GAY (1 ene 1930 año – 1 ene 1950 año)

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"Gay meant "prostitute" before it meant "homosexual"" (Chauncey, Gay New York, 14).

"[T]he ascendancy of gay as the preeminent term (for gay men among gay men) in the 1940s reflected a major reconceptualization of homosexual behavior and of "homosexuals" and "heterosexuals"" (Chauncey, Gay New York, 14).

"The term gay began to catch on in the 1930s, and its primacy was consolidated during the war" (Chauncey, Gay New York, 19).

"The ascendancy of gay as the primary self-referential term used within the gay world reflected the subtle shifting occurring in the boundaries drawn among male sexual actors in the middle decades of the century. Earlier terms--fairy, queer, and trade most commonly--had distinguished various types of homosexually active men: effeminate homosexuals, more conventional homosexuals, and masculine heterosexuals who would accept homosecxual advances, to use today's nomenclature" (Chauncey, Gay New York, 20).