80s gay slang

K iki - s slang term for a lesbian comfortable with either a passive or aggressive partner. Kinsey Six - A person who is completely homosexual, as opposed to one with some bisexual inclinations. L ace Curtains - Refers to the foreskin. Laddie or Lassie - A term used to identify children with gay parents.

Polari: The Lost Language of Gay Men

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Gay slang from the 1970s

The same goes for Polari or the handkerchief codes of the s. It is a form of social protest, aimed at the establishment; it is also self-protective and self-defeating. Gay militants would like to see it go, and argue rightly that gay jargon is yet another link in the chain which holds the homosexual enslaved and oppressed—yet its widespread use and complex vocabulary indicate that gay liberation has still along battle in front of it.

Because of the sardonic nature of gayness, all of the above would have to be included also in the vocabulary of gay men and queers. Terms of abuse are a way of distinguishing those whom we choose to marginalise because we do not like the look of them or because we were there first.