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Gaycation

Gaycation is a Viceland documentary travel series (2016–2017) hosted by Elliot Page, then Ellen Page, and Ian Daniel, exploring LGBTQ cultures in Japan, Brazil, Jamaica, the US, and Ukraine; twice Emmy-nominated.

Gaydar

Gaydar is the folk idea of detecting sexual orientation from subtle cues; research debates whether it is perception or stereotyping, and Gaydar is also an LGBTQ+ dating app.

Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov

Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov (Гайдарбек Гайдарбеков), Russian amateur boxer born 1976 in Kaspiysk, Dagestan; middleweight gold at Athens 2004 (beating Gennadiy Golovkin) and silver at Sydney 2000.

Gaydon

Gaydon is a village and parish in Warwickshire, England, near Leamington Spa, population 446 (2011). Known for RAF Gaydon (1941–1974) and its motor-industry sites: Jaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin, and the British Motor Museum.

Gayfemboy

Gayfemboy is a Mirai-derived botnet targeting Linux-based routers, cameras, and other IoT devices, first identified in February 2024 and used for DDoS attacks and cryptomining.

Gaykhatu

Gaykhatu, also rendered Geyhatu, was the fifth Mongol Il-khan of Persia from 1291 to 1295, remembered for a failed paper-money experiment in 1294 and his overthrow by his cousin Baydu.

Gayle (singer)

GAYLE (Taylor Gayle Rutherford, born 2004, Plano, Texas) is an American pop singer-songwriter in Nashville whose 2021 debut single "abcdefu" topped the Billboard Global 200, earned a 2023 Song of the Year Grammy nomination, and preceded EPs and the 2026 debut album Observing Chaos. Not the gospel singers Charity, Stephanie, Dave, or Judith Gayle.

Gayle Benson

Gayle Benson, born Gayle Marie LaJaunie, is an American businesswoman and the only woman to own both an NFL and an NBA team, the New Orleans Saints and Pelicans.

Gayle Harrell

Gayle Harrell is an American politician and Republican member of the Florida Senate from the 31st district, elected in 2018 after more than 20 years in the Legislature.

Gayle Hunnicutt

Gayle Hunnicutt (Virginia Gayle Hunnicutt, 1943–2023), American actress based in Britain; known for The Golden Bowl, Fall of Eagles, Irene Adler in Sherlock Holmes, and Vanessa Beaumont in Dallas; married David Hemmings then Simon Jenkins.

Gayle King

Gayle King, American broadcast journalist, co-host of CBS Mornings since 2012, editor-at-large of Oprah Daily, SiriusXM host, known for the 2019 R. Kelly interview and the 39th Walter Cronkite Award.

Gayle Manning

Gayle Manning is an American Republican politician who represents Ohio's 52nd House district in Lorain County and serves as the Ohio House's first woman Speaker Pro Tempore.

Gayle Rankin

Gayle Rankin, Scottish actress (born 1989, Paisley), first Scot at Juilliard; known for Sheila the She-Wolf in GLOW, Alys Rivers in House of the Dragon, and Tony-nominated Sally Bowles in 2024 Broadway Cabaret.

Gayle S.W. Hagler

Gayle S.W. Hagler is a research environmental engineer at the U.S. EPA who measures air pollution near roads and evaluates low-cost air sensors, receiving a 2010 Presidential Early Career Award.

Gaylor conspiracy theory

Gaylor, or the Taylor Swift gay theory, is a fan conspiracy theory claiming Swift is secretly queer, originating on Tumblr in 2014, studied academically as a closeting conspiracy theory and microconspiracy, and contested by Anti-Gaylor fans.

Gaylord Gladiator

The Gaylord Gladiator was an American two-seater luxury sports car of the mid-1950s, commissioned by the Gaylord brothers, designed by Brooks Stevens, and shown at the 1955 Paris Salon.

Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center

Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, also known as Opryland Hotel, is a large hotel and convention complex in Nashville, Tennessee, opened in 1977 and known for its glass-roofed indoor garden atriums, waterfalls, and indoor river.

Gaylord Perry

Gaylord Jackson Perry (1938-2022), American Hall of Fame right-handed pitcher; won 314 games, 3,534 strikeouts, and was the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in both leagues (1972 Cleveland, 1978 San Diego); famed for the spitball.

Gaylord Simpson

George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984) was an American paleontologist, a key founder of the modern evolutionary synthesis and author of Tempo and Mode in Evolution (1944).

Gaymer

Gaymer, a portmanteau of gay and gamer, is an umbrella term for LGBTQ people in the video gaming community, tied to the 2006 Gaymer Survey, GaymerX convention, city gaymer groups, and documented online harassment gaps.

Gayniggers from Outer Space

Gayniggers from Outer Space is a 1992 26-minute Danish satirical sci-fi comedy short by Morten Lindberg (Master Fatman) about gay black aliens from planet Anus who exterminate Earth's women; later a GNAA troll mascot and 2024 meme.

Gaynor Faye

Gaynor Faye (Gaynor Kay Mellor, born 1971, Leeds) is an English actress, writer, and producer known for Judy Mallett in Coronation Street, Megan Macey in Emmerdale, Fat Friends, Dancing on Ice, and leading Rollem Productions.

Gayopakhyanam

Gayopakhyanam (గయోపాఖ్యానం) is a Telugu verse drama by Chilakamarti Lakshmi Narasimham about Gaya, a Gandharva king, and a war between Krishna and Arjuna, among the most performed Telugu plays.

Gayton McKenzie

Gayton McKenzie, South African politician, author and businessman; Patriotic Alliance co-founder (2013) and Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture since 3 July 2024; formerly jailed for armed robbery, pardoned after exposing Grootvlei Prison conditions.

Gayton Thorpe

Gayton Thorpe Roman villa: Romano-British villa in Gayton parish, Norfolk, also called Gayton Thorpe villa (NHER 3743). Two winged-corridor houses and a bath house, occupied mid-2nd to early 4th century AD, excavated 1922-23 by Atkinson, a scheduled monument.

GAZ (ГАЗ)

GAZ, or Gorky Automobile Plant, is a Russian vehicle manufacturer in Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 1929 with Ford's help and known for the GAZelle truck.

Gaz Beadle

Gaz Beadle, born Gary Beadle in 1988 in Prudhoe, Northumberland, is an English television personality best known as an original cast member of MTV's Geordie Shore.

Gaz Coombes

Gaz Coombes (Gareth Michael Coombes, b. 1976, Oxford) is an English singer-songwriter, former Supergrass frontman (I Should Coco, 1995) and solo artist whose albums Matador (2015, Mercury-nominated) and Turn the Car Around (2023, UK No. 6) define his post-band career.

Gaz de France

Gaz de France was the French state-owned natural gas company, holding a legal monopoly on the import, transport, and sale of gas until its 2008 merger with Suez.

GAZ Sobol (Соболь)

The GAZ Sobol (Соболь) is a family of light commercial vehicles built by GAZ in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, since 1998, a shorter sibling of the GAZ Gazelle.