Whether or not it is "gay" is an opinion. People have different ideas about sexuality.
If you are not ready to talk about it with him, you might want to hold off on doing it. I am not going to ask him for you or give you a script of what to say. You know him better than we do, so you would be a better judge of how to bring that up with him. If you are really ready to do it, and are ready to do that with him, then you should be ready to talk about it. Only you can decide exactly how to do that. You can hint or just come out with it. It's up to you, what you know about him, how open he is about that stuff, and if you think he would be offended or uncomfortable. There are a lot of variables to consider in deciding just how to bring it up, and you know more about all of them than we do.