An troductn to Polari, the old Brish gay slang, cludg a word list.
Contents:
- GAY BRA GLOSSARY
- CATEGORY:ENGLISH GAY SLANG
- THIS SECRET LANGUAGE ALLOWED GAY MEN TO COMMUNITE WHEN HOMOSEXUALY WAS ILLEGAL
- POLARI: THE LANGUAGE GAY MEN ED TO SURVIVE
GAY BRA GLOSSARY
Gay Bra Glossary: see an A-Z glossary of words and phras relatg to gay life Bra om Ace to Wolfenn Report. * gay slang uk *
The glossary clus Acts of Parliament, gay villag Bra, history, people, and current and archaic gay slang.
Albany Tst - a registered chary set up 1958 to plement the Homosexual Law Reform Society (see below). Canal Street - near Picdilly Statn and Manchter Universy, Canal Street is the foc of the gay muny Manchter. The street ns parallel to the Rochdale Canal and me to s own as an tablished gay district the 1990's wh the onset of greater tolerance for gay life and bs, pecially Manchter.
CATEGORY:ENGLISH GAY SLANG
Polari is a secret language, or cryptolect, that served to help gay men England munite, and remas surprisgly fluential today. * gay slang uk *
Before the 1990's, gay people and gay meetg plac the area were often subject to police harassment.
Closeted - ( the closet) metaphor for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, LGBTQ+ people who have not disclosed their sexual orientatn.
THIS SECRET LANGUAGE ALLOWED GAY MEN TO COMMUNITE WHEN HOMOSEXUALY WAS ILLEGAL
* gay slang uk *
Gay - a person whose feels endurg sexual and emotnal attractn to people of the same genr. Homosexual - term first ed 19th century Germany and taken up the UK by Havelock Ellis the early 20th century to scribe same sex attractn. Homosexual Law Reform Society - (HLRS) an anisatn that mpaigned the UK for chang the laws that crimalised homosexual relatns between men.
Jack Sl - psdonym of the thor of The Ss of the Ci of the Pla - one of the first pornographic, homoerotic novels published England 1881.
POLARI: THE LANGUAGE GAY MEN ED TO SURVIVE
LGBT+ - acronym for lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and History Month - an annual event the UK held Febary.
Lbians and Gays Support the Mers (LGSM) - was a an alliance of lbians and gay men who supported the Natnal Unn of Meworkers durg the 1984-1985 mer's strike.
Old Compton Street - London street Soho that is the ma fol pot for London's gay muny wh numero gay bars, rtrants and clubs. Outed - when a lbian, gay, bi or trans person's sexual orientatn is revealed to someone else whout their wh Pri, Greater Manchter Police Mm & Archiv, ManchterP. Pk Triangle - name for the ma Gay Village Edburgh along Leh Street and Broughton Street.