That definition ties in with the bundle of sticks meaning since small sticks can be weaved or braided into delicate patterns. The word is also used to refer to types of stitching and the delicate work created using those stitches. So when the officials ordered the condemned gay men to bring out the firewood, the spectators may have conflated the name for the wood with the people carrying it. Some say the word comes from gay men being burned at the stake and forced to carry the wood which would be used to kill them. At one point in history, there were likely a lot of drugs in the gay club scene. Others believe that the anti-gay usage comes from how they may become 'burned out' by how they live. Then this may tie in with the offensive usage of the term to mean a gay man. So that could tie in with jokes about 'penis smoking,' a crude slang term for oral sex. That likely lent itself to the word 'fɑg,' a British slang term for a cigarette. The word fɑgg ot literally meant a bundle of sticks. It is a derogatory use of the word for kindling wood.