[Gay State Conservative]

My fairly extensive knowledge of British TV/films...particularly Britcoms...has taught me that in Britain the word “ginger” can mean light hair/fair skin *or* fag.

[originalbuckeye]

Never have associated the word ‘ginger’ with the gay community. Gay men are usually referred to as ‘poofters’ in Britain.

[Albion Wilde]

My fairly extensive knowledge of British TV/films...particularly Britcoms...has taught me that in Britain the word “ginger” can mean light hair/fair skin *or* fag.

No, "ginger" does not mean "fag" to a Brit. "Ginger" means whomever Americans would call "redhead" or "red haired," from light strawberry blonde to dark auburn. In Britspeak, "fag" means "cigarette"; gay men are "fairies" or "poofters."