gay

term referring to a homosexual person or the trait of homosexuality
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gay

Summary

gay is a sexual orientation[1]. gay draws 52,483 Wikipedia views per month (sexual_orientation category, ranking #4 of 37).[2]

Key Facts

  • gay's instance of is recorded as sexual orientation[3].
  • gay's instance of is recorded as sexual minority[4].
  • gay's Commons category is recorded as Homosexuality[5].
  • gay's said to be the same as is recorded as homosexual[6].
  • gay's said to be the same as is recorded as gay men[7].
  • gay is the opposite of heterosexual[8].
  • gay comprises gay men[9].
  • gay comprises lesbian[10].
  • gay's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gay[11].
  • gay's facet of is recorded as LGBTQ+ identity[12].
  • gay's facet of is recorded as homosexuality[13].
  • gay's has characteristic is recorded as homosexuality[14].
  • gay's different from is recorded as Gai[15].
  • gay's different from is recorded as male homoerotic[16].
  • gay's hashtag is recorded as gay[17].
  • gay's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Art+Feminism[18].
  • gay's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include sexual orientation[3] and sexual minority[4]. gay is the opposite of heterosexual[8].

Use and Application

Components include gay men[9], a group of men[20] and lesbian[10], a group of humans[21].

Influence

Things named for gay include Gayfemboy[22], a botnet[23]; Gayrope[24], a pejorative[25]; gaymer[26], a blend word[27]; and Gay[28], a family name[29].

Why It Matters

gay draws 52,483 Wikipedia views per month (sexual_orientation category, ranking #4 of 37).[2] gay has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] gay is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for gay include Gayfemboy[22], a botnet[23]; Gayrope[24], a pejorative[25]; gaymer[26], a blend word[27]; and Gay[28], a family name[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Facet of → LGBTQ+ identity, homosexuality
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving [[Property:P279]] to [[Property:P1269]]"
  2. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → gay, homosexual
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: gay, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289929560|gay (#289929560)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005056-homosexualove
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0005056-homosexualove, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → homosexual, gay men
    Has parts → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Art+Feminism, WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies
    Has characteristic → homosexuality
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20826, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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