gay
Example Sentences
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That included his stepfather, Ed Kovac, the homicide cop and former Marine who’d had a partner on the force who was gay.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
When Bean finally told his family he was gay, in 1996 — three years before clueing in an unsuspecting public via a Miami Herald article — none of his loved ones blinked.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Exemptions were included for legal, media and healthcare professionals who report on LGBTQ+ issues or provide medical treatment or other services for gay people.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
The ad itself uses coarser language and has given rise to awkwardness: “That makes the LGBTQ+ community think, ‘Oh, Spencer,’ and Heidi, my wife, is a huge gay icon.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
I sit in my dad’s rumbling truck, listening to the news talk about Sandy Sanders, and I wonder what my dad would say if I told him right here, right now, that Sandy is gay.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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