gay:
(also ‘gay man‘, plural: ‘gay people’; plural: ‘gays‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘ga’ are said with the same sound as in “gate”; the opposite word in meaning: ‘straight‘)
a person, usually a man, who has or prefers to have sex only with other men, but not with women;
a homosexual; a faggot,
two gays (two men together)
All the students made fun of Mr James when they came to know that he’s a gay.
Gays are being accepted by some people and are rejected by some others, but whatever be the reason for accepting or rejecting, the experts say that this gay and lesbian phenomenon is going stay in the media limelight for some years to come.
First it was gender discrimination — you were treated differently because you were a man or a woman; then it was racial discrimination — which of the five races you belong to; and in between ‘religious’ discrimination — hating you basing on your religion: Jews, Christians, Islam, Hindu, etc.; and later it was colour — whether you are black, brown, yellow or white, within a race; and now it is sex related discrimination — treating you differently for being a gay or straight or both, or none!
There are number of stories about priests, politicians, diplomats, officers, social workers and reputed scientists and professionals being gays all their lives, and those stories are gradually coming out into the open, and some are losing their reputation overnight for being gays and some are gaining reputation and money for being gays and lesbians overnight!
