HoYay n.— «A phrase has even sprung up in the blogosphere—”HoYay!” meaning “Homoeroticism Yay!”—to describe awkward glances or sexually ambiguous dialogue between guys. “The director sets up a soap opera—two...
chi chi man n. a homosexual. Editorial Note: The second 2001 cite contains lyrics from the song whose title is mentioned in the 2000 cite; the release date for the album lagged behind the song’s success in the dancehalls of Jamaica. (source: Double...
LGBTQ adj. having a sexual orientation other than heterosexual. Etymological Note: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual/two-spirited, queer/questioning. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Urning n.— «Karl Ulrichs was a civil servant in the small city-state of Hanover…As early as 1862 he had coined the word “Urning” to describe a male sexually attracted to other males, which he believed derived from a...
pink dollar n.— «The term “pink dollar” was coined in the 1990s to describe the affluence of many gay couples.» —“The A to Z of the pink dollar” by Larissa Dubecki The Age (Australia) May 22...
two-spirited adj.— «Issues of similarity and difference are played out in a different way in Sabine Lang’s account of the difficulties she faced trying to carry out research among Native American “two-spirited” women...