History of the word gay

Slut is generally a term for a someone, especially a woman or girl, who is considered to have loose sexual morals or who is sexually promiscuous. The first recorded use of the word was a reference to a man, in Geoffrey Chaucer 's The Canterbury Tales , in which he is referring to the man's untidy appearance. Slut-shaming is a related term, referring to the act of drawing attention to a person's promiscuous behavior for the purpose of shaming them socially. From the late 20th century, there have been attempts to reclaim the word, exemplified by various SlutWalk parades, and some individuals embrace the title as a source of pride. The common denotative meanings are a sexually promiscuous woman, [1] or "an immoral or dissolute woman; prostitute.

Douglas had discovered his son was embroiled in a gay relationship with Oscar Wilde; he became concerned at the potential of a gay sex scandal and immediately set out to prosecute Wilde in any way possible. He achieved his mission, launching a lengthy court case which argued the iconic playwright was a sodomy-obsessed old man that lured gay prostitutes into a lifestyle of degeneracy. Interestingly, it was most frequently used to specifically attack effeminate gay men. The s saw queer creatives thrive on the fringes of the mainstream. Criticism was levelled at the show as many argue it failed to fully represent queer identities.

The word is all over the world. And even referred to in the Bible. Have a nice Day. I've never been OK with the word "faggot" or its shortened form, "fag. In my younger years I never heard it used in anything other than a derogatory fashion.

To most ears, it probably sounds inoffensive. A little outdated and clinical, perhaps, but innocuous enough: homosexual. But that five-syllable word has never been more loaded, more deliberately used and, to the ears of many gays and lesbians, more pejorative. Consider the following phrases: homosexual community, homosexual activist, homosexual marriage.