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gateway gay 

A gay individual whose mere presence encourages others to change their sexual orientation from heterosexual to homosexual or bisexual.
Hey you straight skater boy; be careful around Eric, he's a gateway gay. Try and keep your tongue in your mouth.
gateway gay by Mizz Erica June 23, 2007

Gateway Gay 

A gay man, lesbian woman, bisexual or transgender person who is easily accepted by straight society. This person helps to normalize different sexual orientations for straight people. This person than starts to bring these straight people to gay movies, events, bars or parties and helps ease these straight people into feeling comfortable with GLBT people/culture they might have thought was too outlandish before.

Gateways can be of other minorities: Gateway Latinos, Gateway Asians, Gateway Blacks, Gateway Jews
Cindy: Wow! I had no idea Kevin was... gay. He seems so chill and straight

Taneisha: Oh he definitely is! He's great and fun. And he's a Gateway Gay, pretty soon he'll be bringing you to drag parties and having you dance up on a platform. And you'll love everyminute of it!
Gateway Gay by QuixoticHoya October 28, 2007

Gateway Gay 

The social butterfly gay that newly gay or non-social gay guy befriends. They introduce them to a lot of gay people and social norms. After they befriend them and are introduced to a lot of gay guys, they branch off.
Jason is a gateway gay, Tommy never had this many gay friends or attended social events until they became friends.
Gateway Gay by Valient77 September 24, 2016

GAYteway 

An action or substance that is not gay by itself, but is believed to encourage the user to experiment with gayer things.
Bro1 - Dude I've started listening to the scissor sisters laterly.

Bro2 - You know they're a GAYteway band right?
GAYteway by Dwizzelf October 30, 2010
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Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
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After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
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New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
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