Catchword: boi

Filed under: English, Gay, Sex & Sexuality

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: A “boi” describes a boyish gay guy or a biological female with a male presentation.…Justin, who is 19 and didn’t want to use his last name because he’s not out to his family as transgender, calls himself a “boi”—with an “i”—because he feels like a boy—with a “y”—but “I don’t have the boy parts, as much as I wish I did.”

Article or Document Title:
“Nuances of gay identities reflected in new language ”

Author:
Rona Marech

Article, document, publication, web site:
San Francisco Chronicle

Publishing location:
California

Date of publication:
Feb. 8, 2004

Page number:
A1

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