Is there a term for a homosexual man? Like lesbian?

[pantsonfire]

All I can think of is gay (which applies to lesbians as well) and homosexual man.

[Bad Dog]

1. There are a lot of terms.

Unfortunately most of them are derogatory, or Polari phrases to avoid detection. Like friend of Dorothy's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari



Sometimes though, people get terms wrong with hilarious consequences.

[pantsonfire]

2. lol....

What is the most common though for gay men (faggot?) How long has lesbian been the most common term used?

[Bad Dog]

4. Not in Britain.

Fag means cigarette, boy at public school who skivvies for older boys or being tired. (Fagged out.) Faggots are something you eat.



I suppose the most common term her, albeit derogatory is poof.

[pantsonfire]

7. OMG, I'm glad we don't eat faggots here nt

[Bad Dog]

9. It can be an acquired taste, probably a bit like your meatloaf.

[pantsonfire]

10. haha.......spot on (especially since we add ketchup on it). n/t

[Bad Dog]

11. Some Fish and chip shops serve them

but not many.

[Travis_0004]

3. I thought the word 'gay' only reffered to men at one point

So a woman would be a lesbian, man would be gay

Though changes in the English language, gay could refer to men or women, which is why men dont have their own term.

[Festivito]

6. Thus LGBT. Lesbian women, Gay men, Bi-sexual, Transgender.

Interesting that the word gay has changed.

[rwheeler31]

5. Well dressed

[pantsonfire]

8. Any ideas....gay should be more equalized.

As in, I like men, but I'm no longer comfortable using the term, gay to describe myself, in this context. I like other men, but I don't want to say I'm gay because it seems to be more exclusive to men, when women who come out say they are gay and a lesbian. We are gay and a....faggot (which perhaps we need to reclaim as a positive word, or is that just like the term gay?).

[TexasTowelie]

13. To be concise and one word as the OP asks

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[MillennialDem]

12. Only ones that I can think that are less offensive than the "f" word and can only be used to

refer to a man would be fairy. But that's my age and the fact that I'm not a gay man showing. A gay guy especially one from the 1960s might disagree.

Any other term I can think of refers to a specific type of gay man (ie twink) or are entirely offensive (no good reason to call someone a pillow biter) or could refer to someone in other context (might be gay or totally unrelated). Examples would be nancy (someone being weak or cowardly), queen (obsessive interest in something), homosexual (could be man or woman), etc.

[Betty Karlson]

14. "Lesbian" had to be coined to show the existence of female homosexuality

(it refers to the lesbian-erotic poetry of Psappho of Lesbos, some of Greece's finest verses ever, which were partially written after inspiration from her circle of female companions).

The existence of male homosexuality has never had to be proven - only its morality, acceptability, and full equality. In fact, we are still working on it.

"I am gay" seems to be the male and gender-neutral equivalent of "I am a Lesbian". We might as well use it.

[pantsonfire]

15. Gay men should start using lesbian? n/t

[Betty Karlson]

16. "I am gay" is the male / genderneutral equivalent, is what I wrote.

So if someone is a man, he may as well use those very words that have been used for over sixty years now.