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. Before the 1990's, gay people and gay meetg plac the area were often subject to police harassment.
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 *
Closeted - ( the closet) metaphor for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, LGBTQ+ people who have not disclosed their sexual orientatn. 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. LGBT+ - acronym for lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and History Month - an annual event the UK held Febary.
THIS SECRET LANGUAGE ALLOWED GAY MEN TO COMMUNITE WHEN HOMOSEXUALY WAS ILLEGAL
* gay slang uk *
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.
POLARI: THE LANGUAGE GAY MEN ED TO SURVIVE
Pk Triangle - name for the ma Gay Village Edburgh along Leh Street and Broughton Street.
Polari - secret language ed by gay men to avoid tectn before homosexualy was crimalized 1967. The 2017 Policg and Crime Act implements what is known rmally as the "Alan Turg Law" which pardoned 50, 000 men who for homosexual acts that were no longer nsired offenc. Public Schools - 19th century public schools Bra tolerated homoerotic relatnships between boys and some s teachers and boys.
Swchboard - formerly the London Lbian and Gay Swchboard, is an LGBT+ telephone helple lnched 1974.