I understand now Ebbie ..Thank you

Actually the inverted commas were not to give emphasis, but because I, like many others feel the use of gay in place of homosexual is ambiguous.

Gay in its old form was a wonderful word describing a wonderful feeling, common to all humanity.
It has now been lost to us, and its meaning twisted into something completely different...Ake

Thanks also to Alan, Don and any others who responded to this difficult subject with reason and depth ...Ake