- Men and women who form their primary loving relationships with people of the same gender. Many gay people prefer that the terms “gay men and lesbians” or “gay people” be used to describe homosexuals as a group rather than the term “homosexuals”.
- An outdated term that was historically used to describe people who were attracted to other people of the same gender; replaced by the more inclusive and respectful term, ‘gay’ or ‘lesbian’, which are not considered offensive by many.
Homosexuals
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