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How did the word “gay” ever become associated with homosexuals?

June 19th, 2009
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Slayer XY asked:


Gay means “Happy”. But somehow it means homosexual nowadays. So does anyone know how “Happy” switched to “Homosexual”?

Tim

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  1. Emmasj
    June 22nd, 2009 at 06:54 | #1
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    I assume it was something like this:

    “He’s gay with a man.”

    But I can’t be sure that’s how it actually happened. Cheers.

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