found: Merriam Webster online, April 29, 2015;gay (homosexual, especially a homosexual male)
found: Merriam Webster online, Sept. 14, 2015:queen (def. 8: often disparaging: a male homosexual, especially an effeminate one) urning (medical def.: homosexual)
found: OED online, Sept. 14, 2015:queen (def. 13. slang: A male homosexual, typically one regarded as ostentatiously effeminate) urning (now rare: a homosexual)
found: Collins English dictionary, Sept. 14, 2015:queen (def. 4: slang: an effeminate male homosexual) urning (a rare word for (esp a male) homosexual)
found: APA style website, viewed Jan. 20, 2023(By convention, the term "lesbians" is appropriate to use interchangeably with "lesbian women," but "gay men" or "gay people" should be used, not "gays")
found: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) website, viewed Jan. 24, 2023(Gay is an adjective used to describe a person whose enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attractions to are to people of the same sex, e.g., gay man, gay people)
found: Homosaurus, June 7, 2023(Gay men. SN Men who self-identify as gay and belong to gay communities. Predominately used to describe men who are exclusively or primarily romantically and/or sexually attracted to other men. While "gay" is often used as an identifier by people of all genders, this term specifically refers to gay men. UF Gays. BT LGBTQ+ people, Men, Sexual minorities)
found: GSSO - the Gender, Sex, and Sexual Orientation ontology, June 7, 2023(gay man. SN Someone with a male gender identity who is attracted to those with male gender identities. Alternate name: gay men. Replaces: homosexual man, homosexual male, male gay, male homosexual. BT gay person)
found: The Georgetown journal of gender and the law, v. 24 (2022):p. 129 (male gay people)
