I’ve been saying this for years. “Gay” is a purely political term for someone who embraces that ideology and participates, affirms and encourages others in it, even as far as making it public policy.
It is NOT the same as same-sex attraction.
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I call them HOMOSENSUALS there is no sexuality in evolved in what they are doing. They “feel” pleasure in same sex unions but sexuality, by definition, involves the “ability” to reproduce. This behavior is actually asexual. The bible never mentions “homosexual” . It speaks of man with man and women with women and forbids the behavior as sinful. Biblicly and scientifically, there are only two sexes.
We are on the same page. I have avoided both “gay” (which is an abused word) and “homosexual” (which is an oxymoron) for years.
I call it homoeroticism, and call them homoerotics.
There is no functional form of sexuality between two members of the same sex.
This is fetishistic narcissism: eroticising another human being who is like oneself. The Other is not desired, only a reflection of the Self.