I know.
2007-01-11 01:07:34 · 8 answers · asked by Kmart 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
I wrote this in an earlier answer to a similar question.
"Gay" has meant "light-hearted, merry, exuberant" since Middle English but it has also had many other meanings. By the middle of the 17th century it also meant "addicted to social pleasures and dissipations; of immoral life". It also took on meanings of "showy, glittery". By the middle of the 19th century "gay" in reference to women also had the meaning of "prostitute" and towards the end of the 19th century it started to be used for homosexual men. This meaning was well established by the early 20th century and Hollywood's use of "gay" in movie titles has always been ambiguous.
"Gay" moved into more general use meaning "homosexual" in the 1960s with the emergence of gay pride. For anyone alive today, however, "gay" has always had the meaning "homosexual" as one of its meanings so you can't really call it "new".
2007-01-11 01:30:14 · answer #1 · answered by tentofield 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Happy
2007-01-11 01:11:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When i was younger (long time ago) it meant happy, and there was no stigma attached to saying you were feeling gay.
2007-01-11 01:12:07 · answer #3 · answered by Bladerunner (Dave) 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You're kidding right?
2007-01-11 02:01:09 · answer #4 · answered by ssdstt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then why do you ask if you know?
2007-01-11 01:14:03 · answer #5 · answered by Counsellor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happy.
If you know, why did you ask?
2007-01-11 01:10:42 · answer #6 · answered by Kedar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yep
2007-01-11 01:10:38 · answer #7 · answered by Mr.YES-MAN 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
HAAAPPY h3h3h3 ;))
2007-01-11 01:56:30 · answer #8 · answered by Charlyssie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋