History Main / MagicalQueer

* Mercedes Lackey ''loves'' this trope. One of the key historical figures of her [[HeraldsOfValdemar land of Valdemar]] is Vanyel, a literal Magical Queer in that he's both gay and a mage.

** Mr. Slave too. While he isn't much of a {{Camp Gay}} (besides his accent), he has consistently been one of the sanest and most insightful characters in the show in spite of being a complete degenerate. Since Chef's departure, the kids have consulted him on numerous occasions.

* Clarence from ''CodeMonkeys'' is so magically queer he can actually fly and phase through locked doors. This ability is even referred to as his "gay magic".

* Harvey Fierstein as Uncle Frank in ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'' enables Robin Williams' entire charade.

** Wallace also plays this role during Ramona's fight with Envy, at least until he has to go to bathroom. His homosexuality is a possible reason why he is not awed by Envy the way that most of the other male characters are and feels free to despise her for what she did to Scott.

* The titular character of ''WhatHappenedToLaniGarver''. Subverted in that his sexual preference is never actually revealed, and is in fact probably {{asexual|ity}}. He just [[{{Bishounen}} looks]] [[DudeLooksLikeALady androgynous]] and is therefore assumed to be gay. There's also his offhand comment that "I'm the one who has to live in a strange body and deal with it."
* The second of Jean Auel's ''EarthsChildren'' novels had a one-shot character based on the example mentioned in RealLife below. In an odd twist, we never find out their gender. Also, such are commonly referenced, and gay people are said to be almost always powerful shamans, able to draw on the powers of both men and women.

* Patrick does this job for Charlie in ''The Perks of Being a Wallflower''. He is not the only character that guides Charlie, but is the first friend that Charlie does, mostly because Patrick doesnt judge him like all the other students, because, you know, everybody judges you when you are gay.[[/folder]]

* ''Series/AllyMcBeal'' had a VerySpecialEpisode guest-starring WilsonCruz from ''Series/MySoCalledLife'' as an AttractiveBentGender Magical Prostitute.

* Subverted with Bobby Panache from ''{{Glenn Martin DDS}}''. He is a [[MistakenForGay flamboyant stylist]] who seems to be gay, and several times its hinted at him being gay. Subverted at the end when his 'fiancée' Penny drives up in a corvette to pick him up, and Glenn makes a remark that says they knew he was straight all along.

* Kuranosuke of ''Manga/{{Kuragehime}}''. He's a (straight) WholesomeCrossdresser who decides to teach a bunch of female {{Otaku}} to face the world.

* Carlo in ''Literature/CaptainCorellisMandolin''. Poor, poor Carlo.

* Magnus Bane is this for [[spoiler:Alec Lightwood]] in ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments''. Literally, since he's also a warlock.

%%* Carlo in ''Literature/CaptainCorellisMandolin''. Poor, poor Carlo.

%% * Magnus Bane is this for [[spoiler:Alec Lightwood]] in ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments''. Literally, since he's also a warlock.

* Patrick does this job for Charlie in ''The Perks of Being a Wallflower''. He is not the only character that guides Charlie, but is the first friend that Charlie does, mostly because Patrick doesnt judge him like all the other students, because, you know, everybody judges you when you are gay.
* Dekka talent from the GONE series comes under magical lesbian and negro, as she has the power to cancel gravity on command.[[/folder]]

* In ''Film/Bounce'', a gay character, Ron, convinces the main character Buddy that he needs enroll in AA. There are other instances where Ron provides wisdom for Buddy in the movie.

* The Buddy Cole character from ''TheKidsInTheHall'' frequently satirizes this trope, sometimes employing what seems to be actual magic.

* Carlo in ''Literature/CaptainCorellisMandolin''. Poor, poor Carlo.

* Carlo in ''Captain Corelli's Mandolin''. Poor, poor Carlo.

* {{Deconstructed|Trope}} by Creator/PattonOswalt on his ''Finest Hour'' tour, where he discusses being asked to audition for a sassy gay friend role in a bad RomCom. Comparing the gay "magical, intelligent quip machines" character to a modern equivalent of {{blackface}} for being so stereotypical and dehumanizing, he goes on to explain his condition for accepting the role if he could {{subvert|edTrope}} it and make him dumb like actual gay people he knows. He summarizes his pitch thusly:
-->If I get the part, I want to play the guy really dumb. I want to be the first dumb gay best friend in the history of cinema. And I'll keep all the gay best friend rhythms, I just don't want anything helpful or intelligent to say." So every scene I would just walk in and say: (camp) ''"I've seen that look before, sweety! You... you wanna... ha-- ...um."'' ({{beat}}) ''"Do s-- uh."'' (beat, then resigned) ''"Something with his cock? I guess? I dunno. Fuck, I'm tired."''

* NickAndNorahsInfinitePlaylist has an entire band full of {{Magical Queer}}s who exist to give relationship advice and ferry around the occasional HardDrinkingPartyGirl. Creator/MichaelCera is the [[ThisLoserIsYou put-upon]] token hetero-{{Muggle}} in a scene made up of happy, attractive, [[AllGaysArePromiscuous promiscuous]] gay dudes.

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* In some Native American tribes, there was the tradition of the "two spirit," a queer-spectrum individual who was singled out to be a good shaman because they obviously had both a male and female spirit in the same body.
** Winkte in Lakota.
** There are and have been ''scads'' of societies where LGB and gender-variant or trans people have had particular magical or religious roles.
** The Hijra of South Asia are a special caste comprised mostly of transgender and gender-variant individuals, and are believed to be able to practice magic. They often make their livings by charging a fee to bestow blessings upon newborns...and are prone to cursing those who refuse to pay.
** Similarly, Kveldulf Gundarsson speculates that in Norse/Germanic cultures a shaman displayed qualities and behaviours of both genders, much like Odin himself is known to do on occasion.
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* Nuriko of ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' fame fits, even though [[spoiler: she's bi.]]

* Lola from ''KinkyBoots'', who is in fact also a MagicalNegro, making him/her a [[TwoferTokenMinority Twofer]].

* Rupert Everett's character in ''[[MyBestFriendsWedding My Best Friend's Wedding]]''
* In ''Taking Woodstock'', a friend of a friend of Tiber's shows up to be head of security, to bring Tiber's father out of himself, and to provide spiritual and moral guidance to Tiber himself. She is of course transgender.

-->--'''Justin''', ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''

* Lampshaded in ''ModernFamily'', where Cam has an irresistible urge to help everyone around him.

The '''Magical Queer''' has all of the wisdom in the world because s/he is gay, and has been persecuted because of it. If male, he is most often a CampGay or a DragQueen, and can thusly bring culture to his heterosexual brothers and sisters. The male Magical Gay tends to be an expert on heterosexual relationships, even though he's never been in any kind of romantic or sexual relationship with a woman, and even gay romance seems [[HaveIMentionedIAmGay suspiciously absent]] from his life.

The Magical Queer, by virtue of his/her status as both CloserToEarth and [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth too good for it]], tends to succumb to BuryYourGays, even if it is to teach the straight characters or audience [[GayAesop an aesop about homosexuality]].

* Similarly, Hollywood (Meschach Taylor), from ''Mannequin'' (1987) and ''Mannequin: On The Move'' (1991) is the Magical Queer Negro in spades.
* {{Drag Queen}}s Noxeema, Vida, and Chi-Chi from ''ToWongFooThanksForEverythingJulieNewmar''. They find themselves stranded in a midwestern hick town and proceed to glam it up. Also, Noxie is Black and Chi-Chi is Latina making them [[TwoferTokenMinority Twofers]]

The Magical Queer has all of the wisdom in the world because s/he is gay, and has been persecuted because of it. If male, he is most often a CampGay or a DragQueen, and can thusly bring culture to his heterosexual brothers and sisters. The male Magical Gay tends to be an expert on heterosexual relationships, even though he's never been in any kind of romantic or sexual relationship with a woman, and even gay romance seems [[HaveIMentionedIAmGay suspiciously absent]] from his life.

* Kuranosuke of ''{{Kuragehime}}''. He's a (straight) WholesomeCrossdresser who decides to teach a bunch of female {{Otaku}} to face the world.
* Franz of ''{{Gankutsuou}}'' seems to have attained a sort of enlightenment through suffering from his unrequited love for his [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend best friend]], Albert. After [[spoiler: his death]], he becomes the indisputable moral compass of the show.
* Nuriko of ''FushigiYuugi'' fame fits, even though [[spoiler: she's bi.]]