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Fort Gay
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Etymology
A log fort was built here in 1789, who Gay was is unknown. Chartered as Cassville in 1875, and officially renamed Fort Gay in 1932.
Proper noun
fort Gay
en town co/Wayne County s/West Virginia c/USA, adjacent to en Louisa, Kentucky.
en Dan Whitworth Xbox apologises over 'gay' suspension w:BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-11258407 2010-09-10 Twenty-six-year-old Josh Moore was banned because officials said he'd broken Xbox's code of conduct by saying he lives in Fort Gay, West Virginia - a name branded offensive by the company. https://web.archive.org/web/20250402220003/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-11258407