noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
gay/lesbian rights
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a gay rights campaigner
lipstick lesbian
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
gay
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One would think there has never been a better time for a kid to be gay or lesbian or bisexual.
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The conventional wisdom in the gay community is that 10 percent of the adult population is gay or lesbian .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I didn't realize I was a lesbian until I was in my twenties.
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Lang was the first major pop star to come out as a lesbian .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Amitha: I suppose, if asked, I would describe myself as a Black Gujarati lesbian .
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But as soon as some right-wing rag called her a lesbian , she started screaming defamation.
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Independent lesbian and gay self-organization remains central to any wider project that we become involved in.
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Reno apparently felt compelled to deny not just that she was a lesbian , but that she had any sexuality at all.
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The conventional wisdom in the gay community is that 10 percent of the adult population is gay or lesbian .
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The pressures to be either Black or lesbian make it very difficult and confusing to develop being Black and lesbian.
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Why else would she not go out with them unless she were a lesbian ?
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You are worried, aren't you, because you think you might be a lesbian .