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While Anand recovers from heartbreak over his lover in Mumbai, Balya engages in brief, emotionally disconnected affairs with other closeted men in the area.
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Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
The son of a felon and (until season 9) a closeted homosexual, Mac tends to weaponize his extreme religious beliefs and morally dubious behavior.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 21 July 2025
The problem is Luke doesn’t realize that Aysha is the stage persona of Ashiq — a gay, closeted Muslim man leading a separate life away from his conservative parents.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
To the chagrin of The Advocate and probably more than a few Marvel writers, the closeted Northstar lived on, eventually joining the X-Men, and, much like myself, getting married around 2012 and enjoying a long and colorful life.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
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Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
The son of a felon and (until season 9) a closeted homosexual, Mac tends to weaponize his extreme religious beliefs and morally dubious behavior.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 21 July 2025
The problem is Luke doesn’t realize that Aysha is the stage persona of Ashiq — a gay, closeted Muslim man leading a separate life away from his conservative parents.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
To the chagrin of The Advocate and probably more than a few Marvel writers, the closeted Northstar lived on, eventually joining the X-Men, and, much like myself, getting married around 2012 and enjoying a long and colorful life.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
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“Closeted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/closeted. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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