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It's one of the problems I have with pushes to teach "gay history" in school. Before the twentieth century people aren't identifying as gay. The gay-straight dialog doesn't exist. Obviously homosexual activity exists, and obviously there are people who are only attracted to the same sex, but there is no gay identity. So saying "this historical figure is gay!" is inherently anachronistic. He isn't gay. He can't be. He has no idea what "gay" is. So it's great to tell the kids "this guy had a boyfriend!" but it's utterly incorrect to call him gay. Other orientation and affinity words--like demisexual--operate in the same way.
The flip side is that you can't call them straight either.