gay

Example Sentences

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This emotion-avoidance system, he says, is reinforced by a fear, among straight men, that people might conclude you are gay if your feelings are shown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

“L.A. is not, in my mind, a dating city,” said the comedian, who opened up about his experiences dating as a gay man and later meeting his estranged half-brother, who is also gay.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

I see flashes of modern neo-noirs like Paul Schrader’s “The Canyons,” and the cold but still realistic otherworldliness in David Cronenberg’s “Dead Ringers” and “The Shrouds,” filtered through a silly, gay “Single White Female’ lens.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

He did not openly identify as gay given the complication of social life in middle class Bengal in the times he lived in.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Nobody said anything about it, ever, but we all knew he was gay.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt