This use of the term “gay” seems to have been established in the Fifties, has roots that seem to go back several generations, without any pretension of an acrynym.
Their culture seems to specialize in creative etymology…for example, “homosexuals” and “Lesbians” is often used together, since they seem to believe that “homo-” refers to males. Actually, of course, it simply means “same”.
This use of the term “gay” seems to have been established in the Fifties, has roots that seem to go back several generations, without any pretension of an acrynym.
Their culture seems to specialize in creative etymology…for example, “homosexuals” and “Lesbians” is often used together, since they seem to believe that “homo-” refers to males. Actually, of course, it simply means “same”.