Lately, I’ve been a little sad that I’m not a gay man.

Taken at face value, Gershon’s remark reads as a wry, self-aware expression of affinity with gay male culture and community—less a literal statement of identity than a comment on where she feels a sense of ease, camaraderie, or aesthetic alignment. It can also be heard as a critique of gendered constraints: the speaker imagines that being a gay man might offer social freedoms (in dress, desire, or self-presentation) that she experiences as less available to her as a woman. The “lately” and “a little sad” soften the claim, suggesting a passing mood or humorous longing rather than a fixed declaration, while still pointing to genuine feelings about belonging and self-expression.