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STAR TREK HAS BEEN CANCELLED!!!!!

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So far as YOU know. That set can be quite weird.
 
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TBonz said:
Um, in 1969, "gay" still meant "happy". If one was referring to homosexuals, it was "homo" (short for homosexual of course), or "queer". And queer was still being used to mean odd too, which make it tricky to use the word. I remember in the early 1970s using queer to mean strange and my dad yelled at me. *snicker*. I was naive and didn't get what I had done.

That makes me wonder. Exactly when did "gay" come into usage as referring to homosexuality?

Now I have to go and look it up.

Love ya, TBonz, but it's probably not a good idea to make such declaratives ("in 1969, 'gay' still meant 'happy'") and then backtrack and say you have to look it up.

There's no hard and fast date when the terms "gay" became commonly used for homosexuality. Its origins are still somewhat debateable, and there are instances going back several centuries wher the word can be read in the modern context, but probably wasn't a common colloqialism for a type of sexuality. However as far back as early 20th century NYC, "gay" was sometimes used in the context that "fabulous" is today, as in "I know this gay place..." and there's some thought that this word then got associated with the people using it. That "gay" place became a "gay bar," etc.

Then there's Cary Grant in 1938's Bringing Up Baby: who, wearing a lady,s robe, jumps and says "Because I just went gay...all of a sudden!" There's some debate as to if he meant "gay" in the modern sense, but it was already apparently used in that context in some circles.

There are many instances of it being used to indicate sexual orientation by mid century, and even in mainstream press in the early 60s.
 
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At least you'll now have a baseball team to root for in Canada - Les Expos de Montréal
 
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Will those bra burners ever get to have credit cards? @hic@
 
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Did you know anyone who fled to canada due to losing their student deferment?
 
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How'd we get back to "Congradulations on your gay thread"

Damn time-loops....
 
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Sephiroth said:
cooleddie74 said:
Sephiroth said:
Ronald Held said:
Safer to go to Canada.

i've been through worse

Mexico?

Iraq
I've heard about the problems in Iraq. The Kurds up north have been revolting against the central government the last couple of years. There is a new, young man who is Secretary-General of the Ba'th Party, and it looks like he'll be able to negotiate an agreement with the Kurds to stop their rebellion. He's a comer - keep and eye out for him: Saddam Hussein
 
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^
That guy's nothing. All the buzz is about this other guy in the Middle East. He just got appointed head of the Palestine Liberation Organisation: Yasser Arafat. I think this guy is going to settle the Palestinian problem once and for all, and sooner than you think, too.

Oh, did anyone see Kihachi Oktamoto's Kill!? Funny stuff...
 
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Remember how Governor Ronald Reagan sent the National Guard to UC Berkeley?

He should be President!

Mmm...

damn...there's gotta be a better way to look at porn.

:eek: :wtf:

I'm not Gay...I'm not Gay...
 
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Oh, God, no! I'm scared enough about Ronald Ray-gun and what he'll do when I go to college in a couple of years. He'll probably gas the place.

If there is one thing I know for sure, Reagan will fade, back to being the B-movie actor he once was. Nixon, now there's a republican I can respect. I sure hope he ends Vietnam like he says he will. Those damn democrats. They start all the wars. They always have and always will.
 
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Can this thing get even MORE off Trek ?

You bet it could !
 
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