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===Homosexuality===

Also called being gay, homosexuality is a sexual orientation in which a person feels sexual attraction only to people of the same [[gender]] as one's self.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality [https://web.archive.org/web/20230705170849/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> All homosexual people can also call themselves gay. Homosexual attraction can sometimes include nonbinary people.<ref>{{cite book |title=25 Great Lesson Plans about Sexual Orientation |year=2017 |last1=Clark |first1=Terri |last2=Gilbert |first2=Tracie Q. |last3=Rayne |first3=Karen |quote=The prefix ''homo'' in the word ''homosexuality'' means "same" or "similar." Thus, homosexual (usually called ''gay'' or ''lesbian'') people are by definition exclusively attracted to people of the same sex. For most gay people, this usually means attraction to the same biological sex, but for some gay people it can also include attraction to certain trans and intersex people, as well as people of all sorts of gender identities. |url=https://twitter.com/BiDotOrg/status/1442167110927470594/photo/1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721070737/https://twitter.com/BiDotOrg/status/1442167110927470594 |archive-date=21 July 2023 |access-date=27 September 2021 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

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Nonbinary people who are mainly attracted to other nonbinary people could call themselves homosexual, gay, or [[#NBLNB|NBLNB]] (nonbinary loving nonbinary). Nonbinary people who also identify as men or women to some degree, and are mainly attracted to the same, might also call themselves homosexual, gay, and/or lesbian.

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===Gai===

[[File:Gai flag.png|thumb|right|The gai flag, designed by opalescentorbisian on tumblr. Meaning: "Orange is for [[Galactian system|solarian]] nbs, yellow is for nbs in general, green is for stellarian nbs, blue is for multi-attracted nbs who feel gai towards more than one gender, and purple is for lunarian nbs."]]

The term "gai" is for nonbinary people who feel their attraction is gay but in a nonbinary way. Being gai does not require attraction to only one gender or attraction to the same gender.<ref>[https://gai-strayt-alliance.tumblr.com/post/175212373813/what-do-the-terms-gai-and-strayt-mean What *do* the terms gai and strayt mean?], 24 June 2018 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230517075604/https://gai-strayt-alliance.tumblr.com/post/175212373813/what-do-the-terms-gai-and-strayt-mean Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

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File:Gaiflux arco-pluris.png|A gaiflux flag, designed by tumblr user arco-pluris.

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===Gay===

[[File:Nonbinary gay by thepokedexisgay.png|thumb|right|A nonbinary gay pride flag designed in 2018 by Alois (tumblr url thepokedexisgay)]]

Although gay is a synonym for homosexual, some people prefer the word gay over the word homosexual for themselves. A gay person can be any gender. There are gay men, gay women, and gay nonbinary people.<ref name="Cavar">{{Cite web |title=I Call Myself Nonbinary...And Gay |last=Cavar |first=Sarah |work=The Odyssey Online |date=2 October 2016 |access-date=23 November 2020 |url= https://www.theodysseyonline.com/call-nonbinaryand-gay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608052554/https://www.theodysseyonline.com/call-nonbinaryand-gay |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Additionally, "gay" is sometimes used as a broad umbrella term for all non-[[Heterosexuality|hetero]] people.

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American musician [[King Princess]] describes herself as a both a [[genderqueer]] person and gay [[woman]].<ref name="Menuez"/>

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===Omnigay===

"Omnigay" is a term which can be used by individuals with [[genderfluid|fluid gender]] who experience fluid attraction as well, "so that the individual is always attracted to [their] same gender."<ref>[https://xeno-aligned.tumblr.com/post/618510739577126913/is-there-a-genderorientation-word-for-when-your anonymous asked: is there a gender/orientation word for when your attraction changes with your gender?], 18 May 2020</ref> Omnigay was coined in 2014 by tumblr user monetarymollusk.<ref>[https://monetarymollusk.tumblr.com/post/78213960554/in-response-to-an-earlier-post-i-tagged-as In response to an earlier post I tagged as 'OMNIGAY' I would like to inform u what omnigay means.], 1 March 2014 [https://web.archive.org/web/20201106170606/https://monetarymollusk.tumblr.com/post/78213960554/in-response-to-an-earlier-post-i-tagged-as Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> In 2017, tumblr user shadowofthedude coined a synonym "omnique" (pronounced om-NEEK) which can also be used as a noun (ex: "I'm an omnique.") "Omnique" is formed by combining "omnigay" and "[[queer]]".<ref>[https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/161192069014/ahh-hello-i-have-a-few-terms-genders-ive Ahh hello, I have a few terms (genders) I’ve coined that I also have flag designs for], 29 May 2017 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220127044207/https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/161192069014/ahh-hello-i-have-a-few-terms-genders-ive Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

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Omnigay flag 1.png|Original Omnigay flag. Has been criticised for resembling the Confederate flag.<ref name="Omnigay-alt-flags">https://salppho.tumblr.com/post/181845106432/the-omnigay-omnique-community</ref>

Omnique flag 1.png|Omnigay/omnique flag by shadowofthedude.

Omnigay flag 2.png|An omnigay/omnique flag by salppho. Intended as "combination of the sapphic, diamoric, and achillean flag colors in a configuration reflective of the trans flag."<ref name="Omnigay-alt-flags" />

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===Symmaic===

[[File:Symmaic.png|thumb|right|The symmaic flag, designed by by identity-workshop. Purple represents "the median between masculinity and femininity", and the yellow and white both represent nonbinary attraction.]]

Coined in 2018 by tumblr user identity-workshop. A symmaic person is a nonbinary person attracted to their same gender. The prefix sym is taken from the word "symmetry".<ref name="symmaic_contraic" />

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