# gay (sexual)

a person who has love toward people of the same sex

- Computed level: L15 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: sexual  ·  Arena: gay

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [love](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-love.emotional), [adult](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-adult.person), [sex](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sex.biological), [toward](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-toward.spatial)

**Through:** people who are emotionally attached through persistent care direct that bond toward others of the same biological sex

**Novel properties:**
- same-sex emotional bonding
- directed affection based on sex
- social identity tied to orientation

## Examples
- Elton John publicly identified as gay and married David Furnish in 2014 under UK marriage law. *(institutions)*
- The 'It Gets Better' project documented thousands of gay individuals sharing personal stories online since 2010. *(computing)*
- Audre Lorde described her romantic relationships with women in her 1982 memoir 'Zami: A New Spelling of My Name'. *(everyday life)*

## Used by
- [lesbian](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-lesbian.sexual) (L16)

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