A casualty of the times:
The Gay 90s Tavern in Denver was a neighborhood bar for over 50 years in the south end of the city, and was very much a blue collar hangout. Finally, for reasons including drive-by harassment of patrons and a gradual but significant shift in the nature of the clientele, the bar changed its name to Lumber Jack's, and became ironically, at last, a gay bar.

Yes, the term gay is becoming more and more prevalent, in particular among those under 25, to mean weak, lame, silly, pretentious. I bought a cell-phone case, a reasonable one I thought, made of black stretchy material with a clear face plate. A business associate said "your cell case is kind of gay", but refused to elaborate on what made it that way. I also mentioned putting up some track lighting in my den, but the drummer in my band said "I don't know. Track lighting is kind of gay." What is interesting to me, is I believe young people today are less prejudiced against homosexuals than my generation was, and yet the term "gay" as a negative adjective is far more prevalent than terms we used like queer, faggy, etc. Does it reveal a prevalent underlying hate or resentment? Interesting.