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Contents:
- THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN
- HOW TO USE TR DIFFERENTLY FOR GAY
- GAY CISG/HOOKUPS (SERLY)
- GAY SLANG: A SECRET LANGUAGE THAT BEGAN AS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE
- GAY "SIS": HOW LANGUAGE FRE US TO BE OURSELV
THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN
Are you seekg a gay partner to spend forever wh him? Image meetg him onle at the datg platform like Tr for gay men. * cruising gay slang *
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.
ChickenA young homosexual male seekg olr men; see also: Chicken hawk, referrg to an olr gay male lookg for younger partners. 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.
HOW TO USE TR DIFFERENTLY FOR GAY
The LGBTQ+ muny is known for havg unique and creative ways of self-exprsn. One secret language began as an act of fiance agast an anti-gay society. * cruising gay slang *
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.
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.
GAY CISG/HOOKUPS (SERLY)
Wele to the "siverse," which gay men don't engage peratn. * cruising gay slang *
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. 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.
GAY SLANG: A SECRET LANGUAGE THAT BEGAN AS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE
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'.
MaryOne of many women's nam ed exchange for gay men's nam Also a standard mp name ed by gay men to refer to each other. Kev Spacey was one of the first gay celebri to be MeTooed after gay actor Anthony Rapp publicly acced him of attempted statutory rape. MetrosexualSomeone whose habs and groomg are siar to "those nsired typil of a fashnable, urban, homosexual man" (OED).
The days, a money shot is mon both heterosexual and homosexual pornography and ejaculatn will often occur visibly on the body of a partner. PanthiIndia Word: Among gay circl Panthi-means a top, Telugu language is the person who mak play wh the strgs that he holds. QueenAn effemate gay man Gay men who aspire to royalty will be disappoted to learn that this age of the word queen is only a distant relative of the queen who ss on a throne It is lguistilly closer to queen - a disparagg word for an unpleasant or promiscuo woman, datg to the sixteenth century.
GAY "SIS": HOW LANGUAGE FRE US TO BE OURSELV
QueerHomosexual, ually meang reference to men Origally meang "odd", the term seems to have taken on this meang early the twentieth century.