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If the characters' [[HideYourLesbians relationship is obscured]], or plain [[BaitAndSwitchLesbians baiting]], it drastically increases their chance of survival. This may be because they are often afforded more storylines that aren't [[QueerAsTropes exclusively gay]]. One discussed issue that may contribute to so many works burying their gays is that writers struggle with how to handle them -- they are often [[TokenMinority created as a flat character with "gay" as their entire characterization]], so once the gay-related plots have dried out the writers will recycle this one, too. In other cases, a predominantly straight show may bring in a gay character for a VerySpecialEpisode and don't know how to organically just write the character out once the story has been told, so kill them off instead. Additionally, if [[ExecutiveMeddling the studio or producers are looking for things to cut]], [[QueerShowGhetto the characters that viewers are supposedly less likely to associate with will go first]].
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If the characters' [[HideYourLesbians relationship is obscured]], or plain [[BaitAndSwitchLesbians baiting]], it drastically increases their chance of survival. This may be because they are often afforded more storylines that aren't [[QueerAsTropes exclusively gay]]. One discussed issue that may contribute to so many works burying their gays is that writers struggle with how to handle them -- they are often [[TokenMinority created as a flat character with "gay" as their entire characterization]], so once the gay-related plots have dried out the writers will recycle this one, too. In other cases, a predominantly straight show may bring in a gay character for a VerySpecialEpisode and don't know how to organically just write the character out once the story has been told, so kill them off instead. Additionally, if [[ExecutiveMeddling the studio or producers are looking for things to cut]], [[QueerShowGhetto the characters that viewers are supposedly less likely to associate with will go first]].first]].
The revival of mass usage of this trope in 2015/16 (especially with regards to things that happened in reality -- an increase in homophobic attacks, including the Pulse nightclub shooting), particularly for female LGBT characters, sparked [[InternetBackdraft a lot of outrage]] and a pledge ("The Lexa Pledge", after a main lesbian character on ''Series/The100'' that was offhandedly killed) to encourage show-runners' reconsideration if planning to implement the trope. Read a thesis written about the trope and its consequences [[http://arminda.whitman.edu/theses/333/ here]]. It's possibly also for this reason that a [[Recap/BlackMirrorSanJunipero small British future dystopia series]] was brought into the spotlight, and won two Emmys in 2017: it deconstructs the hell out of the trope.
The revival of mass usage of this trope in 2015/16 (especially with regards to things that happened in reality -- an increase in homophobic attacks, including the Pulse nightclub shooting), particularly for female LGBT characters, sparked [[InternetBackdraft a lot of outrage]] and a pledge ("The Lexa Pledge", after a main lesbian character on ''Series/The100'' that was offhandedly killed) to encourage show-runners' reconsideration if planning to implement the trope. Read a thesis written about the trope and its consequences [[http://arminda.whitman.edu/theses/333/ here]]. It's possibly also for this reason that a [[Recap/BlackMirrorSanJunipero small British future dystopia series]] was brought into the spotlight, and won two Emmys in 2017: it deconstructs the hell out of the trope.
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BuryYourGays is a trope where UsefulNotes/{{LGBT|Community}} characters are killed off disproportionately often and/or without justification.
This extends further to being that often, especially in older works (to the extent that they ''are'' found in older works, of course), gay characters just aren't allowed happy endings. Even if they do end up having some kind of relationship, at least one half of the couple, often the one who was more aggressive in pursuing a relationship, thus [[DepravedHomosexual "perverting"]] the other one, has to die at the end. Of course, it can also happen to gay characters who aren't in relationships, particularly if they're {{Psycho Lesbian}}s or {{Depraved Homosexual}}s.
Nowadays, when opinions on sexuality have shifted somewhat, justification may be attempted via TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth. Sometimes it's because the MagicalQueer has died in a HeroicSacrifice so that the straights may live. Naturally, this is subject to debate.
If the characters' [[HideYourLesbians relationship is obscured]], or plain [[BaitAndSwitchLesbians baiting]], it drastically increases their chance of survival. This may be because they are often afforded more storylines that aren't [[QueerAsTropes exclusively gay]]. One discussed issue that may contribute to so many works burying their gays is that writers struggle with how to handle them -- they are often [[TokenMinority created as a flat character with "gay" as their entire characterization]], so once the gay-related plots have dried out the writers will recycle this one, too. In other cases, a predominantly straight show may bring in a gay character for a VerySpecialEpisode and don't know how to organically just write the character out once the story has been told, so kill them off instead. Additionally, if [[ExecutiveMeddling the studio or producers are looking for things to cut]], [[QueerShowGhetto the characters that viewers are supposedly less likely to associate with will go first]].
This extends further to being that often, especially in older works (to the extent that they ''are'' found in older works, of course), gay characters just aren't allowed happy endings. Even if they do end up having some kind of relationship, at least one half of the couple, often the one who was more aggressive in pursuing a relationship, thus [[DepravedHomosexual "perverting"]] the other one, has to die at the end. Of course, it can also happen to gay characters who aren't in relationships, particularly if they're {{Psycho Lesbian}}s or {{Depraved Homosexual}}s.
Nowadays, when opinions on sexuality have shifted somewhat, justification may be attempted via TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth. Sometimes it's because the MagicalQueer has died in a HeroicSacrifice so that the straights may live. Naturally, this is subject to debate.
If the characters' [[HideYourLesbians relationship is obscured]], or plain [[BaitAndSwitchLesbians baiting]], it drastically increases their chance of survival. This may be because they are often afforded more storylines that aren't [[QueerAsTropes exclusively gay]]. One discussed issue that may contribute to so many works burying their gays is that writers struggle with how to handle them -- they are often [[TokenMinority created as a flat character with "gay" as their entire characterization]], so once the gay-related plots have dried out the writers will recycle this one, too. In other cases, a predominantly straight show may bring in a gay character for a VerySpecialEpisode and don't know how to organically just write the character out once the story has been told, so kill them off instead. Additionally, if [[ExecutiveMeddling the studio or producers are looking for things to cut]], [[QueerShowGhetto the characters that viewers are supposedly less likely to associate with will go first]].
