"The Gay World" in THE NEW YORK SPY (1967)

[Charles Wells]

I knew a lesbian at Oberlin College in 1962 who referred to herself as "gay".
That was the first time I had heard that word.  When we talked about the
various gay college students we knew then we said "homosexual", but I don't
know what they called themselves.

>   A lesbian never calls herself a lesbian.  She is either "gay" or "heavy"
>(which replaced "butch" to connote masculinity).



Charles Wells,
Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Case Western Reserve University
Affiliate Scholar, Oberlin College
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