FAG (or FAGGOT) (jan 1, 1930 – jan 1, 1950)
Description:
"Fag was widely used in the 1930s, but almost exclusively by "normals" (the usual word for those who were not queers); gay men used the word faggot instead, but it was more commonly by blacks than whites. . . . While gay white men also used the term faggot (although less often than blacks), they rarely referred to themselves as being "in the life." a phrase commonly used by black men and women" (Chauncey, Gay New York, 15).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1930
jan 1, 1950
~ 20 years