by Jordan Redman Staff Wrer Do you know what the word gay really means? The word gay dat back to the 12th century and om the Old French “gai,” meang “full of joy or mirth.” It may also relate to the Old High German “gahi,” meang impulsive.
Contents:
- WELE TO THE GAY HISTORY WIKI
- THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”
- THE OLST GAYS HISTORY
- FAMO GAYS THROUGHOUT HISTORY
- GAY PRI
- HOW ACTIVISTS ORGANIZED THE FIRST GAY PRI PARAS
WELE TO THE GAY HISTORY WIKI
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THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “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.
THE OLST GAYS HISTORY
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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.
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.
FAMO GAYS THROUGHOUT HISTORY
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.
GAY PRI
I jt went gay. ” 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. Gay is not a dirty word.
HOW ACTIVISTS ORGANIZED THE FIRST GAY PRI PARAS
Gay is not a bad word.
However, gay is not an sult eher. Unheard Voic released a seri of statements ma by stunts around the Uned Stat on the phrase “that’s gay.