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THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”

by Jordan Redman Staff Wrer  Do you know what the word gay really means? The word gay dat back to the 12th century and om the Old French “gai,” meang “full of joy or mirth.” It may also relate to the Old High German “gahi,” meang impulsive. * meaning of gay speak *

Only sce the begng of the 20th century has queer been ed to refer to people who intify as gay or lbian. Is "homosexual" still e?

The standard fn of homosexual is “a person sexually attracted to people of one’s own sex. ” But, ’s typilly applied to men, and lbian is the term for a female homosexual.

GLAAD prefers that we don’t e the term homosexual bee ’s “aggrsively ed by anti-gay extremists to suggt that gay people are somehow diseased or psychologilly/emotnally disorred. Bee suggts that beg lbian, gay, bisexual, or of another sexual orientatn is a choice and the person n be “cured. It’s not a gay liftyle.

ANCH ICH? BEKIMON, OR THE SECRET OF GAYS

We round up the 10 hottt new beki terms that will make your gay iends proud to ll you "bh". * meaning of gay speak *

The word gay refers to a homosexual man, but origally meant “lighthearted, joyful, reee.

” Gay as an adjective meang “homosexual” go back at least to the 1930s.

Today, gay liftyle is a monly ed—and mised—term.

THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN

In the LGBTQ muny, gay liftyle, as well as homosexual liftyle, are sometim owned upon.

It’s OK to scribe someone you know who publicly self-intifi as gay, lbian, bisexual, or another sexual orientatn as out. It’s also OK to scribe someone as openly gay, lbian, or bisexual.

But never out someone, or expose their lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr inty, whout permissn.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* MEANING OF GAY SPEAK

Anch ich? Bekimon, or the secret of gays | GMA News Onle .

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