| En Name: | Gay |
| Ru Name: | Гай |
| Coordinates: | 51.4678°N 58.4431°W |
| Map Label Position: | right |
| Image Coa: | Gay Coat of Arms.png |
| Federal Subject: | Orenburg Oblast |
| Adm Data As Of: | December 2014 |
| Adm City Jur: | Town of Gay |
| Adm Ctr Of1: | Gaysky District |
| Adm Ctr Of2: | Town of Gai |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Mun Data As Of: | June 2015 |
| Urban Okrug Jur: | Gaysky Urban Okrug |
| Urban Okrug Jur Ref: | [1] |
| Mun Admctr Of: | Gaysky Urban Okrug |
| Pop 2010Census: | 38301 |
| Pop Latest: | 45 |
| Established Date: | 1958 |
| Current Cat Date: | 1979 |
| Postal Codes: | 462631, 462633–462635 |
| Website: | http://www.gy.orb.ru |
| Date: | March 2012 |
| Bodystyle: | width:23.5em; |
| Population | |
| Label1: | 2010 Census |
| Data1: | 38,301 |
| Label2: | 2002 Census |
| Data2: | 41,621 |
| Label3: | 1989 Census |
| Data3: | 41,668 |
| Label4: | 1979 Census |
| Data4: | 35,700 |
Gay, or Gai (Russian: Гай|p=ɡaj) is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located 230km (140miles) east of Orenburg, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 38,301.
Gay was founded in 1958 as an industrial settlement.[2] The town was granted Urban-type settlement status in 1965 and town status in 1979.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gay serves as the administrative center of Gaysky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the settlement of Kalinovka), incorporated separately as the Town of Gay[3] —an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the territories of the Town of Gay and of Gaysky District are incorporated as Gaysky Urban Okrug.[4] [5] Prior to June 1, 2015, the Town of Gay was incorporated as Gay Urban Okrug, separately from Gaysky Municipal District.
The coat of arms of Gay states: "Remember the Past. Believe in the Future."