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Origins Of The Word 'Gay'

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  1. mickie newton

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    I've been reading Kenneth Williams diaries and noticed how early on he used gay as we us it today. My parents were always saying that it wasn't around during in the 60s, until that is I pointed out Williams was using it in 1942. So I decided to find out more and discovered this.

    How ‘Gay’ Came to Mean ‘Homosexual’
     
    #1 mickie newton, Jan 20, 2013
    Last edited: Jan 20, 2013