Not sure why they segregate them like that... Lesbian is a power word... Gay is... well, gay! It just means same sex coupling... not anything gender specific like lesbian. The males need a power word defining title as well. So, I looked it up! I used the dictionary online this time instead of my dust laden old Webster's Collegiate... Ahem... I must stand corrected... at some point the men took over the gay title from the ladies! So, gay is officially male now... predominantly but not absolutely.
Current Oxford dictionary... First definition
gay
/ɡā/
adjective
1.
(of a person) homosexual (
used especially of a man).
"the city's gay and lesbian people"
Webster's, on the other hand, is still generalizing gay as male, female and transgender all together even in the most current version. So, it's still semantics, I guess... Meh... I still say we respect the individual's choice. If the gay men prefer to be called gay, then gay it is. I'm just a weird, old, grumpy fuck, outliving his usefulness to society... If you can figure that one out then maybe you can find my mind as well... I lost it a fair piece back. It's full of holes, like Swiss cheese yet I'd like it back all the same if you spot it in your travels... Anyway... Phat is totally rambling...
fucking dementia! I'll STFU now and toddle off to Skyrim... Ciao, friends!
Adventure ever on, Phat