Alexander is gay but has straight sexual values. He’s internalized the norms of straight society: how to meet people (at work), appropriate numbers of sex partners (few), or when to have sex (in a relationship). He associates violating these rules with disease and death. Why wouldn’t he? It only comes as a surprise if one thinks gay men are essentially sexually deviant. There is nothing inherent to desiring someone of the same sex that also means desiring multiple partners, sex clubs, and one-night stands. Those are queer innovations.
