"Veldian" is a recently-coined synonym for "gay man". It is also synonymous with "turian", coined at the same time by the same person (Tumblr user kenochoric).

Veldian identity is a major element of the system's collective identity, and we have transmasc, cis male, genderqueer, and intersex veldians alike, as our system is or could be considered all of those things.

To most of our veldians who do not actively identify as mspec, it's important to them that they are specifically attracted to men or masculine-aligned people. That's why some members of the system do prefer "gay man" over "veldian" but still use the word "veldian" due to agreeing a single-word identity can be more convenient in some sentences or for web design.

However, many of our veldians are genderflux people who mostly feel like actual men, per se, when they are in a relationship with a man or male-aligned person. Therefore, they find it helpful to have a word for their identity that doesn't have "man" in it but still refers to that attraction, and can also apply both to binary and genderqueer people, like how "lesbian" can.

Our system runs the gamut of veldian expression, but we tend to lean towards masculine, androgynous, or neutral veldians as opposed to feminine or transfem veldians. However, fem gay men, she/her gay men, or transfem gay men are far from unheard of in this system, they're just not the majority or the default.

Many of our masc veldians consider themselves GNC because they consider any type of gender performed by a gay person can be considered GNC if they want it to, and that also gay men simply do, in fact, often perform masculinity differently than straight cis men.

Some members of the system consider "veldian" a part of their gender, or that they would not be man-aligned were it not for being a veldian. However, many of those who would consider "veldian" but not "man" a part of their gender also default to labeling themselves as agender or neutrois, due to those being typical "default" labels in our system, and we usually prefer the certainty of a gender label if possible.