homophile

  1. Adjective.  (dated) Homosexual, gay or lesbian, having a sexual or romantic preference for persons of one's own gender; (non-gloss definition, used to emphasize love over sex) .
  2. Adjective.  (chiefly, historical) Of or pertaining to the “homophile movement”, a gay activist movement that used this term in English.
  3. Noun.  (dated) A homosexual, a gay man or lesbian, one who has a sexual or romantic preference for persons of one's own gender; (non-gloss definition, used to emphasize love over sex) .

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