gayfolk

English

Etymology

From gay +‎ folk.

Noun

gayfolk pl (plural only)

  1. (informal) Gay people.
    • 1993, Tikkun, page 38:
      The gayfolk on the Mall, from Chicago and Bridgeport, Santa Cruz and South Bend, Denver, Atlanta, and Honolulu, were of the formulaic ethnic diversity you'd expect in a forties Hollywood bomber crew (directed by George Cukor, maybe).
    • 2019 June 19, Brandon Thorp, “Why Miami Is the Greatest Gay Destination in America”, in Thrillist‎:
      South Beach is still full of debauched nightlife, much of it gay or lavender-tinged. But gentrification, which so often follows gayfolk to their ghettos, nudged much of the gay population out of Miami Beach in the 1990s.
    Antonym: straightfolk
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