homosexual
adjective
sexually attracted to people of one's own sex or gender; gay.
homosexuals
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pluralof homosexual.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The high court voted 8-3 to extend the protections of an existing law prohibiting racial discrimination in hiring, housing and public access to homosexuals and transgender people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
“It was as sincere a marriage as you’re going to get between a male homosexual and a woman at a time when a lot of male homosexuals married women.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
Cohabiting homosexuals also can be permitted to be wedding witnesses, according to the document.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
Your first clue this isn’t the Disney version is the opening title card, which proclaims the thing was “bravely written by two homosexuals,” helpfully adding that it’s the first thing ever written by homosexuals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
These people included Communists; political leaders; Polish intellectuals; homosexuals; and itinerant people, whom the Nazis called Gypsies.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
