User:Ghosturtle/Vincian

This page is about gay men and non-binary people. For other uses of the word, see Gay.

Gay
Alternative names	Homosexual (controversial) vincian, patroclic, patroclian, uranian, turian, veldian, floric (some definitions)
Classification	Sexuality
Specifics
Genders	Men Some non-binary people
Attracted to	Men (exclusively or primarily) Some non-binary people (some definitions)
Attraction type	Sexual orientation and/or romantic orientation Tertiary orientation
Related terms
Different from	Achillean

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Gay is an adjective which refers to individuals who experience attraction to people of the same gender, and is sometimes also used as an umbrella term for the entire LGBTQIA+ community. When applied to men, and sometimes non-binary people, it is a term which describes attraction to men, typically exclusively or primarily. This attraction may be sexual, romantic, or both, and is sometimes used to describe tertiary attraction.^[source?] Some also describe this as non-women attracted to non-women; however, this is controversial.^[source?]

The word "gay" is often associated with gay men. However, since this term has grown to become inclusive of all genders, and can be applied to lesbians, other terms for gay men and non-binary people have been proposed. Some suggested terms include vincian, patroclic/patroclian, uranian, turian, veldian, cinthean, carnatian, and floric. Alternatively, people may simply say "gay men," "gay men and non-binary people," "gay non-women," or "gay MLM."^[source?]

Etymology

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The word "uranian" is one of the earliest historical terms for gay men, predating both "homosexual" and "gay."^[source?] The coinage of this term is attributed to the German sexologist Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, who coined urning to describe gay men, which is the German equivalent of "uranian."^[source?] The word derives from "Aphrodite Ouranios," inspired by Plato's Symposium.^[source?] The word "uranian" was adopted by various advocates of gay liberation. One early instance of the use of the word "uranian" can be traced back to John Addington Symonds in his book A Problem in Greek Ethics, privately published in 1908. Edward Carpenter also used the term in his book The Intermediate Sex, published in 1921.

The word "homosexuality" comes from the Greek homos, which means "the same".

The word "gay" has had many meanings over the years. Dating back to the 12th century, it came from the Old French word "gai", meaning "joyful, happy; pleasant, agreeably charming; forward, pert; light-colored" and was a commonly used term within literature. It was not until the 1600s that the term took on a sexual meaning. By then, the "carefree" nature of the word became used to refer to people with unrestrained morals and prone to decadence and promiscuity; as such, a prostitute became known as a "gay woman", a womanizer as a "gay man", and a brothel as a "gay house". This trend continued, as in the 1890s, the term "gey cat", which is a Scottish variant of gay, was used to refer to a "vagrant who offered sexual services to women or a young traveler who was new to the road and in the company of an older man." This marked one of the first times that "gay" was used to imply a same-gender relationship. By the 1960s, gay men had taken to the term to refer to their own sexual identity, and by today's standards, it is the acceptable way to refer to homosexual people.

The word "vincian" was coined by bivirgil on June 22, 2018. They coined it as a term for male-attracted men, and also noted that it is inclusive of non-binary and gender non-conforming men. The term is derived from the name of Leonardo da Vinci, who is often thought to have been gay or achillean.^[source?]

The word "patroclic" or "patroclian" was coined by an anonymous person, through the Tumblr page Ask-Pride-Color-Schemes, on August 15, 2020. It was coined as a term for non-women attracted to non-women. The term is derived from the name of Patroclus, who had a relationship with Achilles in Greek mythology, which was potentially romantic in nature. In this way, the term pairs with "achillean" etymologically.