From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!menlo70!sytek!zehntel!zinfandel!mark
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Title: Re: Posslq finds favor - (nf)
Article-I.D.: zehntel.755
Posted: Tue Feb 15 01:18:36 1983
Received: Sun Feb 20 10:18:07 1983

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zinfandel!mark    Feb 14 11:32:00 1983

The only real problem seems to be that it doesn't work well for
gays, lesbians, menage-a-trois arrangements, (or bestiality!), or any other
non-heterosexual, non-binary setup.

Mark Wittenberg
...!decvax!sytek!zehntel!mark

PS.  It seems to me that when 'gay' first gained currency that it referred
     to either male or female homosexuals. For some time, though, it seems
     to have been used almost entirely to refer to male homosexuals, leaving
     'lesbians' for female homosexuals. Am I correct? if so, was it because
     there was no word specifically meaning male homosexuals? It seems like
     we need words for homosexual {men, women, unspecified}; any suggestions?

PPS. Anyone know how 'gay' came to its current usage?