Contents:
- POLARI: THE LANGUAGE GAY MEN ED TO SURVIVE
- DICK LESCH’S GUI TO SEVENTI GAY SLANG
- VICTORIAN/EDWARDIAN TERMS FOR GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN
POLARI: THE LANGUAGE GAY MEN ED TO SURVIVE
15 Old-Timey Nam for 'Gay'.
DICK LESCH’S GUI TO SEVENTI GAY SLANG
Before 'gay' beme mon and accepted parlance, the world vented s own unofficial terms for men who dug men. Some nam were self-created and others were thst, often celly, upon gay, bi, and queer men.
A mon, mostly nocuo term of the middle of the 20th century ed among gay and bi men.
This one not not only homosexualy but effemacy.
VICTORIAN/EDWARDIAN TERMS FOR GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN
Brish, possibly om the gay subculture language Polari.