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What does gay mean?

Definitions in simple English

gay Adjective

— A gay person is usually a man sexually attracted to males; also a woman attracted to females. . Gay marriage used to be impossible, but it's becoming more common. — Stupid, not cool. This game is gay. Let's play something else. — Happy or cheerful. I'm very gay today! — Colorful, festive or bright. Don we now our gay apparel....

gay Noun

— A homosexual person. This is usually a man, but could be a woman (lesbian). The gays were marching in protest yesterday.

gay

— adjective (= cheery, sunny) bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer a cheery hello a gay sunny room a sunny smile — adjective (= jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful) full of or showing high-spirited merriment when hearts were young and gay a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company — Wordsworth the jolly crowd at the reunion jolly old Saint Nick a jovial old gentleman have a merry Christmas peals of merry laughter a mirthful laugh — adjective given to social pleasures often including dissipation led a gay Bohemian life a gay old rogue with an eye for the ladies — adjective (= brave, braw) brightly colored and showy girls decked out in brave new dresses brave banners flying 'braw' is a Scottish word a dress a bit too gay for her years birds with gay plumage — adjective (= festal, festive, merry) offering fun and gaiety a festive (or festal) occasion gay and exciting night life a merry evening — adjective homosexual or arousing homosexual desires — noun (= homosexual) someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex

Synonyms gay synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as gay?

gay English » English

homosexual merry cheerful queer jolly lively happy jovial homo mirthful joyous joyful fairy faggot blithe jocund homophile glad fag cheery vivacious showy perky pansy light-hearted hilarious festive chirpy vivid raver queen poof nancy boy lightsome lighthearted lesbian jaunty gaudy frolicsome fagot delighted debonair buoyant bright zippy sunny sprightly sodomite poofter nancy

Topics gay topics

What do people use gay to talk about?

Person Life Sexual relations

Sexual immorality

What words refer to sex between two people of the same sex?

homosexual gay lesbian homo homosexuality lesbianism pervert perverted bisexual sodomy sexual orientation

Examples gay examples

How do I use gay in a sentence?

Simple sentences

You didn't know Tom was gay?

I'm gay, so what?

My parents would repudiate my brother if they ever found out he was gay.

So what if I am gay? Is it a crime?

I heard the gay voices of children.

I heard that a gay priest had been promoted to the rank of bishop, but it turned out to be a fabrication.

He is so gay.

And if I were gay, would that be a crime?

Gay marriage is a hotly contested issue.

I'm gay, so?

The best hairdressers are gay.

I'm gay! Get over it!

I, gay, view my heart.

Is the club gay or straight?

Where can I find a good gay club?

A female friend of mine loves to go to gay bars with me.

Movie subtitles

Well, Elder McKinley, I think it's okay that you're having gay thoughts. Just so long as you never act upon them.

Imagine that your brain is made of tiny boxes Then find the box that's gay and CRUSH IT!

I'm not having gay thoughts.

Is this a gay thing?

Whoa, is this a gay thing?

It's not a gay thing.

No one's gay.

I'm gay.

The gay pirate boys are taking our seats!

You'd think a man of the cloth and a psychiatrist could put a pretty compelling case to the Lord for some gay rights.

Is Brokenwood ready for its first gay mayor?

I hope so. Is it ready for a gay pride parade?

Maybe he was gonna announce that he was gay.

All Hallow's Eve, Halloween, The Gay Super Bowl!

Just for being gay?

Did your Mom really kick you out for being gay?

They laugh, it's gay there.

A short life, Baron, and a gay one.

He's a gay old blade, isn't he?

It's a short life, but a gay one.

He knows the brown gals gay as kiss-me.

Two gay young sparks at Cambridge.

I'm always nervous or sick or sad or too gay.

Wine used to go to my head and make me gay and now it goes to my legs and makes me old.

You know, I used to think you were such a gay fellow with no other thought but for pleasure.

You seem gay. Did you find out anything?

It's too dark. I like to see something gay in the morning, don't you?

Not too darned gay.

Yeah, your God is gay.

Totally gay.

As I look into your faces, they're all lit with gay laughter.

You are the gay heroes who will repulse the enemy. when you are called upon to do so.

WELL, CROOK, THIS IS THE END OF THE GAY LIFE FOR YOU.

A short life, Baron, and a gay one. That's very true in my case.

It's a short life, but a gay one. - Please, gentlemen, don't go.

She must be gay and happy again!

Something gay and original, I hope.

PERHAPS A GOOD LOOK AT THE GAY MISS LIVVY WILL SOLVE THIS MYSTERY.

Why, it's ever so gay.

Because I just went gay all of a sudden!

I don't care just so that there are people and music and we can be gay.

News and current affairs

Obviously, issues like reproductive rights and gay marriage have large economic consequences as well.

Namibia's President Sam Nujoma complains that the West wants to impose its decadent sexual values on Africa through the guise of gay tolerance.

One gay man has his own television show, even though his sexual preferences are no secret.

I am neither gay, nor Ghanaian, but I have spent considerable time in Ghana and I reject the argument - heard in other parts of Africa as well - that Western notions of sexuality have perverted Africans.

Although this example may suggest that Africans are united against homosexuality, they are not; gay advocates are simply terrified of speaking out, frightened that their support will be interpreted as an admission that they are gay.

After the gay arrests, I spoke at the University of Ghana about media coverage of homosexuals.

No African man is supposed to be gay, and physical contact between men is presumed to be innocent.

Or genes that make you gay, religious, prone to divorce, or even genes that determine how you vote?

But one has only to look to Seattle, where gay couples marry in City Hall and marijuana is sold in licensed retail outlets, to see the human capacity to reexamine deeply held assumptions.

In the Netherlands, not normally a country known for clownish politicians, the surge of populism was first led by Pim Fortuyn, a flamboyantly gay man who staged provocative, and always richly entertaining, public appearances.

Middle Israel is also gay-friendly and distinctly non-xenophobic.

DAVOS - When Apple CEO Tim Cook announced last year that he is gay, I was inundated by emails and telephone messages from executives around the world.

In 78 countries, including Uganda and Nigeria, being gay is still illegal.

With an average of 35 reported murders a year (unofficial estimates run three times higher), Mexico ranks second in the world, after Brazil, for anti-gay crimes.

Attempts to legalize a limited form of gay marriage were quashed three times by the local congress of Mexico City, by parties of the left and right alike.

The mass media, for instance, pick up on the flamboyant queens and dykes who participate in gay pride parades.

They define their religion as moderate and liberal, with many upholding gay rights and abortion, both anathema to evangelical Christians.

And to some, sometimes, it was: the hedonism of gay life in Amsterdam or San Francisco, the sexual habits in some hippie communes and the almost feudal erotic privileges of rock stars.