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WHY IS BENGAY LLED BENGAY?
to 1995, was spelled as Ben-Gay. spellg to User ∙ 10y agoThis answer is:Study guisAdd your answer:Earn +20 ptsQ: Why is Bengay lled Bengay? Today I found out how ‘gay’ me to mean ‘homosexual’.
FACT-CHECKG 3 PROMENT CLAIMS ABOUT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
The word “gay” seems to have s origs around the 12th century England, rived om the Old French word ‘gai’, which turn was probably rived om a Germanic word, though that isn’t pletely known.
Fast-forward to the 19th century and the word gay referred to a woman who was a prostute and a gay man was someone who slept wh a lot of women (ironilly enough), often prostut. Also at this time, the phrase “gay ” meant to have sex.
In terms of the sexual meang of the word, a “gay man” no longer jt meant a man who had sex wh a lot of women, but now started to refer to men who had sex wh other men. There was also another word “gey t” at this time which meant a homosexual boy. By 1955, the word gay now officially acquired the new add fn of meang homosexual mal.