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Revision as of 10:20, 11 March 2002 by 208.246.35.243 (talk) (Ed Poor: copy edit)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The term gay has come to refer to homosexual sexual orientation, replacing its former meaning of glad or joyous.
Although applicable to male and female alike, it is often used for homosexual males; the term for homosexual females is lesbian. Whether bisexuals should be called "gay" is a matter of debate (see bisexuality).
See: lesbigay, LGB, political correctness.