An Introductn to Drag Termology | Gay Language & LGBT Queer Culture, Cape Town South Ai

Contents:

• GAYLE: THE LANGUAGE OF APARTHEID SOUTH AI’S GAY UNRGROUND
• GAY LANGUAGE CAPE TOWN: A STUDY OF GAYLE - ATTUS, HISTORY AND AGE
• HOW TO SAY GAY DIFFERENT LANGUAG
• GAYLE. A HISTORY AND DICTNARY OF GAY LANGUAGE SOUTH AI
• SOUTH AI’S GAYLE
• A WHE, GAY, ZULU-SPEAKG MAYOR IS SHAKG UP SOUTH AIN POLICS
• GAY DICTNARY
• GAY DATG SOUTH AI
• GAY XHOSA MEN’S EXPERIENC OF ULWALO (TRADNAL MALE IATN)

GAYLE: THE LANGUAGE OF APARTHEID SOUTH AI’S GAY UNRGROUND

Ken Cage extensively explored the language’s history and velopment his 2003 book “Gayle: the language of kks and queens: a history and dictnary of gay language South Ai”. All of the varieti of language were veloped historilly by gay men (and to a lser extent lbians) who need their own way of speakg to avoid tectn and persecutn. “Moffietaal” n be traced to loured gay muni Cape Town which have a long tradn of queer subcultur datg back to the late 19th century (the word “loured” is ed to scribe people of mixed racial leage South Ai).

GAY LANGUAGE CAPE TOWN: A STUDY OF GAYLE - ATTUS, HISTORY AND AGE

What mak “Gayle” different to gay varieti ed other parts of the world is that a batn of women’s nam and Aikaans slang to scribe other gay people or gay experienc.

HOW TO SAY GAY DIFFERENT LANGUAG

For example a “Polly Papagaai” is a gay man who gossips (“papagaai” means “parrot” Aikaans); an “Ale adr” is a vdictive gay man (“adr” beg a kd of snake). This article has been updated to reflect that the South Ain ntributn to this disciple was penned by Ken Cage his 2003 book Gayle: the language of kks and queens: a history and dictnary of gay language South Ai. Comparable to Bra’s Polari or South Ai’s own Fanakalo, “Gayle” is an argot or psdo-language that arose the South Ain LGBTQI+ muny somewhere the mid-60s.

The language was most likely veloped wh the LGBTQI+ muni of lour, particularly the loured gay muny of District 6, as a way for s members to look out for each other heterosexual spac or other public spac where their safety was at risk. Functng as a sort of , Gayle allowed the LGBTQI+ muny to speak openly and eely, whout tectn the public eye, durg the Apartheid era when the ernment monored and censored their activi. Gayle is characterised as a nglomerate of Aikaans and English, wh s most distct feature beg the e of popular women’s nam as words for activi, which would have otherwise been outlawed if discsed openly.

GAYLE. A HISTORY AND DICTNARY OF GAY LANGUAGE SOUTH AI

While Gayle is an important part of South Ain queer culture, is important to cred s brown, queer origators for velopg what beme an important tool for the velopment of South Ai’s LGBTQI+ culture and social rights movement. Gayle provid a sense of inty, uny and muny for LGBTQI+ people, but most importantly played a major role the velopment of South Ai’s LGBTQI+ society and culture.

SOUTH AI’S GAYLE

Wh s roots 'moffie' drag culture, the 'language' of Gayle, was last studied by Ken Cage his 1999 MA dissertatn for the Rand Aikaans Universy, An vtigatn to the form and functn of language ed by gay men South Ai which was the precursor to his 2003 book Gayle: the language of kks and queens: a history and dictnary of gay language South Ai, the only dictnary of Gayle. S origal functn, to give whe and loured gay men a language of secrecy to be able to talk to one another public whout facg prosecutn as well as to have an -group language of belongg, is changg post-apartheid South Ai.

Wh LGBTI (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Intergenr) rights improvg South Ai (same-sex marriag were legalised 2006 makg the fifth untry the world and the first Ai to do so), the origal functn of Gayle, for speakers to avoid prosecutn, is no longer a legal threat.

Wh more people openly sharg their sexual orientatn and South Ain cizens general beg more ted and acceptg of a variety of sexual orientatns, Gayle ntu to change. This topic is important soclguistics, particularly om a language and sexualy perspective as will brg to light past and current attus and ag of gay language Cape Town and South Ai.

A WHE, GAY, ZULU-SPEAKG MAYOR IS SHAKG UP SOUTH AIN POLICS

Other notable LGBTQ+ events clu the Pk Loerie Mardi Gras Knysna, held May; Durban Pri, held June; the Mr Gay South Ai event, held November; and the Out Ai Film Ftival, which occurs both Johannburg and Cape Town, ually September or October.

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GAY DICTNARY

Ken Cage Jana MediaWhile many may nsir the publitn way overdue, others aga may nsir rather puerile and ivolo, and ed too sectarian that puts gay people a self-fed lguistic ghetto, mirrorg the excln and margalisatn that many gay people experience or claim to eher event, 's a very amg book and rmative the sense that sheds some light on the eternal bate about language. Strictly speakg of urse "gayle" or "gay-speak" is not a language, but a set of terms, a patois of sorts, that reflects the particular experience of beg outsi what uld problematilly be termed "mastream heterosexual culture" people, or at least those who choose to fe themselv to varyg gre as belongg to that group, experience a different daily realy: most don't have children, they have only recently this untry acquired the rights that heterosexual people enjoy.

But they have, on the whole, experienced a form of excln om society, the workplace or fay, pendg on the environment which they live and has led to a kd of fiance, an -hoe nscns, much of which has also been adopted by the very mastream to which "gayle" ow s existence, even if only reactn to the mastream. And this books aims to reflect one aspect of this alternative nscns, wh a lol 's book wh a preface and chapters dited to the whole phenomenon of beg gay. He says that "gayle" primarily serv a functn, namely ncealment and s e this regard was particularly prevalent the 1970s, a perd which he se as the most opprsive " South Ain history" for gay that Jan van Riebeeck's time or that of the Victorians was particularly enlightened, so he should have steered cleared of such absolute statements.

GAY DATG SOUTH AI

Signifintly, what uld be phemistilly termed our racially-nsc society, "gayle" has also been fected wh the need to navigate around prejudice based on race, wh the terms "Natalie" referrg to black gays, or blacks general, rived om the lonial term "nativ". Terms which Cage says have their orig the Wtern Cape are "Jennifer Jtice", notg the terms "Priscilla" for policeman is well-known book is filled wh amg terms, such as "hoogmof", meang a rich or stylish gay person, a member of the hte South Ains are faiar wh the rather strintly rogatory terms relatg to airle stewards, but what is tertg Cage's book is the number of Zulu terms as well, often relatg to experienc on the m of Johannburg: "Mkwehlo", referrg to the marriage between men sgle-sex hostels, "nkonkana" (Tsonga) referrg to a young man who plays the so-lled "female role" and "nongolozi" a Zulu word meang a gay man, rived om the Johannburg gang known as the Nev, whose lear was one Nongoloza Mathebula who forba gang members to have ntact wh all, Cage's book is a good read, fun to dip to and also the product of extensive rearch.

Black gay men the township have their own language, based on Sotho/Nguni, and the whe/loured/Indian gay men have veloped an Indo-European versn, based on English/Aikaans. Very ltle rearch has been nducted the township variety, known as “Isigqumo”, but the other versn, known as “Gayle”, is a field which a lot of study is currently beg nducted.

GAY XHOSA MEN’S EXPERIENC OF ULWALO (TRADNAL MALE IATN)

Wh s roots ‘moffie’ drag culture, the ‘language’ of Gayle, was last studied by Ken Cage his 1999 MA dissertatn for the Rand Aikaans Universy, An vtigatn to the form and functn of language ed by gay men South Ai which was the precursor to his 2003 book Gayle: the language of kks and queens: a history and dictnary of gay language South Ai, the only dictnary of Gayle.

Gayle’s origal functn, to give whe and loured gay men a language of secrecy to be able to talk to one another public whout facg prosecutn as well as to have an -group language of belongg, is changg post-apartheid South Ai. Highly fluenced by Polari as well as Aikaans, has bee popular bee, so Luyt’s work nclus, by a certa mastream fluence on South Ain gay culture, like TV shows such as RuPl’s Drag Race.

Th, gay language Cape Town is still part of the gay muny for those who embrace as a way of makg light of past atroci and their own sexualy, g now for entertament and humour purpos as well as a form of group hn and solidary. […] The l between language and Gayle/‘gay language’ have blurred over time and so much is beg part of ‘mastream’ society that is difficult to say where Gayle/‘gay language’ starts and ends. South Ain versn of the Brish Pk Pound and the Amerin Pk Dollar – ed to show the enomic power of gay spendg and how gay money ntribut to the untry’s enomy.