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Not open about one's orientation, orientation{{, or identity.
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- Belize: Get out your oven mitts. Guess who just checked in with the troubles? The Killer Queen Herself. New York's number one closeted queer.
Not open about some aspect of one's identity, tendency{{, or fondness; secret.
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