I am a college student studying Japanese and on a recent essay assignment I was docked points for using 僕 to refer to myself. It was corrected to 私every time. My professor (native speaker) said 僕 is colloquial, but did not remove points from any of the other men in the class for using it. I ask since i am the only gay man in the class, is it uncommon for gay men to use 僕? She also corrected my use of 彼氏 to パートナー, is that standard too?
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