gay
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Never married, publicly partnered or linked romantically with a woman, the senator consistently denied he was gay in the face of barbs, jokes and speculation.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Being gay and misunderstood, with the unacknowledged pain of it kept inside, was quite literally eating me alive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
These include contributors to BBC News NI's Spotlight programme, who said Donaldson's behaviour included public drunkenness, a visit to a gay sauna and acting inappropriately towards a female colleague on a trip abroad.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
The Village People name was long assumed to be a reference to Greenwich Village in New York, which was the center of the city's gay scene in the 1970s.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
As a gay activist once put it, “Only by fully embracing the stigma itself can one neutralize the sting and make it laughable.”
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
“Once you find your gaggle of gays, you want to keep up with them.”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 9, 2026
"But so much attention to female fandom... risks overshadowing what a bountiful gift Heated Rivalry is to the gays," wrote David Rooney in the Hollywood Reporter.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
Many gays and lesbians say gender identity strips same-sex attraction of its meaning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Most importantly, gays and lesbians had acquired a political voice; gay-bashing would no longer work for a political candidate as it had in the past, except perhaps in the most benighted corners of American society.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
The arts maybe draw in more gays than any other area because of that feeling of being able to have self-expression without being condemned or labeled or ridiculed or bashed.”
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
Hot To Go, which she's described as "YMCA, but gayer", came with big goofy dance moves; and Red Wine Supernovas's singalong chorus gave me actual goosebumps.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2024
Chosen family—it doesn’t get much gayer than that.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2019
But like just know that it will be gayer and gimpier than Season 1.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2019
Olympic Committee wanted to change the event’s motto to “darker, gayer, different.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2018
Last of all Merry and Pippin said good-bye to the old Ent, and he grew gayer as he looked at them.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
That’s how we would describe Havana Rose Liu’s performance in Emma Seligman's gayest film yet “Bottoms.”
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2023
One of the most talked-about shows streaming right now also happens to be one of the gayest shows streaming right now.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
“I am, without a doubt, the gayest man I know,” he told The Times in May 2008.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
But a redrawn political map in the state has reshaped his district this year, adding Palm Springs, a liberal bastion that residents proclaim to be the gayest city in America.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2022
It's basically Tiny's slightly fictionalized life story, except it is sung, and it is—I mean, I don't use this adjective lightly—the gayest single musical in all of human history.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
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