The Gay Thread

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by JWBear

"Homosexual" and "gay" do usually refer to both genders ("homosexual" especially).

See, a lot of my experience has been that both of these monikers usually refer to men, though not always. YMMV

Looking on Wikipedia (that definitive fount of accurate knowledge ) under Homosexuality, echos the sentiment that "Gay' is often used for men:

The most common adjectives in use are lesbian for women and gay for men, though gay can refer to either men or women.

So, it looks like I have stumbled across an interesting topic. I am tempted to start a new thread on this, but shall refrain. However, I am interested in further discussion on the topic.

I would be afraid of starting a movement to 'create' a new, male specific moniker for it would surely create a horrible 'safe' word that would be repulsive and nobody would use it.




ETA: another one that should be gender neutral but tends to be applied to men is 'queer'. Is that considered a potentially derogatory term - sort of like it is okay for one homosexual to use when talking to another, but not for breeders to use to describe dem gays? Kind of like a rainbow version of the "N" word?