"Kinda," Sparkle replied, looking a little baffled, now. "You didn't tell him I was gay or anything, did you? I mean, I don't even know the guy."

And, okay, Sparks had a pretty flamboyant name, and he was a member of Pride and all, but it wasn't like he advertised the gay thing for all the school to know. So assuming that this was a date...

"Even if he does know I'm gay, why is he going and assuming that this is a date? Friends go to bars too, you know. Even queer ones."