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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 }}</ref> Additionally, "gay" is sometimes used as a broad umbrella term for all non~~-[[cis]]~~-[[Heterosexuality|hetero]] people.

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 }}</ref> Additionally, "gay" is sometimes used as a broad umbrella term for all non-[[Heterosexuality|hetero]] people.

American musician [[King Princess]] describes herself as a both a [[genderqueer]] person and gay [[woman]].<ref name="Menuez">{{Cite web |title=King Princess |last=Menuez |first=Bobbi |work=theingenuemagazine.com |date= |access-date=6 May 2020 |url= https://theingenuemagazine.com/king-princess/}}</ref>