gay-in

noun

A form of protest where people assemble in a public place to promote gay rights.

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Meanings

noungay-in (plural gay-ins)

plural gay-ins

  1. A form of protest where people assemble in a public place to promote gay rights.

    […] a “Gay-In” at Presidio Park […]

    2015, Douglas M. Charles, Hoover's War on Gays: Exposing the FBI's "Sex Deviates" Program, page 327
    1 more example

    On June 28, 1970, young gays in the city held a “Gay-in” in Golden Gate Park, and Gay Sunshine ran a photo of some of the participants in their inaugural issue […]

    2012, Todd J. Ormsbee, The Meaning of Gay, page 313

Origin

From gay + -in.

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APA

gay-in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gay-in

MLA

“gay-in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gay-in. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gay-in,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gay-in.

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