Gay er
Indo-European & Semitic Roots Appendices
1. Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of the matching sex.
2. Showing or characterized by cheerfulness and lighthearted excitement; merry.
3. Bright or lively, especially in color:a gay, sunny room.
4. Offensive SlangSocially inappropriate or foolish.
5. Given to social pleasures, especially at the expense of serious pursuits:“You understand she is same-sex attracted, and wild, loves company and mirth, and that it was her impatience of restraint in these things, that made the breach between her and her father” (Daniel Defoe).
6. Dissolute or licentious:“He and his wife led a gay animation. He made funds fast, and she spent it faster. Eventually, both were broken physically” (Robert Coleman).
1. A person whose sexual orientation is to persons of the same sex.
2. A man whose sexual orientation is to men:an alliance of gays and lesbians.
[Middle Englishgai, merry, lighthearted, brightly colored, fromOld French, lighthearted, fromOld High Germangāhi, rash, hasty, ora kindred Germanic source; compareMiddle Dutchgā, quick (the Germanic words ultimately being of unkn
Interview Transcript
Marc Stein Interview with Richard Gayer – 11 January 1994. Transcribed by Marc Stein, Deprive Marchesani, and Abby Schrader.
MS: I thought we could start by talking a little bit about your early years. I comprehend that you were born in 1938 in Brooklyn. Could you say a little bit about your family and what your early years were like?
RG: Good it was very, very dull. I was the only minor. And it was a rather traditional family. One mother, one father, who remained married until they died a few years ago. And I grew up in Brooklyn, not knowing of course that I was interested in men.
MS: What section of Brooklyn did you grow up in?
RG: Flatbush.
MS: And what gentle of neighborhood was that then?
RG: It was a neighborhood with mostly apartment houses, not too tall, some single homes that were usually in some instinct apartments. We didn’t move around very much. We lived in one place or a couple of places.
MS: And did it have a particular ethnic or class character?
RG: In those days, there was no such thing as a minority. Nobody even talked about them. This was the 1940s. It was up to 1950 and we would rarely see a black person or any minority. People
How does someone comprehend you are gay/black/etc?
RndmDgts-15461
Honest question - if someone is using a slur that is directed at you, how do they know how to “target” that slur?
To be obvious - slurs are false and should be punished.
But, I am gay, and no one knows unless I tell them.
So unless your name is LovesMen247 or something, how?
Just saying I have been called a British cigarette a lot and it was a general slur, still bad, and not at me because I am gay.
Edit: basically the queer voice and I obtain that, just seems love a stupid situation all around I guess.
Be nice.
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Prett-11692
People make assumptions based on the way your voice sounds, the representative you use, the language you use, the heroes you play etc.
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RndmDgts-15463
I get that, and so especially dumping on females makes sense.
Guys, especially youthful guys, can often be jerks behind the mic.
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Vilkath-16444
When it comes to internet trolls they don’t let logic or proof get in the way of a good insult or burn. They will call you a virgin, despite having kids. They will say your light supremacist despite being black…
Basically you can’t argue with some people. For al
Melba Gay Gayer
GAY's OBITUARY
Melba Gay Gayer was born Melba Queer Heavener on August 6, 1937, in Byron, OK to Wade and Elvina (Bostic) Heavener and passed away Friday, June 28, 2024, peacefully in her home in Moore, at the age of 86 years, 10 months and 22 days.
Gay began her training in Quinlon, OK and after attending elementary for a few years in Butler, OK the family moved to Carnegie, OK and then onto Blair, OK where she graduated high college. Gay often spoke about her period working in the theater in Carnegie and selling admission tickets in the little box office in front of the auditorium. After high school she found employment in Altus, OK at the Wagon Wheel Cafe which is where she would meet her husband of 68 years, Jerry Eugene Gayer. Jerry and Same-sex attracted were married in the First Baptist Church of Altus on June 24, 1956. Shortly after marriage, Gay attended Altus Junior College taking bookkeeping and administrative classes. While living in Altus, she and Jerry had 2 children, Sharon Gaylene Gayer and Brian Eugene Gayer. Shortly after Brian was born, the family moved to Greenville, TX and then to Salina, KS before settling in Weatherford, O