gay man

English

Noun

gay man (plural gay men)

1. A homosexual man. (This entry is a translation hub.)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gay man

   • 2021, Andrew Sullivan, Out on a Limb, edition 1, page 482:

     "A gay man loves and desires other men, and a lesbian desires and loves other women," explains Sky Gilbert, a drag queen. "This defines the existential state of being gay."

   • 2014, Michael M. Kocet, Counseling Gay Men, Adolescents, and Boys, Taylor & Francis:

     Consequently, gay men are presented with many challenges that prevent them from seeking seeking out their true identities or finding their true selves. For some, identifying as a gay man is not a clear or easy decision.

Translations

a male homosexual

• Cebuano: bayot
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 男同性戀／男同性恋 (zh) (nántóngxìngliàn), 男同志 (nántóngzhì)

• Finnish: homomies (fi)
• French: gay (fr)
• German: schwuler (de) m, Schwuler (de)
• Hiligaynon: agi
• Hungarian: meleg férfi
• Korean: 게이 (ko) (gei)
• Portuguese: homem gay m, gay (pt) m (sometimes derogatory)
• Russian: геи (ru) m (gei), гей (ru) m (gej)
• Spanish: gay (es)
• Tagalog: bading, bakla (tl), bayot (tl)
• Tamil: மகிழ்வன் (makiḻvaṉ)
• Yoruba: adófùrọ̀ (sometimes derogatory), onífẹ̀ẹ́-ọkùnrin-sọ́kùnrin

See also

• lesbian
• (sexual orientations) sexual orientation; asexual (-ity, ace), bisexual (-ity, bi), demisexual (-ity, demi), graysexual (-ity), heterosexual (-ity, straight), homosexual (-ity, gay, lesbian), omnisexual (-ity), pansexual (-ity, pan), polysexual (-ity), sapiosexual (-ity), androsexual (-ity), gynesexual (-ity) ^{(Category: en:Sexual orientations)}

Further reading

• “gay man” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.