History Main / ArmouredClosetGay

* ''{{Bruno}}'' decides his homosexuality is preventing him from beign famous, he first tries to consult an ex-gay ministery, then attend a swinging party. After running away from the party, he wows to be back, and be straight, and a few months later, he's organizing a cage fight event under the pseudonym [[HaveIMentionedImHeterosexualToday Straight Dave]], and holds a homophobic speech at the audience, [[{{Troll}} before making out with his male assistant inside the ring]].

* As of the latest episode of ''{{Glee}}'', [[spoiler: Karofski (one of the jocks and [[{{YouAreWhatYouHate}} Kurt's main bully]])]] seems to be this.

* As of the latest episode of ''{{Glee}}'', Karofski (one of the jocks and Kurt's main bully) seems to be this.

* As of the latest episode, Karofski (one of the jocks and Kurt's main bully) seems to be this.

* Larry Craig, Republican senator. Voted to ban gay marriage.

* ''{{Bruno}}'' decides his homosexuality is preventing him from beign famous, he first tries to consult an ex-gay ministery, then attend a swinging party. After running away from the party, he wows to be back, and be straight, and a few months later, he's organizing a cage fight event under the pseudonym [[HaveIMentionedImHeterosexualToday Straight Dave]], and holds a homophobic speech at the audience, [[{{Troll}} before making oout with his male assistant inside the ring]].

* Rick Santorum. Found to have done gay porn.
* Andrew Quah. HUGE closet case; virulent Asian Supermacist who appears frequently on Fox News
* Matt Drudge

* [[JudasPriest Rob Halford]].

* The latest one to the mix is (surprisingly, ''not'' Baptist nor Pentecostal) Pastor Tom Brock, who blamed tornadoes on homosexuality. He has struggled with his sexuality for years, and finally came out and joined a gay pride parade.

* Rob Halford.

* Possibly Roscoe from [[http://www.agameoffools.com A Game of Fools]], if his [[http://agameoffools.com/comic_188.html terrified rantings about homosexuals]] are anything to go by.

* Two of the characters in ''INowPronounceYouChuckAndLarry'' fit this trope.

* In black American communities this was known as "being on the down low", where tough gangsta types would sneak away from their girlfriends and cruise gay bars, [[StraightGay but didn't identify themselves as "gay" because they weren't Flamboyant and Camp.]] It led to a brief fad during the early aughties of female black authors writing bad relationship books that said things to the effect of "if he's not constantly showering you with attention and gifts all the time, he's On The Down Low and you need to put his ass out."

* Ted Haggard. He describes himself as not a homosexual, but a "heterosexual with issues". He was caught using crystal meth (the choice of drug for gays) for use with his gigolo. He claimed he was "testing" his fortitude.

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* In the video game ''{{Bully}}'', one of the jocks behaves the same way, until you finally make out with him.

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* Tony from ''ElGoonishShive'' is acting like a Jerkass to cover his crush on Tedd, according to Grace
** Of course, it's been well-established that Tedd really is just that girly and, as Justin puts it, doesn't have to worry about ''gay'' guys being attracted to him. So really it's the ArmouredClosetGay effect being triggered by a StupidSexyFlanders.
* ''{{Kagerou}}'' [[http://www.electric-manga.com/23/03.html here]]. Quite explicitly, too.

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* In the ''FamilyGuy'' [[http://www.hulu.com/watch/69978/family-guy-stew-roids episode where Chris dates Connie DiMico and becomes popular]], there's a jock who keeps mentioning how he plans to bully the "gay" nerds (with each mention becoming more and more homoerotic), until he finally says at the end "I'm gay, alright?!"
* Gangstaliscious from ''TheBoondocks''
* Subverted in ''AmericanDad''. Terry's father Tank Bates is homophobic and deeply disapproves of his son's homosexuality. Stan accuses him of being a homosexual and outs him in front of a crowded football stadium. It turns out that Tank truly is not homosexual.

Maybe the most common variant of YouAreWhatYouHate. See also {{Gayngst}} if the character is particularly self-tormented about it. Not to be confused with StraightGay, who is out of the closet but just non-flamboyant, or GymBunny or HardGay, also out of the closet and macho all the same.

-->-- ''VictorVictoria''. "Squash".