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Wherever You Are! At Home on a Straight Ship   | Sunday, 05 Mar.
2006  How to Find Other Friends of Dorothy on Straight Cruises 
An all-gay party cruise not your thing? But, you still want meet
other gay folks on your next cruise. Then check out the Friends
of Dorothy meetings in your daily program.  No, there won't be
any flying monkeys. Friends of Dorothy (FOD) meetings are
informal gatherings for gay and lesbian passengers to meet and
mingle.  In gay slang, a Friend of Dorothy is a term for a gay
man.  The term dates back to a time in the early 20th century
when homosexuality was against the law in both the United
Kingdom and in the United States. Saying at a social gathering
that another man was a "friend of Dorothy" was a euphemism used
for discussing sexual orientation without other people knowing
what you were discussing.  The origin of the term is unknown and
there are various theories. Most commonly it has been linked to
the film The Wi