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INTERVENTN REQUTED: MANLY GAY
* manly gay tv tropes *
While the real world, LGBTQ+ persons are jt as varied personaly and tras as straight/cisgenr on, has sued televisn wrers to e mon stereotyp for their gay characters li of actually makg them "real people".
Flyg Unr the Gaydar: When a gay (or bisexual) character, who is normally very flamboyant, acts a far ls stereotypil manner to avoid spicn. Gay Bravado: Characters makg homoerotic ments and suggtns to one another is Played for Lghs, bee of urse they're too macho to really be gay.
If It's You, It's Okay: When a gay or straight character mak a sgle exceptn for sex or romance wh someone outsi their normal genr preference.
HISTORY MA / MANLYGAY
Tom of Fland (real name Too Val Laaksonen, 8 May 1920 7 November 1991) is one of the most famo artists of gay men history, and the morn … * manly gay tv tropes *
Compare wh Noble Male, Roguish Male, where the Noble Male is still nsired to be "manly" a chivalro fashn, and MasculeFeme Gay Couple for explicly romantic duos. Tom of Fland (real name Too Val Laaksonen, 8 May 1920 7 November 1991) is one of the most famo artists of gay men history, and the morn Trope Codifier of the Manly Gay trope. Sce homosexualy was stigmatized (and even illegal) until the 1960s, gay sailors knew they had to be discreet when talkg about gay lovers.
CONTEXT MA / MANLYGAY
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