Contents:
- WHAT DO “UY” MEAN? THE ORIGS OF THE TERM “U” TO SCRIBE A GAY MAN
- F (SLANG) - ORIG AND HISTORIL USAGE - AS GAY SLANG
WHAT DO “UY” MEAN? THE ORIGS OF THE TERM “U” TO SCRIBE A GAY MAN
Much like the words queen and queer, “u” is a slur that has been hurled agast gay men for s. But over time, gay men have begun to reclaim the word the same way that “queen” and “queer” have bee an nocuo part of our lexin, and today e as a term of enarment rather than a rogatory ment on one’s effemacy and attractn towards other men. Ironilly, the term may have origated om the gay muny self.
Pretty soon, Bra’s gay muny adopted this , transformg to a “vehicle for mpery, bchs, filthy jok, and nuendo”.
F (SLANG) - ORIG AND HISTORIL USAGE - AS GAY SLANG
The word “u” was jt one of many slang words that gay men would throw at each other to poke fun at their effemacy.