straight person
Example Sentences
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I believe a gay person can play a straight 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
In fact, the laws of Britain and the United States make Davies vulnerable to legal challenges if a straight person can prove that he wasn’t considered for a part because he isn’t gay.
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
