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** Although for Sarah, I think being kidnapped on their first date is what did it for her. And it's not just John's girlfriends who thinks he's gay - ''everyone'' thinks that he is in love with Sherlock, regardless of what his sexual orientation. And I mean everyone - Mycroft, Mrs. Hudson, clients, Irene Adler...
** ''A Scandal in Belgravia'' could, arguably, be an episode of this theme for Sherlock, who either has no sexual and romantic orientation or, depending on how you interpret the 'girls not my area, don't have a boyfriend' discussion, gay. Episode comes with jealous John acting like a jilted boyfriend.

* Matsuda in ''FanFic/FeverDreams'':

** Played with on [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/268494/march-30-2010/ricky-martin-is-gay this segment]][[hottip:*: March 30, 2010]] when Ricky Martin came out of the closet. (Skip to 01:50)

*** Straight guys wear on ''neither'' ear because ''straight guys don't wear earrings.''[[hottip:*:Meanwhile, in the real universe, there's no "earring code", or at least no standardized one. Some locations may have a code, but you probably shouldn't assume anyone is a "bottom", "top", or even gay at all based on the location of jewelry.]]

This isn't just a story that [[SuddenlySexuality turns someone straight]] or just takes a hardline on ShipTease... this is a story where nobody will shut up about it, ever. Naturally, because of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial, many people will interpret this as a case of TransparentCloset whether the character is gay or not. And like all tropes, people will [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain invoke this on purpose]].

If a character achieves this through acting gay, that is GayBravado. Contrast ArmoredClosetGay when the person is both homophobic and gay.

* Seems to strike ''GothamCitySirens'' when Paul Dini isn't writing, Ivy must mention how she likes guys or fall for a male plant alien or yell about how she's forever alone. Some people really can't handle the Ivy/Harley relationship.
* {{Deadpool}} deliberately cracks jokes about his own HoYay with people half the time, and spends the other half saying homoerotic stuff about Cable / Weasel / Spider-Man, only to immediately retract it and insist that he's straight. If this sounds contradictory, remember that he's completely off his rocker. Possibly the best example came when the Black Mamba's powers made him picture his greatest fantasy - rubbing suntan lotion on Cable's back at the beach. "That was ''not'' my fantasy! It was you - that Darkforce stuff planted that image in my head!"

** Or perhaps because of the (obviously wrong) view that if you support a certain group of people, you must be a part of that group, right?

** Well, as Zii said, "She's not a lesbian, she just doesn't sleep with men", mainly due to [[NaughtyTentacles her trauma]].

* Justified-ish in the Athena #1 review on ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall''. Linkara takes a moment to announce that his dislike of female objectification and pointless nudity is ''not'' due to having a disinterest in the female form, since he is not gay. He then apologized to his male gay and bisexual viewers for this, because he's nice like that.

** And that's not even going into his "wide stance" excuse.

* Since ''StaticShock'' couldn't show Richie [[HideYourGays being]] [[AnimationAgeGhetto gay]], they used this to help get that facet of his character across. ([[http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=226749&page=5 Confirmed]] by WordOfGod.)

* Achilles with his words and actions in ''{{Troy}}'', since the very first minutes of the movie. Cousin. Totally my cousin. In conclusion: cousin.
** This backfired somewhat since, ironically, Achilles and Patroclus were indeed cousins, but this didn't preclude their being lovers in Ancient Greek society. Cousin relationships are far from universally taboo, whatever America/Hollywood thinks. ''Troy''[='=]s principal inaccuracy was in making Patroclus younger; in fact, he was the older of the two (one generation removed) according to the ''Iliad''.
** The ''Iliad'' shows the two as close friends in the style of other Greek heroes; it was later Greek writers who put the two together as a couple. Pederasty was a practice of ''Classical'' Greece; evidence of it is practically nonexistent during Mycenaean times (when the Trojan war was thought to be fought) or during the Greek Dark Ages (when Homer was thought to have lived).
*** So, an ancient case of HoYay?
*** Who ever said is was pederasty? Pederasty is adult men and young boys, Achilles and Patroclus are both adult men and there has never been a time or place where adult men haven't been doing the dance with no pants together.

* ''[[DinerDash Wedding Dash]]'' has seemingly every other line consist of Flo and Quinn affirming that, despite being ''extremely'' close friends and roommates who [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl line up fairly well with the stereotypical Butch/Femme lesbian couple]], they are in fact heterosexual.

** Dean has been getting a little lax about defending his sexuality. He has an obvious crush on the lead of Dr. Sexy, a PaperthinExpy of GreysAnatomy, and is so flustered by a man flirting with him at a bar that he almost walks straight into something. Dean's relationship with Cas is slipping from from a low-level HoYay brought on by NoSenseOfPersonalSpace UpToEleven, and isn't helped by Dean's most recent confesssion (''I need you'') or the fact that [[{{Troll}} Misha Collins]] says that Dean and Castiel are a canon relationship. At the very least, Dean shows traits of BiTheWay.

-->''This is of great concern to me. I know you have repeatedly said you will not join me, but I am still worried. I know I am dead sexy-''
-->''but I feel obliged to tell you that I am straight.''

* Gojyo from ''Gensoumaden Saiyuki'' lives to constantly remind everyone in the Sanzo Party that he loves the ladies, yet outside of one episode not canon to the comics, Gojyo has never been with a woman despite his good looks. He has the strongest gay vibes of anyone in the group, picking to particular person to shovel that on to. It doesn't help that the mangaka has a history in BL mangas.