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gay communities  

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  • The term gay communities is used mostly in the developed Western world and applied to urban neighborhoods or precincts with identifiable populations of men who are homosexual, that is, men whose sexual and emotional interests revolve largely around other men. The term can also be understood to include homosexual women, or lesbians; however, more recent usage would demand that the more exact term gay and lesbian communities be employed. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Gay Communities]

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