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
The erasure of gay Black Hollywood is really the point of this imaginatively crafted, stunningly tense, historically significant sophomore novel.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
They were semi-forcefully grouped together by fellow student comedians who thought being gay would unite them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The newest presidential candidate, an openly gay Parisian educated in top schools, made history when he became France's youngest ever prime minister at the age of 34.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
It’s like he didn’t even hear everything else I said, about me hurting, about me being gay, but that’s just the way my dad’s always been.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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