Laura of Lesbian Lane

[rachelmanija]

I'm sorry, obviously I'm twelve years old tonight, as usually I can deal with this particular change in a word's meaning, but I've been having hysterics every time I've tried to read the first page of L. M. Mongomery's (Anne of Green Gables) children's classic, Jane of Lantern Hill. Talk about memorable first sentences:

"Gay Street, so Jane always thought, did not live up to its name. [...]

Gay Street should be a gay street, thought Jane, with gay, friendly houses, set amid flowers, that cried out, "How do you do?" to you as you passed them, with trees that waved hands at you and windows that winked at you in the twilights. [...]

But at that, Jane thought, it was the only gay place on the street.

Jane lived at 60 Gay."

Comments

[thomasyan.livejournal.com]

To quote from Broken Arrow, -"Okaaay, no more drugs for you!"-.

[slashpile.livejournal.com]

Oh, I adore that book. Time is cruel to words and names. I always note "lovers" when I'm reading Montgomery. In her journals, she wrote that when she kissed her fiance it "aroused no more passion than if she had kissed another girl." That's fun in so many ways. At least she didn't marry him.

I have family members named Gay (given name) and Hooker (surname). My mother goes into these litanies about how Hooker is a good English name.... Some wars are long lost :)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

OBVIOUSLY meant to be a yuri short story. ;)

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Whereas wimp 12 year old me, though overall enchanted with the memoir (arrived today, it was tonight's reward reading for much slog accomplished) decided I'd better stop now that the ashram has been reached. The dead puppies and the gray sludge not being images I need right before bedtime...

But that means more to read tomorrow, woot!

[ckd]

Good thing she didn't live at 69 Gay; you'd be giggling too hard to post.

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

*is also twelve*

There is a Gay Street in Columbus, Ohio; it is absolutely covered with bars.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

We have a Gay Street. It crosses both Long Street and High Street, popular street corners for drunk tourists to take pictures of themselves.

[janni.livejournal.com]

I'm just old enough that I remember when the meaning of the word changed. Or when I noticed it changed--a kid at summer camp told me to make a fist, then to hold it until I was gay. So I waited until I felt reasonably happy, then opened my fist.

Ummm.

And then got an explanation from the girls as to what was meant. Though I was young enough at the time that I didn't quite understand said explanation, though I felt pretty embarrassed anyway.

[mcdolemite.livejournal.com]

[mcdolemite.livejournal.com]

And while that one probably wasn't intentional, I agree with the author of the www.superdickery.com site that THIS one pretty much had to be on purpose:

http://www.superdickery.com/seduction/49.html