gayness

Definitions of gayness
  1. noun
    a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
    synonyms: homoeroticism, homosexualism, homosexuality, queerness
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    inversion, sexual inversion
    a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex
    lesbianism, sapphism
    female homosexuality
    paederasty, pederasty
    sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner)
    tribadism
    a form of lesbianism that simulates heterosexual intercourse
    type of:
    sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice
    activities associated with sexual intercourse
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