INVERT, PERVERT, DEGENERATE (or less-commonly, HOMOSEXUAL, HOMOSEXUALIST, or HOMO) (jan 1, 1910 – jan 1, 1950)
Description:
"Regulatory agents--police, doctors, and private investigators alike--generally used technical terms such as invert, pervert, degenerate, or, less commonly, homosexual (or homosexualist, or simply homo), but they also knew and frequently used the vernacular fairy as well" (Chauncey, Gay New York, 14-15)Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1910
jan 1, 1950
~ 40 years