| Since the play is never explicit about their gayness, we can only view it as a portrait of early 20th-century repression. |
| The smile and her gayness were meant to ease the child out of her distressed mood. |
| It's as though the film is trying to milk his accomplishments without wanting to acknowledge his gayness. |
| Most importantly it is heterosexism that blinds people to understanding that gayness is almost identical to straightness. |
| One night toward the first of January he bounded up the stairs with more than his usual gayness and grabbed me in his arms. |
| Although much has changed in the past few years as I have accepted my gayness, much remains the same. |
