A page for scribg Lanic: Gay Panic. A character's real or perceived homosexualy is toned down to appease Moral Guardians.
Contents:
- HISTORY MA / GAYPANIC
- BANNG THE USE OF GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENS
- GAYNGST-INDUCED SUICI
- RELATED MA / GAYPANIC
HISTORY MA / GAYPANIC
* gay panic 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".
The trop n volve negative attus towards or stereotyp about lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex, asexual, and/or genr non-nformg people, and they n the gamut om relatively mor limatns (on clothg choic, mannerisms, jobs or reers and the like) to hostily and vlence.
Armoured Closet Gay: A closeted gay who's prompted by Internalized Categorism to exprs homophobia agast others and aggrsively assert his heterosexual bona fis.
BANNG THE USE OF GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENS
An x page listg Homophobia Inx ntent. The trop n volve negative attus towards or stereotyp about lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr … * gay panic tv tropes *
Ba-and-Swch Lbians: Two characters are subject to heavy and liberate Homoerotic Subtext, but are never explicly nfirmed as sexual partners, and one or both of them is a heterosexual relatnship by the end of the show. Tends to trivialize the same-sex romance, as if 's only there to enterta the mographic tillated by the ia of people of the same sex behavg homoerotilly together. Bury Your Gays: If beg gay is (one of) the worst thg(s) you n be and fictn is only satisfyg if virtue is reward and vice is punished, then the gay characters serve to die bee they're gay.
Cure Your Gays: The ia that homosexualy is a form of disease or sany that n and mt be "cured" (In Real Life, has been discreded by profsnal anizatns, cludg the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn). If the rints of a Gayborhood are picted engagg stereotypilly predatory behavurs, such a place (wh s large numbers of gays) across as threateng to a heterosexual dience. Gayngst: Lkg homosexualy and unhapps/prsn/suici n imply that beg gay all those bad nsequenc (rather than the reactns of other people beg the e).
Gay Panic: In TV Trop, this is when queer plotl and/or characters that were airg are sudnly changed or dropped entirely, suggts moral disapproval is behd their disappearance. : The creators want to be clive, but are too aaid of the Moral Guardians to show gay behavr, so they rely heavily on stated assertns of homosexualy.
GAYNGST-INDUCED SUICI
The Gayngst-Induced Suici trope as ed popular culture. A mon trope, often done as a mentary on Homophobia, this is when LGBT characters are … * gay panic tv tropes *
MasculeFeme Gay Couple: This n be Tth Televisn, but when all same-sex upl are assumed to be like this appeals to outdated genr stereotyp of every romantic relatnship needg to have a "man" and a "woman". Queer People Are Funny: Humour about gay relatnships bee the participants are gay (as opposed to jok about upl that uld apply to heterosexual upl, i. Rape and Swch: This is based on heteronormative ia that heterosexualy is the "flt" state and th beg subject to sexual abe the victim to bee homosexual.
RELATED MA / GAYPANIC
She's a Man Japan: This is not always homophobic motivatn, but a large proportn of exampl volve changg a character's genr or cis/trans stat orr to avoid provokg Moral Guardians by havg non-cis characters and/or non-straight romantic relatnships. While this n be a eful trick a homophobic society, also suggts beg lbian means beg very unlike the normal folk the dience, and not a good way.
Hi Your Lbians: In addn to the ual ncealment of homosexualy, this one n also imply that lbian women don't want sex (which is fed as heterosexual sex). Psycho Lbian: Plays on the purported lk between homosexualy and sany, flavoured wh the sexist implitn of "hysteria", as well as implyg that if they're willg to do somethg as bad as lbian sex, there's nothg they won't do.