"straight trade" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1996, Chon A. Noriega, Ana M. López, The Ethnic Eye: Latino Media Arts",
          "text": "dominant gay culture in the United States has often coded Latino gay men as straight trade — heterosexual men who can be picked up for a same-sex encounter.",
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          "ref": "2009, George Birimisa, BIRIMISA",
          "text": "I wondered if he had walked into the bar by mistake—he wasn't my idea of what a gay guy looked like—I was sure he was straight trade. I don't think he was a day over thirty, but was gray at the temples and he glowed with confidence.",
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          "ref": "1997, Carol Queen, Lawrence Schimel, PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality",
          "text": "A lovely thought when cruising straight trade, but just remember—it works both ways.",
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          "ref": "1998, John Donald Gustav-Wrathall, Take the Young Stranger by the Hand: Same-Sex Relations and the YMCA",
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