:The term "gay" likewise has an interesting history. It begins with [[Friedrich Nietzsche]]'s 19th century book, ''The Gay Science''. Many decades later Hollywood produced a film entitled ''The Gay Divorcee''. By the 1960s gays "came out of the closet" and admitted that the word "gay" was a codeword dropped in casual conversation for nearly a hundred years to feel out a person if they were susceptible to [[homosexual]] advances (facilitated by the "intellectual", academic, and popular culture references to the book or film). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a chance'']]</sup> 14:25, June 29, 2023 (EDT) | :The term "gay" likewise has an interesting history. It begins with [[Friedrich Nietzsche]]'s 19th century book, ''The Gay Science''. Many decades later Hollywood produced a film entitled ''The Gay Divorcee''. By the 1960s gays "came out of the closet" and admitted that the word "gay" was a codeword dropped in casual conversation for nearly a hundred years to feel out a person if they were susceptible to [[homosexual]] advances (facilitated by the "intellectual", academic, and popular culture references to the book or film). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a chance'']]</sup> 14:25, June 29, 2023 (EDT) |