History Main / GayCowboy

* [[MagnificentBastard Revolver Ocelot]] of ''MetalGearSolid'': [[TheGunslinger Expert gunfighter.]] [[RevolversAreJustBetter Revolver enthusiast.]] {{Badass Longcoat}}. SpaghettiWestern fanboy. [[FoeYay Gay for]] [[StalkerWithACrush Big Boss]]. (But then, [[EvenTheGuysWantHim who isn't?]])

* AliceInChains' song "Queen of the Rodeo" is a subversion; the subject of the song is simply a transvestite.

* ''BrokebackMountain'' is famous for being ''the'' "gay cowboy movie", although the main characters were actually looking after sheep and it's not set in the ''old'' West. But for simplicity's sake, rancheros = cowboy in pop culture.

-->''PaulLynde:'' Oh, ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid!''

* In the Joshua Jackson film ''LoneStarStateOfMind'' a.k.a ''CowboysAndIdiots'', Earl's best friend is Jimbo, who is the sterotypical Texan cowboy mechanic, only that he's gay and there's a subplot throughout the film of him trying to get a date. [[spoiler: He dates Earl's father's killer]] Yeah, it's that kind of movie.

* In the Joshua Jackson film Lone Star State of Mind a.k.a Cowboys and Idiots, Earl's best friend is Jimbo, who is the sterotypical Texan cowboy mechanic, only that he's gay and there's a subplot throughout the film of him trying to get a date. [[spoiler: He dates Earl's father's killer]] Yeah, it's that kind of movie.

* Randy Johnson, the cowboy in VillagePeople is together with the Indian the only actual gay member in the band.

* ''{{Homestuck}}'' codes Equius as a Bisexual Cowboy through his TestosteronePoisoning, keeping of a milk-bearing animal, aggressive drinking of milk and, most blatantly, his EnnioMorricone StylePastiche {{Leitmotif}}.

* ''{{Homestuck}}'' codes Equius as a Bisexual Cowboy through his TestosteronePoisoning, aggressive drinking of milk and, most blatantly, his EnnioMorricone pastiche {{Leitmotif}}.

** And the cowboy was one of the two members who was gay in real life. ([[MistakenForGay Yes, that's right; four of them]] ''[[MistakenForGay weren't]]''.)

--> "The cowboy just stood there in Levis and chaps/'till Randy said, 'hey, sit on down, have a beer.'/From the way that he smiled/When he walked over to us/ I said to myself this guy must be a ... [[LastMinuteWordSwap Yankee."]]

-> "Alright, here's a little tune inspired by one of the great legends of the Old West. ''Well, there once were two cowboys all alone on the open trail / And they discovered they could sleep with another male / Now they're having buttsex / Cowboy buttsex!''"

* The new ''3:10 to Yuma'', where Charlie "Princess" is almost outright stated to be gay (especially for his boss, Ben Wade). And {{Fanon}} explains Ben ''himself'' to be gay as well, in order to justify his otherwise inexplicable actions at the end.
* ''BrokebackMountain'' is famous for being a "gay cowboy movie", although the main characters were actually looking after sheep and it's not set in the ''old'' West.

--> "The cowboy just stood there in Levi's and chaps/'till Randy said, 'hey, sit on down, have a beer.'/From the way that he smiled/When he walked over to us/ I said to myself this guy must be a ... [[LastMinuteWordSwap Yankee."]]

* On ''KingOfTheHill'' Dale's father is a rodeo-cowboy (not sure the proper term) who left the family when Dale was a child to come out of the closet.

* Revolver Ocelot of ''MetalGearSolid'': [[TheGunslinger Expert gunfighter.]] [[RevolversAreJustBetter Revolver enthusiast.]] {{Badass Longcoat}}. SpaghettiWestern fanboy. [[FoeYay Gay for]] [[StalkerWithACrush Big Boss]]. (But then, [[EvenTheGuysWantHim who isn't?]])

* MarvelComics' Rawhide Kid in the eponymous 2003 limited series (but ''not'' in regular continuity, Earth 616 appearances).

The mythos of the American Old West, with its aura of ruggedness, danger and adventure, has appealed to many people over the years, including gay men. While they don't have quite as many stereotypical gay associations as [[HelloSailor sailors]] and [[LeatherMan leather-clad bikers]], cowboys are an important part of [[HardGay macho]] gay male iconography.

* There's a Brazilian SoBadItsHorrible {{Earworm}} song, called "Cowboy Viado" or "Fag Cowboy". It goes like "He rides, I know he rides, He rides the horse just to raise his ass".

[[PhineasAndFerb http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MANSCAPING.jpg]]
[[caption-width:200:Chances are, he'll look something like this.]]

--> '''Peter Griffin, ''FamilyGuy'''''

** Matt and Trey actually said before ''Brokeback Mountain'' came out that "if they eat pudding, we're going to sue."

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* [[http://www.thyla.com/Westernkiss.jpg Kirk ain't quittin' Spock]].[[hottip:* :Just retype the adress to see the pic. And yes, it ''is'' relatively work-safe.]]

* Butch and Sundance, anyone?
* Also popular in Spaghetti Western with the {{Sissy Villain}} type: Django Kill, Sabata and The Grand Duel have flamboyantly gay baddies.