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'. 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.
Brish, possibly om the gay subculture language Polari. There is still a gay tourg agency lled Uranian Travel.
DICK LESCH’S GUI TO SEVENTI GAY SLANG
The Nance was a gay burlque character that was a staple of the tim. Liberal Party, was acced of havg a homosexual affair wh Norman Stt, a mol (above right). Brish (they seem to have as many words for gay as Alaskans do for ice).
Homosexualy Victorian eraIn Victorian era homosexualy had s differenc and siari. The Victorian era is important to be looked at so that we know the cultural ntext which Osr Wil ed to live homosexualy went agast the notn of masculy, was talked about rarely and threatened the fay stcture as well as was believed to go agast beg fundamentally Brish. This lack of rmatn om different mediums of munitn is the reason why discsn of homosexualy was not seen throughout society.
Discsns about homosexualy among society was very mimal bee Victorian cizens tried to ignore the fact ncept that mal might have sexual relatnship wh other mal. Homosexualy Victorian eraAttus and expectatns about maral and timate relatnships were very strict durg Victorian era.
VICTORIAN/EDWARDIAN TERMS FOR GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN
On the other hand, male homosexual acts, even the on nducted privately was nsired crimal act.
Homosexualy Victorian eraPublicly homosexualy was not discsed and was hard to accs private sexual behavur.
Many believed that one uld be moral and at the same time have sexual was one of the reasons why homosexualy was extremely problematic issue the Brish society faced at that time. In the fundamental Brish society, was embarrassg to speak of this sexual was only when the trials of Osr Wil were gog on that the term and ia of classifyg homosexualy me to limelight.