#i'd known it was a community-specific word at first but i'd always assumed it leaked into straight culture in like the 40s-early 50s

[marley-manson]

I’ve gained greater appreciation for “Ah this mad, gay nightlife,” in Dear Peggy upon learning that it wasn’t until the 60s or so that straight culture discovered the word "gay" in its gay context. even through the fifties it was apparently still underground gay slang, and the way Hawkeye uses it there would’ve been a pretty typical sly double entendre

#i'd known it was a community-specific word at first but i'd always assumed it leaked into straight culture in like the 40s-early 50s #mash #marley on mash #mash s4 #i'm reading gay new york now since like every single other thing i've been reading cites it lol #mash gs