Below you will find example sentences with "gay people". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Gay People in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: gay
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 13
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 25.8 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "gay people" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as are many gay people in this, are no gay people in africa, city, rights and kind stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with young people, homeless people, indigenous people, gay men, gay rights and openly gay, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with gay people
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Stern went on to say, “I’m not bothered by gay people or transsexual people. (15 words)
But this is also the fact that people think there are no gay people in Africa. (16 words)
The ensuing article looked at the fledgling gay rights movement and calls for rights for gay people. (17 words)
The City Council’s decision to display the Pride Flag at City Hall sends a signal to young gay people that they are safe in Laguna Beach and honors gay senior citizens for their contributions to the city’s colorful history, Tebbutt said. (43 words)
There are many gay people in this community who you just outright offended and there are just as many straight people who have gay friends and family members they dearly love, and you just “disgusted” them too. (37 words)
A Brazilian gay blog has investigated a sample of 30 murders of gay people reported on the media in 2009 — including some of those used by the GGB in its national statistic report. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
It’s reminiscent of people who said they wouldn’t marry until gay people could get married and proceeded to stay unmarried even after gay marriage became a reality.
There are many gay people in this community who you just outright offended and there are just as many straight people who have gay friends and family members they dearly love, and you just “disgusted” them too.
The ensuing article looked at the fledgling gay rights movement and calls for rights for gay people.
And the former teacher who had supported gay students in Minnesota was among the most vocal supporters of repealing the military policy that barred openly gay people from serving in uniform.
I didn't know any gay adults, and the adults I did know were not very kind about the few gay people I had heard about.
The City Council’s decision to display the Pride Flag at City Hall sends a signal to young gay people that they are safe in Laguna Beach and honors gay senior citizens for their contributions to the city’s colorful history, Tebbutt said.
Because gay people have traditionally been repressed, both hookup culture and queer relationship building were forced to take place in the same contexts, usually in gay bars, clubs, and community parks.
In addition, he continued by saying that gay people should expect to be assaulted for being gay.
A Brazilian gay blog has investigated a sample of 30 murders of gay people reported on the media in 2009 — including some of those used by the GGB in its national statistic report.
An organizer of gay activism in the 1950s, he was used to persuasion, trying to convince heterosexuals that gay people were no different than they were.
Gay establishments such as the Stonewall Inn in New York City were routinely raided by the police to arrest gay people.
They may have a personal, moral, political or religious objection to gay rights, homosexual relations or gay people.
Thus, by distancing themselves from gay people, they are reaffirming their role as a heterosexual in a heteronormative culture, thereby attempting to prevent themselves from being labeled and treated as a gay person.
Stern went on to say, “I’m not bothered by gay people or transsexual people.
But this is also the fact that people think there are no gay people in Africa.
I just think using a rainbow makes it really easy for the kind of people who want to ignore the existence of gay people.
Dating sites "are a place where sexual minorities, inter-sexed people and gay people are enjoying a newly found freedom".
Except for men's and women's meetings, and meetings targeting specific demographics (including newcomers, gay people, and young people), AA meetings do not exclude other alcoholics.
Haldeman concludes that it is likely that, rather than converting or reverting gay people to heterosexuality, Masters and Johnson only strengthened heterosexual responsiveness in people who were already bisexual.
When reminded that he had worked closely with gay people at drama school, Gibson said, "They were good people, kind, I like them.