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DO "GAY" NECSARILY MEAN MALE HOMOSEXUAL?
I was unr the imprsn that gay always refers to a male homosexual, though sometim I see this term ed to scribe female homosexuals (i.
UNRSTANDG GAY & LBIAN INTI
Gay n refer to men and women who are sexually attracted to people of the same sex, though lbian only refers to women who are so. I agree wh Jasper: In Salt Lake Cy, Utah, is not unmon to hear a woman scribg herself as gay. At least North Ameri the term seems to be "LGBT" which do imply that they are rervg Gay for men only.
Only sce the begng of the 20th century has queer been ed to refer to people who intify as gay or lbian. The standard fn of homosexual is “a person sexually attracted to people of one’s own sex. ” But, ’s typilly applied to men, and lbian is the term for a female homosexual.