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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: Nomenclature - Gay/Homosexual/Lesbia
Message-ID: <709@ttidcc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 13:49:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: ttidcc.709
Posted: Fri Aug 23 13:49:00 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 08:11:59 EDT
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Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Organization: The Cat Factory
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Summary: 

In article <290@sdcc13.UUCP> ps101@sdcc13.UUCP (ps101) writes:
>I recall a few years ago reading in the Advocate about a group of
>people who were gay who prefered to call them faggots because of the
>history of the term.  Faggot--slang for logs put on fires> refered
>to gays because gays were burned as witches in 16-17th century.  

A minor quibble -- My understanding is that the term faggot, as  slang  for
homosexual,  arose  because  homosexuals were used as fuel to burn witches.
"Bring me something foul enough to burn a witch." was the  judicial  remark
that  supposedly  started  it  all. (Not very practical.  The human body is
relatively non-combustible, consisting mostly of water).

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