Straight Gay - TV Trop

Contents:

• GAY OPTN
• INX NAMPAC / STRAIGHT GAY
• HOW JEFF HILLER SMASHED GAY TV TROP ON HBO’S SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE
• THE SPE/FLEXIBILY OF CAMP GAY AND CAMP STRAIGHT

GAY OPTN

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". Even some LGBTQ+ people perpetuate the stereotyp by cricizg those who fall outsi of them as "not really gay" or words to that effect.

INX NAMPAC / STRAIGHT GAY

Wh media tend for gay dienc, gay wrers have their own subculture of stereotyp that ocsnally leak to the mastream.

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

HOW JEFF HILLER SMASHED GAY TV TROP ON HBO’S SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE

Gay Optn: When a player character a vio game n pursue romantic relatns wh a member of the same sex, if the player is so cled. Gay Romantic Phase: The ia that gayns is a phase that one go through before growg up and gettg to a heterosexual relatnship. Get Back the Closet: When a work jumps up the rough amework for what's "appropriate" bee ntas gay ntent.

THE SPE/FLEXIBILY OF CAMP GAY AND CAMP STRAIGHT

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

Homosexual Reproductn: Two characters of the same sex somehow have a child that is blogilly related to both of them.

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.