homocurious

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1. Questioning whether someone is homosexual.

   Yes, I am the subject of homocurious speculation because of my association with Tommy "the gay" Knutson.

   2008, Lauren McLaughlin, Cycler, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 132

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   Unfamiliar heads popped in and out, sometimes with some excuse to check on us, sometimes without. Not homophobia but a kind of homocurious buzz was swirling around us, turning us into objects of gossip but also of generosity and attention.

   2015, Joshua Gamson, “My New Kentucky Baby”, in Modern Families: Stories of Extraordinary Journeys to Kinship, New York, N.Y.; London: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 164

   A girl gets raped, oh yeah, that happens. A guy gets penetrated, even though he asks for it, well that spurred all kinds of anxious and titillated homocurious responses.

   2019, Laurie Stone, “Was It Good for You?”, in The Women's Review of Books, volume 36, number 2, Wellesley, M.A.: Wellesley College, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 31, column 3