Homosexuality refers to a sexual attraction, romantic attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. It is considered an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions exclusively towards the same sex
. The most common terms for homosexual people are lesbian for females and gay for males, but the term gay also commonly refers to both homosexual females and males. The word homosexual is a Greek and Latin hybrid, with the first element derived from Greek ὁμός homos, "same," thus connoting sexual acts and affections between members of the same sex, including lesbianism
. The term has largely been replaced by gay, which can describe sexual or romantic attraction or activity between men or between women, or by inclusive abbreviations such as LGBT ("lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender")
