straight person
Example Sentences
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A straight person can play a gay person.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024
Sprinting around New York’s Flat Iron Building with Paul Rudd, he exclaimed, “I’ve been working 20 years for this! I need a straight person to go see ‘Bros!’”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
Acknowledging that gay people exist and deserve equal treatment is not a political act any more than doing the same for a straight person is.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2021
“I lived almost a decade playing a womanizing straight person on ‘How I Met Your Mother,’ and I enjoyed myself immensely.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2021
I want to add that I don’t see one straight person here, but I don’t think it’s relevant.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
