Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 15:42:07 -0500

From: Stewart Mason masons[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ZIAVMS.ENMU.EDU

Subject: Re: GAY (Changes to the English Language)



Tom Uharriet asks:



When & why did the word "GAY" change from homosexual to male

homosexual?



Fairly recently--within the last five years or so, I believe. In various

courses I took for my Women's Studies minor, the general consensus was that

"gay and lesbian" was both more inclusive and more specific. It sounds

perfectly reasonable to me.



Stewart

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