Gay_Vespa

We just had one of those GLEE system maintenance downtimes, and now I notice some changes with the way Blog posts are done. Additionally, when I just edited and re-dated some of my older posts, formatting & font glitches appeared.

So my apologies if the appearance of my Blog posts has changed. Please let me know if they are less readable, lacking paragraph breaks, tiny fonts and such. I use a Mac, and apparently how Windows users see my stuff sometimes differs from what I see and... (continue reading)

I'm a late bloomer, and what kept me in self-denial for many years may apply to some of you who are confused about yourself, or to some other people you might know and advise.

Common obstacles to coming out can be family, community, friends, employment, religion... (continue reading)

[The following post is reprinted from a comment I made to a GLEE friend's blog. We were talking about gay euphemisms, and living gay decades ago.]

I wrote a blog entry called "Is gay a recent term?" which I've just re-dated to make it sort to the top of my GLEE posts. I cite evidence that "gay" was being used to mean homosexuality at least as far back as 1938.

There's also a semi-autobiographical book dealing with gay American soldiers stationed in WWII... (continue reading)

How long has the English word gay been used as a euphemism for homosexuals and for homosexual behavior & traits? Some books I've read cite the 1920s or a little earlier, while most people today seem to assume it was coined after World War II. But definitive evidence is scarce.

One example that everyone can see for themselves is the 1938 comedy movie "Bringing Up Baby" with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. Ironic that Grant would provide the proof, who during the 1930s had... (continue reading)