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How did the word gay become associated with homosexuality?
To make it seem happy and fun and normal, I imagine.
I don't have a big problem with homosexuals in general but I really don't like it when they shove their lifestyle in my face.
 
How did the word gay become associated with homosexuality?
“Gay” became associated with homosexuality gradually between the late 1800s and mid‑1900s, through a mix of subcultural slang, shifting moral language, and the word’s older meanings of joy, freedom, and non‑conformity.
 

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