gay

Example Sentences

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Could it be that the reason I’ve fallen so far down this particular rabbit hole already is that I’m gay?

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

“I wish I’d played Benedict in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ and Antonio in ‘The Merchant of Venice,’ who was one of Shakespeare’s gay characters,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 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

Which happens to be the night I told Jessie and Ethan I’m gay.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera