Gay Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty. Gay Pri memorat the Stonewall rts New York Cy of June 28, 1969.
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
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. * gay history wiki *
The Gay History Wiki aims to llect the life stori of Philalphia men who sce 1981 have died followg plitns to their battl wh AIDS/HIV and the iends and plac who helped velop one of the untry’s richt LGBT tradns sce the 1960s. The se clus the stori of gay men and alli om Philalphia who are both alive and ad, of all HIV serostat, sexual and genr inti, and cultur. 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. 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.
THE HISTORY OF THE WORD “GAY”
* gay history wiki *
“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. 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.
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.
THE OLST GAYS HISTORY
This Pri Month, celebrate the famo people who have played a major role the Gay Rights Movement over the years. * gay history wiki *
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.
FAMO GAYS THROUGHOUT HISTORY
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. Of Oh said, “When I hear ‘that’s so gay, ’ I ’s so ignorant!
GAY PRI
Copyright The Gayly. ’ This le, ed by Seth on his nephew, is probably the olst rerd chat-up, gay or straight, all of history.
As far as the rerd go, Nyankhkhnum and Khnumhotep are, I thk, the olst gays history. But they did not have a rigid nventn of sexualy as eher heterosexual or homosexual, and, at least at certa tim, and certa strata, may have tolerated and even celebrated same-sex love.
Febary 27, 2012,, 26 CommentsHomosexualy has s roots as ep as that of human civilizatn and has been mentned many scripture and old historil works. The word ‘Gay’ was ially ed to exprs gdy or reee and gradually entailed some sense of immoraly too.
HOW ACTIVISTS ORGANIZED THE FIRST GAY PRI PARAS
In later velopments the word gay referred to sexual attractn among men but currently the term is ed to exprs people of the same sex havg sexual attractn between them. An acunt of his gay love was given by Tommaso i Cavalieri who met Michelangelo at the age of 57 and exprsed his love for Michelangelo sayg, ‘I swear to return your love.
Judy Garland is popularly known as ‘My Judy’ the gay muny on acunt of their feelg of iendls for her. John joed a mpaign ‘Give a Damn Campaign’ tend to w favor of people for LGBT (Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr’.