Are our words changing?

Thank you for your insight. I agree with you that a lot of the terminology that we use comes from Black American culture, and particularly from Black women. This is especially the case if we think about the huge impact of the drag/ball scene of the 80s and 90s. That is something that's been addressed by previous work and which I intend to cite and incorporate. Surveys like this can help us document the spread of words and how the uses of these terms shift as they move through different groups. I don't intend to present all of the terms on the survey as necessarily originating in the gay community, but rather document how they are used within the community. Please feel free to DM me if you have further thoughts, I would be happy to hear them!

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