Terp Talk with Dawn Flanigan

The Lost Language of the LGBTQ Community

Global Interpreting Services Season 2 Episode 11

In honor of LGBTQ pride month, Bri explores a largely forgotten piece of history: Polari.  The clandestine language used by the LGBTQ community before the legalization of same-sex relationships in 1967 England and Wales has disappeared from our cultural awareness since it's height- but how did it get here, where did it go, and what can we learn from it?