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homosexual

[hoh-muh-sek-shoo-uhl, -seks-yoo-] / ˌhoʊ məˈsɛk ʃu əl, -ˈsɛks ju- /
ADJECTIVE
attracted to same sex
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
Antonyms


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The contours of Pride appear in my mind whenever I’m watching a movie that I feel speaks to my own uniquely homosexual sensibilities, which frequently change.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

In September last year, Burkina Faso's transitional parliament approved a bill banning homosexual acts, following its neighbour Mali in 2024.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

A not-so-closeted homosexual, he also waxes lyrical about his infatuation with a young Yale student, played by a bottle-blonde Margaret Qualley, and shares drinks with "Charlotte's Web" author E.B.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

The world got along for thousands of years without the enforced binaries of heterosexual and homosexual, and in recent decades the fences erected around that century-old split have been coming down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025

“I mean who calls bars for gay people homosexual bars?”

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

The high court voted 8-3 to extend the protections of an existing law prohibiting racial discrimination in hiring, housing and public access to homosexuals and transgender people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

They were homosexuals and they wanted equal rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

“It was as sincere a marriage as you’re going to get between a male homosexual and a woman at a time when a lot of male homosexuals married women.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2023

Cohabiting homosexuals also can be permitted to be wedding witnesses, according to the document.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 9, 2023

I don't have a problem with homosexual's I have friends that’s homosexuals and we never had problems so I don’t look at you wrong because of your sexualitie.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater


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