Obvious
Obvious adjective - Not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation.
Nearby Words: obviously, obviousness
Queer
Queer adjective - Giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged.
Usage example: queer business practices that bear some looking into
Nearby Words: queered, queering
Both words in one sentence
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LGBT Fanbase: For obvious reasons, RuPaul is practically a deity in queer pop culture.
Source: Creator / RuPaul -
Coming-Out Story: Mostly averted, and subverted when Nico's mom knows already and thinks it's obvious — showing up in the next scene covered in PFLAG badges, spoofing the mom from Queer as Folk.
Source: Film / Another Gay Movie -
Strasser isn't actually coded as gay—and in a movie with some blatant queer coding going on with the part of Captain Renault (who steals the entire movie and walks off with the hero in the end) it would've been pretty obvious if Strasser had been meant to be read as a Depraved Homosexual.
Source: Creator / Conrad Veidt
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