Sentence examples for straight readers from inspiring English sources
Whatever the cause or perceived cause, I suspect that, nowadays, a mainstream publishing house rarely takes on a gay novel unless an editor believes that the book will find straight readers, too.
Some have been answered in recent months, including "How do members of same-sex marriages refer to their spouses?" and "Should unsupportive relatives be invited to our same-sex wedding?" Clearly, there's been a heightened level of anxiety in the big questions — and the arcane ones, too — reflected in e-mails from both L.G.B.T. and straight readers.
Walter van Beirendonck, fashion überbody, has always been known in hushed terms among the stylerati as King Bear (note for straight readers: "bear" is the cuddly slang used for bearded, larger fellows who wear denim, call one another "she", and like opera).
Let's get this straight, readers.
I am so grateful that many straight readers have been moved by my book.
My 2002 Village Voice feature on the Black Party, a celebration of male sexuality held annually in New York, aroused controversy among gay and straight readers alike because I faithfully reported the party's unbridled, often condom-free, sexual atmosphere.
The plot of As I Descended both hinges on the characters' queerness and transcends it there's nothing about the book that would be inaccessible to a straight reader, but same-sex romance is an inextricable part of its plot.
We're the first to take advantage of this brand new mobile alert feature, that allows us to update the latest data straight on readers' lock screens.
I have an old-school vision of the First Amendment: that journalists should tell stories straight, that readers can be trusted and that out of that process we as a country will get it right more often than not.
Apparently attractiveness still depends on being conventionally good-looking, embracing traditional gender roles and, for women, being thin and pretty, falling out of your bra and sucking on a lollipop (yes, really!) to please straight male readers.
Blessings, Miriam Miri, Lemme give it to you straight: Our readers aren't interested in looking at a circumcised Jewish baby with black hair.
