Gay | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-03

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Gay


00:01:22 1 History
00:01:31 1.1 Overview
00:02:40 1.2 Sexualization
00:06:39 1.3 Shift to specifically ihomosexual/i
00:11:28 2 Homosexuality
00:11:37 2.1 Sexual orientation, identity, behavior
00:14:21 2.1.1 Terminology
00:15:31 2.2 Gay community vs. LGBT community
00:16:47 2.3 Descriptor
00:17:31 2.4 Use as a noun
00:18:27 3 Generalized pejorative use
00:21:39 4 Parallels in other languages



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SUMMARY
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Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term was originally used to mean "carefree", "cheerful", or "bright and showy".The term's use as a reference to homosexuality may date as early as the late 19th century, but its use gradually increased in the 20th century. In modern English, gay has come to be used as an adjective, and as a noun, referring to the people and the practices and cultures associated with homosexuality. In the 1960s, gay became the word favored by homosexual men to describe their sexual orientation. By the end of the 20th century, the word gay was recommended by major LGBT groups and style guides to describe people attracted to members of the same sex.At about the same time, a new, pejorative use became prevalent in some parts of the world. Among younger speakers, the word has a meaning ranging from derision (e.g., equivalent to rubbish or stupid) to a light-hearted mockery or ridicule (e.g., equivalent to weak, unmanly, or lame). In this use, the word rarely means "homosexual", as it is often used, for example, to refer to an inanimate object or abstract concept of which one disapproves. The extent to which these usages still retain connotations of homosexuality has been debated and harshly criticized.