Ellen DeGeneres.

[rug]

[immoderate]

1. Not to pick any fights, but I go back to a time when "gay" meant fun,,,

At least that's as much as I knew.

But in the word "gay" there was an connotation of flamboyance and sparkle that doesn't occur with "fun."

YMMV.

--imm

[MineralMan]

4. So do I.

For me, it almost implied almost deliriously happy. Perhaps it still does, eh?

[immoderate]

5. Whirling.

It still does. It goes with the word. But other meanings have limited its use for communication.

--imm

[burrowowl]

7. I agree!

[Mostly Orbiting]

2. HA!

durec

[BlueJazz]

3. I liked Ellen even before I knew she was gay.

[libdem4life]

6. and "straight" referred primarily to a line.