gaydirt -- new word?

[Joanne M. Despres]

Happy to help, Herr OED Kamerad.

On 4 Oct 2004, at 12:21, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 09:13:11AM -0400, Joanne M. Despres wrote:
> > Okay, here it is:
> >
> > But the fear of gay men is not to be discounted.  My gaydar tells
> > me that up to 30 per cent of the men at the Santa Fe and New
> > York weekends are gay, bisexual, or undeclared.
> >
> > Don Shewey
> > "Town Meeting in the Hearts of Men"
> > The Village Voice, Vol. 37, No. 6, p. 42
> > February 11, 1982
>
> Thank you very much for this.
>
> Jesse Sheidlower


Joanne M. Despres, Senior Editor
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