No, homophones are not about sexuality, but they are fascinating. This homophonous shirt was recently spotted in Colson Hall. {For disambiguation see here and here}
Homophones happen when a form is attached to two separate meanings. In normal dictionaries, the meanings are listed under a single head term, but in the mind, homophones are most likely stored as separate items. In other words, the lexicon tolerates two (or more) meanings that are represented by the same form (like "bat" as 'piece of wood' and "bat" as 'flying mammal'). What the lexicon seems not to tolerate is the same meaning represented by two different forms (i.e. synonyms). So for homework, oh Tenants followers, see if you can post in the comments pairs of true synonyms. And keep an eye out for those homophones.
