The man is a homosexual. The individual identifies as gay. The person in question is a member of the LGBTQ+ community. He belongs to the homosexual community. The individual is gay. He identifies as homosexual. The man is a member of the LGBTQ+ community. That person is open about being a homosexual. Nick is a queer person. The man openly embraces his queer identity.
Nick is gay. The individual identifies as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. He is gay. He belongs to the queer community. The individual is a homosexual. The person in question identifies as gay. Nick is homosexual. He is open about being gay. That gentleman is a queer person. That guy openly embraces his LGBTQ+ identity.