gayfolk en · NOUN
Etymology
From gay + folk.
Meanings
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(informal, plural, plural-only) Gay people.
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).
1993, Tikkun, page 38:“Don, every town in America has a contingent that hates the gayfolk,” he said.
1986, Stephen King, chapter 2, in It, pages 28-29:SO's affection for cats is important, but not nearly as important as not being allergic!
1992 November 23, Joseph E. Beason, “Re: gayfolk and cats”, in soc.motss (Usenet):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.
2019 June 19, Brandon Thorp, “Why Miami Is the Greatest Gay Destination in America”, in Thrillist: