When did people start being gay

For centuries, gay was used commonly in speech and literature to mean happy, carefree, bright and showy, and did not take on any sexual meaning until the s. At that time the meaning of gay as carefree evolved to imply that a person was unrestrained by morals and prone to decadence and promiscuity.

This latter use suggests that the younger man was in a sexually submissive role and may be among the first times that gay was used implying a homosexual relationship. I just went gay. Today, gay is a socially acceptable term for homosexual people. However, this word is rooted in the classification of certain types of people as illicit, counterculture or behaving in ways that go against the respectable conventions of society.

When gay is used today to mean stupid or undesirable it has only been used in this way since the sit carries with it a history of negative judgment and rigid ideas about who or what is acceptable. Gay is not a dirty word. Gay is not a bad word. However, gay is not an insult either.

If you want to say something is stupid, lame, dumb or any other variation of those terms, use those terms. Skip to main content.

Evolutionary Origins of Homosexuality

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