Who ever gave them the name "Gay" & why I don't know but it is completely un appropriate because there is nothing gay about it. These people have been persecuted for centuries & have lived through some miserable times. "GAY" means to be happy and care free not miserable, persecuted, lonely & struggling to be accepted. I am heterosexual & thankful that I am but only because I cannot nearly understand what it must be like to have your body and mind out of sync. It is not unnatural to have feelings for the same sex and animals do it all the time but there not labelled are they!.