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All Gays Love Theater: The ia that all gay men are theater fanboys, and everyone who works theater is naturally gay.

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Closet Key: An attractive character who helps another character of the same sex realize that they're gay or bisexual. 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. Gay Moment: A man has a moment wh another man wh untentnal homoerotic unrton, then affirms rponse that he is not gay.

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Geo Gee: A profsnal wrtler who tak on many homosexual mannerisms but stops short of admtg to beg a homosexual.