I have a question concerning “schonen-ai” and “yaoi” -Mangas ( Read more... )

I came around that phrase in a short story published in 1968, and I'm curious about the exact meaning of "gay" in that context (or at that time). It looks like it doesn't mean homosexual or male homosexual (the current meaning), and I have no way to figure out which of the possible other meanings below is correct (or if any is ( Read more... )

I'm not sure if this is allowed or not, but I'm trying to get audio clips of people speaking English with various accents for a class project. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Has any linguistical explanation been put forward to explain the "lisp" phenomenon and its prevalence among gay males?

P.S: Before anyone gets shrill with me and tells me it's just a stereotype, be advised that I'm gay (although without a lisp) and my friends ask me about  this all the time and I'm not trying to offend anyone.