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What is a Gay lover?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

"lover" is an outdated term for a same-sex partner. Prior to the 21st Century, gay relationships had no legal or social recognition, and the terminology to describe these relationships usually had taboo or sexual connotations, such as lover. Other terms were extremely euphemistic and vague, such as companion or gentleman-friend.

Today these terms have been replaced by the following:

  • partner
  • spouse
  • husband
  • wife
  • boyfriend
  • girlfriend

Other newer terms are also sometimes used, such as:

  • wifeband (for a gender-nonconforming partner)
  • husbear (for a male partner who identifies with bear culture)
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8y ago

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