Thread:The Devil's Advocate WP/@comment-24032889-20180424025144/@comment-14909251-20180428143623

RaijinRising wrote: I do like the new phrasing and will admit I'm responsible for the old one. I do have a minor question, and the answer doesn't make much of a difference. I felt like phrasing it "Ilia is lesbian" instead of "Ilia is a lesbian" would be better because it seems less accusatory in some way.

What I mean is... It's weird that people say "He is gay" but "She is a lesbian." That makes gay an adjective, but lesbian a noun. To me, it makes 'lesbian' seem a bit more like a label rather than a descriptor. So that's why I didn't put a in front of lesbian.

Do any of you think this distinction matters? To be clear: I'm not opposed to leaving it how DA WP edited it. I rather keep things the way they currently are on Ilia's page. I just wanted the input. That is because lesbian generally is a noun and gay is generally an adjective. It is also how they use it in the AMA.