Gay slang

term in gay culture for heavily hairy, and usually muscular and bearded men

thumb|Australian singer-songwriter Troye Sivan has been described in media, and by himself, as a twink. thumb|The twink pride flag has two Mars symbols entwined, representing gay men.

sexual roles

Gay-for-pay describes male or female actors, pornographic stars, or other sex workers who profess to be heterosexual but who are paid to act or perform as homosexual professionally. The term has also applied to other professions and even companies trying to appeal to a gay demographic. The stigma of being gay or labeled as such has steadily eroded since the Stonewall riots began the modern American gay rights movement in 1969. Through the 1990s, mainstream movie and television actors have been more willing to portray homosexuality, as the threat of any backlash against their careers has lessen

a gay slang term for a woman who associates either mostly or exclusively with gay men

300px|thumb|The appearance of public lavatories, like this one in Pond Square, [[Highgate (London Borough of Camden), is the origin of the term cottaging.]] Cottaging is a gay slang term, originating from the United Kingdom, referring to anonymous sex between men in a public lavatory (a "cottage" or "tea-room"), or cruising for sexual partners with the intention of having sex elsewhere. The term has its roots in self-contained English toilet blocks resembling small cottages in their appearance; in the English cant language of Polari this became a double entendre by gay men referring to sexual

slang term for overweight gay man