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Originally posted by Spindulik@16 February 2004 - 19:30
Why is it that all homosexuals are called "gay". Women are refered to as "lesbian", but the men are refered to as just "gay". Aren't women gay too?
If I said I had a gay friend, most assume a male person (possibly female, we aren't quite sure since I didn't specify the gender), but if I said my friend was a lesbian, you'd know I was talking about a woman.
What are the male gays called? What is the proper term?
Interesting comment, I posted the same thing at my old Anarchy Online forum in Dec 2002.
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If a female homosexual is a lesbian (from the Greek isle of Lesbos), what is the male homologue? It seems so obvious, but I can't think of it?