It has been used in various languages since the early 20th century as a means by which members of the LGBTQ community identify themselves and speak in code with brevity and speed to others.
[2][7][8] Since the advent of queer studies in universities, LGBTQ slang and argot has become a subject of academic research among linguistic anthropology scholars.
[9] During the first seven decades of the 20th century, a specific form of Polari was developed by gay men and lesbians in urban centres of the United Kingdom within established LGBTQ communities.
Polari was featured on the BBC radio programme Round the Horne in 1964, exposing the wider public to the secret language.
[13][14] SCRUFF launched a gay-slang dictionary app in 2014, which includes commonly used slang in the United States from the gay community.
More specifically, in a country like Thailand, LGBTQ slang was always present in their history due to their religious, behavioral, and social nature.