an alternate term to homosexual or gay that rose to prominence in the early start of the gay rights movement – used as preferred term as homosexual was deemed as too clinical, with connotations of being a psychiatric disorder. However, it fell out of favour by the early 1970s, when gay, lesbian and bisexual became […]

gay slang for gay and bisexual males that are hypersexual and into the kinkier and seedier side of gay life.

initialism of same-gender loving, used as an umbrella term for individuals/communities that are homosexual, bisexual+, homo/biromantic, etc; essentially, those who are Queer in sexuality, and may or may not include asexual people.