History Main / ClubKid

* Maxxie Oliver from ''Series/{{Skins}}''. Even ignoring the fact that he has possibly the most "scene" name imaginable, he also wants to be a tap dancer in musicals, does plenty of pills at underground raves, wears a white vest and cargo shorts with his gelled blond hair and happily snogs a guy who just moments ago was yelling homophobic slurs and sent his mates to beat up Maxxie's friend.
* Pretty much the entire cast of ''Series/QueerAsFolkUK'' and [[Series/QueerAsFolkUS American remake]].
* The Party and Play (PNP) character suffering from advanced HIV on the ''Series/{{House}} MD'' episode "Hunting" relates that his dangerous lifestyle developed as a response to his shortened lifespan rather than a cause of it.
* Dante of ''Series/TheWire''; downplayed for the most part until the end of season three, when he is found WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame drowning his sorrows in a [[DrinkBasedCharacterization Cosmopolitan]].

* David and Keith in ''Series/SixFeetUnder'' both share elements of this trope. Salsa Guy ( David's one time boyfriend)is a more extreme example, without quite being a scenester.
* During seasons 35 to 39, ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' featured the "Weekend Update" "city correspondent" Stefon (played by Bill Hader), who is one of the more benign examples of the trope. There are implications that he's on drugs (he rarely sleeps, occasionally seems disoriented, admits to living in a trash can, and has several nervous tics—including Hader's near-constant {{Corpsing}} thanks to writer Creator/JohnMulaney throwing in last-minute jokes), and he's gay (he once dated [[Creator/BenStiller Zoolander]] and, after flirting with him for years, actually married Creator/SethMeyers). Although he repeatedly recommends Seth incredibly bizarre clubs when the anchor asks for family friendly spots, you can tell he means well.

* ''Series/FellowTravelers'': The younger gay men whom Hawk hangs out with on Fire Island fit into this largely from what's seen. Several of them are CampGay, they take cocaine frequently, have casual sex often and dance at a club. Tim also briefly gets into the drug use and dancing too when he's there.

* [[spoiler:Flynn]] from ''VisualNovel/{{Echo}}''. He, through clues, takes Chase and (accidentally) Carl and Daxton to a gay bar. A place where EveryoneHasLotsofSex, including [[spoiler:Flynn]].

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* Many of the characters in Ralf König's comics, depending on series/work.

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* Most Gays (and there are many of them!) in ''ComicStrip/{{Pondus}}''.
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* Zach Braff plays one such character in ''Film/TheBrokenHeartsClubARomanticComedy'', or at least his character is ''trying'' to be one to impress his GymBunny boyfriend. Eventually OD's on magic nose powder just in time for a cast catharsis. He lives.
--> "I feel like Demi Moore in ''Film/StElmosFire''"
* ''Film/PartyMonster'' was about the Club Kids of the early 90s, and the figures the group grew up around.
* ''Film/{{Bent}}'' has the protagonist start off as the 1930's equivalent to this trope, being a drug-abusing promiscuous cabaret goer.
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* Dorian in ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' is the 18th century version of this. Loves partying, uses drugs like opium and has a LOT of hook-ups. Is also strongly implied to be bisexual, explicitly in the film version.

* Pretty much the entire cast of ''Series/QueerAsFolk''.

* * Redfern Jon Barrett's alternate history novel ''Literature/ProudPinkSky'' is set in the world's first gay state – and features Twinkstadt, a youth-obsessed party district.

* ''Film/{{Bent}}'' has the protagonist start off as the 1930's equivalent to this trope. Being a drug abusing promiscuous cabaret goer.

* Maxxie Oliver from ''Series/{{Skins}}''. Even ignoring the fact that he has possibly the most "scene" name imaginable, he also wants to be a tap dancer in musicals, does plenty of pills at underground raves, wears a white vest and cargo shorts with his gelled blond hair and happily snogs a guy who just moments ago was yelling homophobic slurs and sent his mates to beat up Maxxie's friend. Who says stereotypes are dead?
** To be fair, the whole cast is doing pills. Plus he doesn't want to be a tap dancer in musicals, just get into show business through dancing. Other than that, he's written as StraightGay.
** He's also, despite the incident with the closeted bully he makes out with, not particularly promiscuous, especially compared to the rest of the (straight) cast - he tries to reject Tony's advances and quickly rejects him early into their sexual encounter.
** ''And'' he's the nicest and most well-adjusted of the group, overall.

Note: Within LGBT culture itself, the Club Kids were a group of performers and personalities known in the New York City scene for their outrageous, flamboyant avant garde performances and fashion as well as their dissolute lifestyle. If someone is described as a "club kid" in this context, picture someone dressed like Lady Gaga turned UpToEleven.

Club Kids are also known as "scenesters" if they also adopt every [[CampGay tedious, shrieking gay cliché known to man]], like worshipping Music/KylieMinogue and Anne Robinson as gay icons. Music/LadyGaga has become the new ''de facto'' Diva of more recent works.

Note: Within gay culture itself, the Club Kids were a group of performers and personalities known in the New York City scene for their outrageous, flamboyant avant garde performances and fashion as well as their dissolute lifestyle. If someone is described as a "club kid" in this context, picture someone dressed like Lady Gaga turned UpToEleven.

* During seasons 35 to 39, ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' featured the "Weekend Update" "city correspondent" Stefon (played by Bill Hader), who is one of the more benign examples of the trope (and [[ActuallyPrettyFunny probably one of the more memorable characters of the show's recent era]]). There are implications that he's on drugs (he rarely sleeps, occasionally seems disoriented, admits to living in a trash can, and has several nervous tics—including Hader's near-constant {{Corpsing}} thanks to writer Creator/JohnMulaney throwing in last-minute jokes), and he's gay (he once dated [[Creator/BenStiller Zoolander]] and, after flirting with him for years, actually married Creator/SethMeyers). Although he repeatedly recommends Seth incredibly bizarre clubs when the anchor asks for family friendly spots, you can tell he means well.

* [[spoiler:Flynn]] from ''VisualNovel/{{Eccho}}''. He, through clues, takes Chase and (accidentally) Carl and Daxton to a gay bar. A place where [[EveryoneHasLotsofSex]], including [[spoiler:Flynn]].