Meang, orig and history of the name Gay - Behd the Name

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• THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”
• GAY HISTORY, FAY CRT & COATS OF ARMS
• GAY
• NAME GAY ORIG, MEANG, PRONUNCIATN & POPULARY OF THE NAME GAY
• GAY MEANG AND ORIG
• GAY'

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The word gay dat back to the 12th century and om the Old French “gai, ” meang “full of joy or mirth.

For centuri, gay was ed monly speech and lerature to mean happy, reee, bright and showy, and did not take on any sexual meang until the 1600s. At that time the meang of gay as reee evolved to imply that a person was unrtraed by morals and prone to nce and promiscuy.

THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”

A prostute might have been scribed as a “gay woman” and a womanizer as a “gay man. “Gay hoe” was monly ed to refer to a brothel and, later, “gaiety” was ed as a mon name for certa plac of entertament. In the 1890s, the term “gey t” (a Sttish variant of gay) was ed to scribe a vagrant who offered sexual servic to women or a young traveler who was new to the road and the pany of an olr man.

GAY HISTORY, FAY CRT & COATS OF ARMS

This latter e suggts that the younger man was a sexually submissive role and may be among the first tim that gay was ed implyg a homosexual relatnship.

In 1951, gay appeared the Oxford English Dictnary for the first time as slang for homosexual, but was most likely ed this way “unrground” at least 30 years earlier. ” This le (ad-libbed by Grant) n be terpreted to mean that he was behavg a happy-go-lucky or lighthearted way but is accepted by many as the first e of gay to mean homosexual a mastream movie. Today, gay is a socially acceptable term for homosexual people.

When gay is ed today to mean stupid or unsirable ( has only been ed this way sce the 1990s), rri wh a history of negative judgment and rigid ias about who or what is acceptable. As part of the curriculum, Unheard Voic featur a sectn on the word “gay, ” s history and how to e the word properly.

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Unheard Voic released a seri of statements ma by stunts around the Uned Stat on the phrase “that’s gay. The name Gay me to England wh the anctors of the Gay fay the Norman Conqut of 1066.

NAME GAY ORIG, MEANG, PRONUNCIATN & POPULARY OF THE NAME GAY

Their name, however, riv om their place of rince prr to the Norman Conqut of England 1066, Gaye le Manche, France. [1]Alternatively, the name uld have been rived om the Old French "gal" meang "full of joy, lighthearted" [2] Early Origs of the Gay fayThe surname Gay was first found Surrey where Oswald le Gay was listed the Pipe Rolls there 1176. A few years later, Gilbert Gay was listed the Pipe Rolls for Llnshire 1191.

Other early rerds clu: Hilda Gay the Pipe Rolls for Oxfordshire 1192; and William Gaia the Assize Rolls for Staffordshire 1203.

[1]The Hundredom Rolls of 1273 list: Adam le Gay, Oxfordshire; and Robert le Gay, Oxfordshire. [2]And Somerset, William Gay was listed there 1 Edward III (durg the first year of the reign of Kg Edward III. " [4]The celebrated Beggars' Opera was wrten 1727 by John Gay, who was said to have been stigated to s productn by a feelg of annoyance at havg been offered a urt appotment which he regard as beneath him.

GAY MEANG AND ORIG

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Gay RankgIn France, the name Gay is the 178th most popular surname wh an timated 18, 846 people wh that name. [6] However, the Uned Stat, the name Gay is ranked the 774th most popular surname wh an timated 37, 305 people wh that name.

[7] Gay migratn to the Uned Stat +Bee of this polil and relig unrt wh English society, many people cid to immigrate to the loni. Analysis of immigratn rerds dit that some of the first North Amerin immigrants bore the name Gay or a variant listed above: Gay Settlers Uned Stat the 17th CenturyThomas Gay, who land Virgia 1622 [8]Jam Gay who settled Virgia 1623Jam Gay, who arrived Virgia 1623 [8]William Gay, who settled Virgia 1630William Gay, aged 20, who arrived Virgia 1635 [8]... )Gay Settlers Uned Stat the 18th CenturyPierre Gay, aged 20, who land Louisiana 1719 [8]Anne Gay, who settled Maryland 1723Samuel Gay, who land Virgia 1740 [8]Jab Gay, who land Pennsylvania 1765 [8]William Gay, who land Virgia 1772 [8]...

)Gay Settlers Uned Stat the 19th CenturyI Gay, aged 34, who land New Orleans, La 1830 [8]Francis Gay, who land Mobile County, Ala 1840 [8]Mr. 1794), aged 47, Cornish settler partg om Falmouth aboard the ship "Cornwall" arrivg the Uned Stat on 3 June 1841 [9]A W Gay, who land San Francis, California 1849 [8]J Gay, who arrived San Francis, California 1850 [8]... ) Gay migratn to Canada +Some of the first settlers of this fay name were: Gay Settlers Canada the 17th CenturyFranis Gay, aged 22, who land Quebec 1671Mr.