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* Played for laughts with [[LittleBritain Daffyd]].

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* ''{{Yu Gi Oh The Abridged Series}}'' brings us Yami Bakura aka Florence; who, upon meeting Marik, is asked "Why are you British anyway?" to which he promptly responds "I'm not British, I'm just gay".

*** It does put a different shine on his past relationship with Grindelwald. The pain and betrayal, Dumbledore's resulting fear of his own ambition, and tendency to hold himself separate and therefore alone (throughout the series we see him with many friends, but no true equals - there is no one he confides in except for when he NEEDS someone to know specific information) could easily come out of a friendship gone wrong, but knowing that he's gay makes it pretty clear that he was in love with him.

* Stewie Griffin of ''FamilyGuy'' is constantly hinted as being gay, but it's never amounted to anything. Of course, he ''is'' a baby.
** This is probably because he hasn't fully come to terms with his sexuality. The writers were originally going to have him 'come out' in one episode but decided they preferred writing for him as [[AmbiguouslyGay sexually ambiguous]].

* [[QueerAsFolk Queer as Folk]], strangely enough. Vic is undoubtedly gay, but is portrayed as almost asexual for a ''long'' time.

***** HEY! read the first chapter in the first book, only someone as fabulous as Dumbledore could pull off that clothing
****** HEY HEY HEY! Read the sixth book; people are a little perturbed by Dumbledores "flamboyantly cut suit of plum velvet." Did you know that purple symbolizes homosexuality?
******* [[HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince He does love knitting patterns.]]

***** HEY! read the first chapter in the first book, only someone as fabulous as dumbledore could pull off that clothing

*** The same phrase also gets used for the equally annoying phenomenon of someone who ''is'' bisexual, but re-closets on entering the "real world."

* Stewie Griffin of ''FamilyGuy'' is also often described as gay, despite never showing serious attraction towards guys.
** Well, he ''is'' a baby.
*** but a baby with a surprisingly high amount of female conquests.
*** this is probably because he hasn't fully come to terms with his sexuality. The writers were originally going to have him 'come out' in one episode but decided they preferred writing for him as sexually ambiguous.

* {{Yu Gi Oh The Abridged Series}} brings us Yami Bakura aka Florence; who, upon meeting Marik, is asked "Why are you British anyway?" to which he promptly responds "I'm not British, I'm just gay".

* There was a VerySpecialEpisode of TheSimpsons revolving around homosexuality, and a guy who fit any stereotype to a t- but one awkward conversation with Smithers aside, he never actually shows his sexual preference.
* Stewie Griffin of FamilyGuy is also often described as gay, despite never showing serious attraction towards guys.

*** but a baby with a suprisingly high amount of female conquests.

* ''WillAndGrace'' spent awhile getting Will a boyfriend while securing Grace as his soul mate. A prominent episode in the first season being one where Grace has a boring romance in the typical manner with some guy in Story A, with Story B focusing on Will talking on the phone to some guy that he liked, in an unnecessary, one-episode version of HeWhoMustNotBeSeen.

* Tomboy in George Romero's SurvivalOfTheDead

Often involves [[TokenMinority Token Gays]] and UnfortunateImplications, the main implication being that gays are [[DyingAlone lonely]]. The polar opposite of AmbiguouslyGay, and often the inverse of the TransparentCloset. Sometimes overlaps with StraightGay. See also: WordOfGay, GetBackInTheCloset, UrbanLegendLoveLife. If the character do get enough action for their sexuality to be more than an InformedAttribute, but still less than others, that's ButNotTooGay

HaveIMentionedIAmGay is when we know that a particular character is gay because we are told so, often repeatedly, and not because we actually see them display any sort of romantic feeling or sexual attraction toward characters of the same gender. The character is out of the closet, and may even proudly talk about past relationships, but we, the audience, never see them going on dates with the same gender, let alone actually having sex. You might notice that on United States TV, [[DoubleStandard you'll see girl-on-girl kissing, but never boy-on-boy]] unless it's a huge punchline, because MostWritersAreMale and GirlOnGirlIsHot.

HaveIMentionedIAmGay is when we know that a particular character is gay because we are told so, often repeatedly, and not because we actually see them display any sort of romantic feeling or sexual attraction toward characters of the same gender. The character is out of the closet, and may even proudly talk about past relationships, but we, the audience, never see them going on dates with the same gender, let alone actually having sex. You might notice that on TV, [[DoubleStandard you'll see girl-on-girl kissing, but never boy-on-boy]] unless it's a huge punchline, because MostWritersAreMale and GirlOnGirlIsHot.

* The same "desperate to be cool" mentality often causes writers to put gay characters in their works in order to make their stories [[DarkerAndEdgier edgy]] or to show how open-minded the writer is. Beyond actually stating that the character is gay, there's often no other evidence of the fact.