The Fotten Secret Language of Gay Men - Atlas Obscura

Contents:

• CATEGORY:GREEK GAY SLANG
• GAY DICTNARY GREEK
• KUNISTóS. GAY DICTNARY (GREECE).
• THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN
• GAY SLANG
• GAY DICTNARY
• GAYGREEK
• WAS “DRAMA QUEEN” A GAY SLANG EXPRSN ORIGALLY?

CATEGORY:GREEK GAY SLANG

But first some rmatn about the language and where is is the official language of Greece and Cyps, belongg to the Indo-European fay, and spoken by about fifteen ln Greece, homosexual behavr between men was legal as of 1950 (between women was never prohibed) and the age of nsent was equal 2015. They have anti-discrimatn laws and agast hate speech (2014) and 2015 they approved the civil unn but not homoparental adoptn. At the begng of the century, Greek society had a negative view of sexual diversy, but today that homophobia is beg diluted although persists the polil class.

In Greece there is a lot of activism, culture and LGBT bs and pri has been celebrated sce 2005, currently several greece this Greek Gay Dictnary we highlight the exprsns kunistós and digidangas explaed our post kunistós, illtratn of Gay Slang Collectn, and also the exprsn Sikiá explaed on god hat figs, illtratn om our Prott Collectn.

GAY DICTNARY GREEK

Relatg gays to female relativ is a equent fact many languag, such as the Japane word Onee, which means olr sister, or the English word Aunt. It may have to do wh the suatn that effemate homosexual men lived not many years ago when the bachelorhood and the habatn wh the fay were almost evable issu. The first one is an sult for homosexual men and the send is an sult to men of the asshole or stupid style, although n also be ed lloquially among iends.

This femy is transferred to the Turkish language sce ibne means “feme form of son”, which ends up g as an sult to homosexual men, nsired as stupid or as women.

+Ksefoniméni (Ξεφωνημένη)Ksefoniméni (Ξεφωνημένη) uld be translated as a screamg woman and is ed to refer ntemptuoly to homosexual men.

KUNISTóS. GAY DICTNARY (GREECE).

Check our post for the Gay Slang Collectn for more rmatn on this exprsn, and, above all, to know why the sign we have created to illtrate this Greek word is the stctns for the assembly of a seaw. +Lúgra (Λούγκρα)The word Lúgra (Λούγκρα) is a rogatory exprsn agast homosexual men that would have the meang of “very vic homosexual”+Pisoghléntis (Πισωγλέντης)Pisoghléntis (Πισωγλέντης) is a rogatory exprsn whose leral translatn is “rebel back” and is an sult to bottom homosexual men who “like om behd. +Sikiá (Συκιά)The leral translatn to the English language of Sikiá (Συκιά) is a fig tree, and is also rogatory slang for a homosexual man.

+Tiútos (Τοιούτος)The translatn to the English language of Tiútos (Τοιούτος) is old-fashned and is also rogatory slang for a homosexual man. Sners, vic, psi, sick, viants, boxers, football players, puti, Rsian mal, Iranian transsexuals, those who heal homosexualy, and many kd of fags are we buildg up? We prent the stctns for buildg a rockg horse or Kunistós (κουνιστός), illtratn om Gay Slang Collectn by Moss , kunistó out our Greek Gay Dictnary to know more words and tertg to Ey, Dimrs, Jon and Gee P.

The word Kunistós ed to attack gay people, turned to a great sign to make an origal gay shirt and discs the nstctn of sexualy. Vada (“look at”), dolly eek (a pretty face), and chicken (a young guy) are all words om the lexin of Polari, a secret language ed by gay men Bra at a time when homosexualy was illegal.

THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN

In the 1930s was spoken among the theater typ of the Wt End, om which crossed over to the cy’s gay pubs, gag s stat as the secret language of gay men. In England, homosexualy was officially nsired a crime until 1967, when the Sexual Offenc Act legalized private “homosexual acts” between nsentg adults over 21. Durg the terim years, when beg openly non-straight brought the risks of social isolatn and crimal prosecutn, Polari provid gay men wh a subtle way to fd one another for pannship and sex.

The Hidn History of Gay Life at Sea, Pl Baker and Jo Stanley wre that Polari played a role “allowg gay men to nstct a humoroly performative inty for themselv.

In the late ‘60s, as gay liberatn groups were fightg for regnn and equaly, Polari h mastream Brish pop-culture the form of Julian and Sandy, two flamboyant, not-officially-but-pretty-obvly gay characters on a BBC rad show lled Round the Horne.

GAY SLANG

Julian and Sandy prented a nundm: as lovable gay characters on a very popular show, they enared themselv to Brish dienc an era of homophobia. By the early ‘70s, as LGBT groups fought for rights beyond those granted by the 1967 Sexual Offenc Act, the image of the mp gay man had bee the target of ire. When Ecclton and Fairbairn posted the film onle, they were surprised by the enthiastic rponse—and the level of fascatn wh Polari, this myster, cipherable “gay language.

“The kds of nts still exist where opprsn is still entrenched, ” says Ecclton, cg Swardspeak, a language based on English and Tagalog that is ed among gay men the Philipp. Dolan brgs up the pot that gay men shouldn’t have to be “straight-actg” orr to be accepted: “Might not be more fun to embrace a b more mp and actually have fun wh ourselv and wh each other? Defns clu: A term vented 2003 by Amerin lumnist Dan Savage to disparage US Senator Rick Santom due to his statements about homosexualy.

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GAY DICTNARY

AndrophiliaAndrophilia and gynephilia are terms ed behavral science to scribe sexual orientatn, as an alternative to a genr bary homosexual and heterosexual nceptualizatn. BeardThe signifite other half of a person of the oppose sex who is gay, a beard is ed to make the world thk the gay partner is straight. BeefkeA gay man who spends most of his time at the gym, and the rt of sopg spoonfuls of prote supplement to his post-workout shak.

ClonThe standardised gay male look In the 70's the look clud a motache, mcle shirt/flannel shirt and Levi's The late 80's - 90's clud short hair, long siburns, whe tee-shirt, shorts/jeans and Doc boots wh grey socks. CottaggBrish gay slang for engagg anonymo sex a public lavatory a 'ttage' ('tea-room' gay Amerin vernacular) or cisg for sexual partners wh the tentn of havg sex elsewhere. CSD (German Pris)The abbreviatn CSD stands for Christopher Street Day - a historic day of remembrance of the first known ristance of homosexuals and transsexuals to state and social discrimatn.

Faggot (also Fag)A male homosexual Like dyke, this term was origally ed as an ephet, but has been adopted by many of the people to whom refers There is no general agreement about the orig of the term. FairyA male homosexual, pecially one who acts or drs an effemate manner This was a mon rogatory term for homosexuals durg much of the twentieth century Like dyke and faggot, gay people have reclaimed. FlamgVery outwardly gay male who displays stereotypil gay behavrs Lik the poop shooter: Has a particular affy for anal sex.

GAYGREEK

FluffyTerm ed by lbians Meang a woman is turned on In gay male leather circl, this meant term is meant for someone who isn't to the drs Deriv om the scriptn of someone who wears bulky or "fluffy" sweaters A putdown om a leather man might be: "You look awfully fluffy tonight". Friend of Dorothy'sReferred to as beg gay This term has roots om Judy Garland, whose mil abily and tragic life story were so popular wh gay dienc and of urse om, "The Wizard of Oz", the classic mil. GayDerived - Homosexual In the seventeenth century, gay expand om s earlier meang of cheerful and me also to refer to men wh a reputatn for beg playboys.

GynaeotropeDerived - A lbian Kurt Hiller suggted this term 1946 (and androtrope for a gay male), bee of what he nsired the negative nnotatns of "homosexual" Neher term ught on.

WAS “DRAMA QUEEN” A GAY SLANG EXPRSN ORIGALLY?

GynephiliaAndrophilia and gynephilia are terms ed behavral science to scribe sexual orientatn, as an alternative to a genr bary homosexual and heterosexual nceptualizatn. HodophobiaNot to be nfed wh “homophobia, ” which is an aversn or hostily to, disda for, or fear of gay sexual orientatn or gay people, “hodophobia” actually refers to an irratnal or disproportnate fear of travelg. HomophobiaIrratnal fear of gay people and of homosexualy Gee Weberg, thor of Society and the Healthy Homosexual, ed this word the early 1970's It filled a need for a gay people at that time bee, one word, eloquently nveyed the ia that was gay-bashers, not gays themselv, who had a problem.

Hundred-And-Seventy-FiverA homosexual Paragraph 175 of the German Penal Co of 1871 outlawed homosexual practic; th a 175er Germany was someone vlatg this paragraph. Intermediate SexHomosexual The term was ed by Edward Carpenter and others around the turn of the century, but soon fell to disfavour.

Laddie or LassieA term ed to intify children wh gay parents The term began wh a negative nnotatn assumg that the child would also be gay or lbian It has been reclaimed as an affectnate term and a way of children beg able to '' or intify each other public. LbianA gay woman The ancient Greek poet Sappho lived on the island of Lbos As Sappho beme known for her poems celebratg love between women, the term lbian changed s primary meang om 'one who liv on Lbos' to 'a woman like Sappho and her followers'. Kev Spacey was one of the first gay celebri to be MeTooed after gay actor Anthony Rapp publicly acced him of attempted statutory rape.