Definition of "homosexual"

[H]e said he had never noticed anything homosexual in himself.

1892 , Charles Gilbert Chaddock, transl., Psychopathia Sexualis‎, Philadelphia: F. A. Davis, translation of Psychopathia Sexualis by R. von Krafft-Ebing, page 97

"Significant results indicate that Swedes would choose a more masculine partner the more homosexual they are, and that Finns would choose a more attractive partner the more homosexual they are."

1983, Michael W. Ross, Homosexuality and Social Sex Roles

Shatner: Have you ever had a homosexual experience?Maher: No. Why, are you...? But it's early!

2022 March 20, Bill Maher, William Shatner, 56:37 from the start, in William Shatner, Club Random With Bill Maher‎, episode 1, Club Random Podcast, archived from the original on 05 April 2022

Soon, we got up, walked around the west side — toward the "meat rack" — the gay part of the park. There, it was as if someone had hung a line of marionettes on the railing: the lonesome young homosexuals, legs dangling, looking, waiting for that one-night's sexual connection...

1963, John Rechy, City of Night, page 48

It was unheard-of for those of us who are 30-something or older to have had an openly gay role model when we were young. Homosexuals weren't depicted in the media in a positive light, if at all.

1997, The Advocate, number 742, page 9