How exactly did a faggot, which has pic related shows more traditionally

>>8263683
Hitler

>>8263683
In the medieval ages, gay men were thrown onto a bonfire during public executions, as one would toss on bundles of sticks onto a fire, hence the name.

people used to throw bundles of sticks onto bonfires as kindling. Gay men were also commonly burned at the stake.

I thought it just meant an mean old woman, and English just took it's natural course to eventually becoming slang for gays

>>8263701
>citation needed

>>8263872

Yes it started out as a bundle of sticks but was then relegated to a person whose job it was to collect/carry sticks which tended to be older women. This began the negative connotation to the word which eventually came to describe homosexual men.

Sticks rhymes with dicks.