"Gay Road" is a bad thing?
Some people living in Marquette Heights say their road name makes people laugh.
Would it bother you if people laughed every time you told them your address?
One group in Marquette Heights is so annoyed by the snickering they are taking their concerns straight to the city.
In Marquette Heights every road is named after either a president, Native American or an explorer.
That“s all fine, say some residents, unless you live on Gay Road.
For over 50 years, Marquette Heights has been home to Gay Road. The street was named after the French explorer Picard du Gay.
The road name used to be associated with ‘happy,’ but now the meaning in popular culture has changed, and residents want a street name that won’t elicit laughter. (source)
Some things you just have to laugh at. Perhaps they would like it better if it were called “Black Road”?
Further Reading...
Straight talk about being Gay
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There was a small article in our local paper yesterday about a young woman who lives on Diablo Road in nearby Moorpark. She wants the name of the street changed because as a child she was teased in school for living on "Devil" road.
Silly, slow news day.
Might I suggest it would be more comfortable for them, not to mention more accurate should the town decide to rename it "Bigot Alley".
I'd just give them a choice between the two and see which way the wind blows.
Wow... I still can't get over Freddy Fagg. Even I might consider changing my name if that was my name.
I also knew a girl named "Gay". I thought that name was nice because when she smiled, her smile would light up a room. She was beautiful.
I went to elementary school with a girl whose name was Gay. All we thought then was that her name was rather old fashioned. Years later I wondered about her and what effect the newer connotation had on her.
A few years later, in junior high, there was a guy in our class whose name was Freddy Fagg. He was an odd looking character which is probably just as well because I think his looks distracted people from dwelling on his name.