt as “queer” beme a power term, “homo” has seen a recent surge populary. I love “homo” bee sounds clil and scientific. The word beme cemented antigay lgo wh the famo CBS Reports episo “The Homosexuals, ” which aired on March 7, 1967 (I would be born on the same day 25 years later).
The episo claimed homosexualy was an illns gay men uld treat if they tried. “Homo” is antagonistic, unpretent, and sort of funny. Case Agast: If you were ever lled a “homo” by a homophobe, you might hate .
“Limp-wristed” is an offensive way to scribe gay men, particularly feme guys.