When and why did the word “gay,” which ed to mean “happy/reee,” e to mean “homosexual”? - Quora

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• I WAS BORN THIS WAYCARL BEANTRACK 9 ON BACK TO ME 1 VIEWER6.4K VIEWS4 CONTRIBUTORSI WAS BORN THIS WAY LYRICSI'M WALKG THROUGH LIFE NATURE'S DISGUISEYOU LGH AT ME AND YOU CRICIZE'E I'M HAPPY, REEE AND GAY - Y, I'M GAYIT A'T A FLT 'S A FACTI WAS BORN THIS WAY NOW I WON'T JUDGE YOUDON'T YOU JUDGE MEWE'RE ALL THE WAY NATURE MEANT TO BE CHOSI'M HAPPY - I'M REEE - I'M GAYI WAS BORN THIS WAYI'M HAPPY - I'M REEE AND I'M GAYI WAS BORN THIS WAYI'M HAPPY - I'M REEE - I'M GAYI WAS BORN THIS WAYI'M HAPPY - I'M REEE AND I'M GAY YOU'RE CALLG ME STRANGE'E YOU DON'T UNRSTANDGOD'S ROLE FOR ME IN LIFE'S OVERALL PLANI'VE LEARNED TO HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGHNOT IN SRN NOR DISGRACEDO' MY THG SO INDIVIDUALLYENTWED WH THIS HUMAN RACE NOW I WON'T JUDGE YOUDON'T YOU JUDGE MEWE'RE ALL THE WAY NATURE MEANT US TO BE CHOSI'M HAPPY - I'M REEE - I'M GAYI WAS BORN THIS WAYI'M HAPPY - I'M REEE AND I'M GAYI WAS BORN THIS WAYI'M HAPPY - I'M REEE - I'M GAYI WAS BORN THIS WAYI'M HAPPY - I'M REEE AND I'M GAY YOU LGH AT MEAND YOU GOT THE NERVE TO CRICIZEIF I WERE YOU - I'D S DOWNAND NSIR WHAT YOU'RE DOGLOVE ME LIKE I LOVE YOUI WAS BORN THIS WAYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• I'M HAPPY, I'M REEE, I'M GAY!
• SYNONYMS FOR GAY
• I'M HAPPY, I'M REEE, I'M GAY!

I WAS BORN THIS WAYCARL BEANTRACK 9 ON BACK TO ME 1 VIEWER6.4K VIEWS4 CONTRIBUTORSI WAS BORN THIS WAY LYRICSI'M WALKG THROUGH LIFE NATURE'S DISGUISEYOU LGH AT ME AND YOU CRICIZE'E I'M HAPPY, REEE AND GAY - Y, I'M GAYIT A'T A FLT 'S A FACTI WAS BORN THIS WAY NOW I WON'T JUDGE YOUDON'T YOU JUDGE MEWE'RE ALL THE WAY NATURE MEANT TO BE CHOSI'M HAPPY - I'M REEE - I'M GAYI WAS BORN THIS WAYI'M HAPPY - I'M REEE AND I'M GAYI WAS BORN THIS WAYI'M HAPPY - I'M REEE - I'M GAYI WAS BORN THIS WAYI'M HAPPY - I'M REEE AND I'M GAY YOU'RE CALLG ME STRANGE'E YOU DON'T UNRSTANDGOD'S ROLE FOR ME IN LIFE'S OVERALL PLANI'VE LEARNED TO HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGHNOT IN SRN NOR DISGRACEDO' MY THG SO INDIVIDUALLYENTWED WH THIS HUMAN RACE NOW I WON'T JUDGE YOUDON'T YOU JUDGE MEWE'RE ALL THE WAY NATURE MEANT US TO BE CHOSI'M HAPPY - I'M REEE - I'M GAYI WAS BORN THIS WAYI'M HAPPY - I'M REEE AND I'M GAYI WAS BORN THIS WAYI'M HAPPY - I'M REEE - I'M GAYI WAS BORN THIS WAYI'M HAPPY - I'M REEE AND I'M GAY YOU LGH AT MEAND YOU GOT THE NERVE TO CRICIZEIF I WERE YOU - I'D S DOWNAND NSIR WHAT YOU'RE DOGLOVE ME LIKE I LOVE YOUI WAS BORN THIS WAYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

I Was Born This Way LyricsI'm walkg through life nature's disguiseYou lgh at me and you cricize'e I'm happy, reee and gay - Y, I'm gayIt a't a flt 's a factI was born this way Now I won't judge youDon't you judge meWe're all the way nature meant to be ChosI'm happy - I'm reee - I'm gayI was born this wayI'm happy - I'm reee and I'm gayI was born this wayI'm happy - I'm reee - I'm gayI was born this wayI'm happy - I'm reee and I'm gay You're Callg Me Strange'e You Don't UnrstandGod's Role For Me In Life's Overall PlanI've Learned To Hold My Head Up HighNot In Srn Nor DisgraceDo' My Thg So IndividuallyEntwed Wh This Human Race Now I Won't Judge YouDon't You Judge MeWe're All The Way Nature Meant Us To Be ChosI'm happy - I'm reee - I'm gayI was born this wayI'm happy - I'm reee and I'm gayI was born this wayI'm happy - I'm reee - I'm gayI was born this wayI'm happy - I'm reee and I'm gay You Lgh at meAnd you got the nerve to cricizeIf I were you - I'd s downAnd nsir what you're dogLove me like I love youI was born this way. When and why did the word “gay, ” which ed to mean “happy/reee, ” e to mean “homosexual”? Вид сбоку портрет расслабленной кавказской ЛГБТК-пары, наслаждающе� - Сток видеоHappy reee gay man wakg up the morng as lover kissg nose.

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I'M HAPPY, I'M REEE, I'M GAY!

gay,. homosexual.

Do some people still e the word 'gay' to mean happy and reee? Before Lady Gaga was even a sequed twkle Cynthia Germanotta's eye, two queens rerd the out and proud gay anthem, "I Was Born This Way.

Jon started the rerd label Gaiee to give "gay people a label they n ll home, " as she explaed to The Advote 1975, the year the first rerd versn, by Valento, beme a mor h. Before gettg to the mic bs, Jon owned several salons, and bee stereotyp are te for a reason, most of her employe were gay.

SYNONYMS FOR GAY

Through her iendship wh the gays, Jon learned of the stggl they faced on a daily basis. "I began to feel that gays are more supprsed than blacks, Chinos, or other mori, " Jon said. "You hear of great signers or famo hairdrsers, and that's about as far as society will let gays go.

And then she had to fd someone brave enough to rerd off a revival of the mil Hair Long Island, Charl "Valento" Harris was jt the gay for the gig.

This ught the attentn of Motown head Berry Gordy, whose other great ntributn to gay culture is, of urse, Diana Motown's (albe mimal) backg, Valento's "I Was Born This Way" beme a number one dis h the UK.

I'M HAPPY, I'M REEE, I'M GAY!

Three years later, as was Motown tradn, the label recycled the song, this time wh openly gay gospel sger Carl Bean.

Bean, havg once studied for the mistry, saw "I Was Born This Way" as a "sort of mistry for gay people. " In 1982, he practiced what he preached, and began preachg what he practiced, when he found the Uny Fellowship Church Movement, specifilly for openly gay and lbian Ain, the UFCM ntu to teach s "msage of God's unndnal love and the prcipl of liberatn theology to often ostracized muni. " And "I Was Born This Way" ntu to teach s msage that dis-tged gay liberatn was the bt thg to e out of the '70s.