Gay (disambiguation)
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is an adjective meaning carefree or lighthearted. In more recent decades it has come to be used to refer to homosexuals, in some contexts men only, in others, of both genders.
- G-A-Y, a London nightclub
- Gay, Georgia, a town in the United States
- Gays, Illinois, a village in the United States
- Gay, Michigan, a community in the United States
- Gay, West Virginia, a community in the United States
- Gay, Russia, a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia
- Gay Street (Baltimore)
- Gay Street (Manhattan)
- Gay Street (Philadelphia)
- Gay Street (Auburn, Alabama)
People named "Gay"
- George Gay, (1917-1994), Naval Aviator in World War II
- Hobart R. Gay (1894-1983), American general
- Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, (1778-1832), French statesman
- Jean Pierre Gay, writer and a french priest, when lived in Brazil, Desacendant from Lord John Peter Gay
- John Gay, (1685-1732), English dramatist
- John Peter Gay, A scot Lord
- Jonathan Gay, inventor of Macromedia Flash
- Nikolai Gay (1831-1894), Russian painter
- Maria Gay, (1879-1943), Catalan opera singer
- Nicholas Ruxton Gay, Baltimore surveyor in 1747
- Noel Gay, (1898-1954), English composer of popular music
- Peter Gay, (born 1923), German-born U.S. historian
- Rudy Gay (born 1986), NBA basketball player currently playing for Memphis Grizzlies
- Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, (1778-1850), a French physicist
May also refer to
- The Enola Gay, the airplane from which the first atomic bomb used in warfare was dropped
- several tropical cyclones, see Typhoon Gay
See also
- Marvin Gaye, (1939-1984), musician, singer-songwriter
- Gayk Bzhishkyan, a Soviet military commander also known as Gay Dmitriyevich Gay
- Gaya Airport, the IATA code for the airport in Gaya, India