Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe 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 References: <3486@decwrl.UUCP> <10900001@ada-uts.UUCP> <683@ttidcc.UUCP> <290@sdcc13.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 19 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). -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe