Fort Gay

English

Etymology

A log fort was built here in 1789, who Gay was is unknown. Chartered as Cassville in 1875, and officially renamed Fort Gay in 1932.

Proper noun

Fort Gay

  1. A town in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, adjacent to Louisa, Kentucky.
    • 2010 September 10, Dan Whitworth, “Xbox apologises over 'gay' suspension”, in BBC‎[1]:
      Twenty-six-year-old Josh Moore was banned because officials said he'd broken Xbox's code of conduct by saying he lives in Fort Gay, West Virginia - a name branded offensive by the company.
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