"The word 'queer' is becoming more and more derogatory and less and less used by hustlers and trade and the homosexual, especially the younger ones, and the term 'gay' taking its place. I loathe the word, and stick to 'queer,' but am constantly being reproved, especially in so denominating myself."
-Will Finch, who came out into the "queer" (gay) scene in Times Square in the 1930s, writing in his diary in 1951.
Plus que ça change!