Definition of closeted
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- a closeted homosexual
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Hunter, never the most attentive of fathers, is sharp enough to have guessed, correctly, that his daughter, Sam (Gideon Adlon), is a closeted lesbian.
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His art reflects the Great Depression and the anxiety of his personal life as a closeted gay man in the Midwest nearly a century ago.
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Greg Berlanti directed the Fox 2000 dramedy, which stars Nick Robinson as Simon Spier, a closeted high schooler who tries to find out the identity of an anonymous classmate he's fallen in love with online.
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Dirk Bogarde stars as a married barrister and closeted gay man in London who risks his reputation to reveal an extortion plot against himself and other homosexuals.
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Greg Berlanti directed the Fox 2000 dramedy, which stars Nick Robinson as Simon Spier, a closeted high schooler who tries to find out the identity of an anonymous classmate he's fallen in love with online.
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Cohn, a closeted gay man and former aide to Senator Joseph McCarthy, had been an early Trump mentor.
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The film tells the story of a closeted high school student, Simon, who connects with a similar boy named Blue online.
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This high-school romance follows Simon, a closeted gay teenager in Atlanta, Georgia (played by Nick Robinson) who falls for an anonymous classmate online.
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