History Main / MentorInQueerness

* ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'': J.P.'s sister's girlfriend Kat helps Kelsey in her struggles to continue to write her own storybook about the characters Fire and Ice were based on herself and Stacks.

* The only [[CastFullOfGay queer player character]] on the D&D ActualPlay webshow ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' who ever really had an angsty coming-out storyline was Taryon, late in campaign 1. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNaWnFwfGJc&t=4537s When he came out to the Vox Machina group during a drunken evening at a bar,]] the gang immediately took on a bit of a mentor role towards him, if only by convincing him that he's perfectly justified in hating his homophobic and emotionally abusive father and doesn't owe the man respect in return. (There isn't really anything like a separate queer subculture to introduce him to, since this fantasy setting is largely free of homophobia as a social norm and there are several other queer characters who are very obviously out without suffering repercussions.)[[note]] (Which makes sense if you consider that the goddess of law/civilization and the goddess of nature are in a romantic relationship with each other. So calling same-gender desire "unnatural" or creating laws persecuting queer people would be blasphemous in most countries. Taryon's father's issues with his son's homosexuality were probably the result of toxic masculinity expectations and a narcissistic desire to raise his son as a mini-me copy of himself.)[[/note]] Especially Vax'ildan (in-character, because he's the most obviously queer character in the Vox Machina group, while his player [[Creator/LiamOBrien Liam]] hadn't really come out to the audience yet) and Percy (semi-in-character, because Percy was played as mostly straight, but his player [[Creator/TaliesinJaffe Taliesin]] was already making his bisexuality quite obvious[[note]] (mainly through his purple mohawk/undercut; he publically came out a couple of months after this episode)[[/note]] and he probably has the most contact with the [=LGTBQ+=] community in real life, so he was the first to realize where [[Creator/SamRiegel Sam]] was going with this improv scene and started feeding him leading questions to help[[note]] (However, while Sam most likely identifies as straight despite his joke-flirting with and deep affection for his [=BFF=] Liam, he does have [[https://web.archive.org/web/20090604134958/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0%2C%2C20135478%2C00.html an older sister]] who has been out as a lesbian ever since [[https://archive.today/20050119233639/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2002_Jan_22/ai_81790809 he was a child]], and a younger sister who played a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bianca_Montgomery queer teenager]] with a much-written-about coming-out storyline on a daytime soap, back when this was still very unusual in the mainstream media - so it's not like Sam didn't know what he was doing with his gay character's storyline.)[[/note]]) immediately offered their moral support and told Taryon not to base his identity on queer-erasing media. (In this case, biographies of famous adventurers he was trying to emulate, thinking that he needs to become a ladies' man because he had never read about a male hero who's attracted to older men.)

--> '''Percy/Taliesin:''' Oh my God. No. Wait. No! Did your... Did your father find out about...?

--> '''Keyleth + Pike:''' What? What happened to her?

* The only [[CastFullOfGay queer player character]] on the D&D ActualPlay webshow ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' who ever really had an angsty coming-out storyline was Taryon, late in campaign 1. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNaWnFwfGJc&t=4537s When he came out to the Vox Machina group during a drunken evening at a bar,]] the gang immediately took on a bit of a mentor role towards him, if only by convincing him that he's perfectly justified in hating his homophobic and emotionally abusive father and doesn't owe the man respect in return. (There isn't really anything like a separate queer subculture to introduce him to, since this fantasy setting is largely free of homophobia as a social norm and there are several other queer characters who are very obviously out without suffering repercussions.)[[note]] (Which makes sense if you consider that the goddess of law/civilization and the goddess of nature are in a romantic relationship with each other. So calling same-gender desire "unnatural" or creating laws persecuting queer people would be blasphemous in most countries. Taryon's father's issues with his son's homosexuality were probably the result of toxic masculinity expectations and a narcissistic desire to raise his son as a mini-me copy of himself.)[[/note]] Especially Vax'ildan (in-character, because he's the most obviously queer character in the Vox Machina group, while his player [[Creator/LiamOBrien Liam]] hadn't really come out to the audience yet) and Percy (semi-in-character, because Percy was played as mostly straight, but his player [[Creator/TaliesinJaffe Taliesin]] was already making his his bisexuality quite obvious[[note]] (mainly through his purple mohawk/undercut; he publically came out a couple of months after this episode)[[/note]] and he probably has the most contact with the [=LGTBQ+=] comunity in real life, so he was the first to realize where [[Creator/SamRiegel Sam]] was going with this improv scene and started feeding him leading questions to help[[note]] (Though while Sam likely identifies as straight despite his deep affection for and joke-flirting with his [=BFF=] Liam, he does have [[https://web.archive.org/web/20090604134958/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0%2C%2C20135478%2C00.html an older sister]] who has been out as a lesbian ever since [[https://archive.today/20050119233639/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2002_Jan_22/ai_81790809 he was a child]], and a younger sister who played a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bianca_Montgomery queer teenager]] with a much-written-about coming-out storyline on a daytime soap, back when this was still very unusual in the mainstream media - so it's not like Sam didn't know what he was doing with his gay character's storyline.)[[/note]]) immediately offered their moral support and told Taryon not to base his identity on queer-erasing media. (In this case, biographies of famous adventurers he was trying to emulate, thinking that he needs to become a ladies' man because he had never read about a male hero who's attracted to older men.)

--> '''Taryon:''' My father did find out.

--> '''Percy.''' That's so adorabe! I'm so sorry.

* ''Series/Dracula2013'': Lady Jayne realizes Lucy wants Mina due to how she's [[LongingLook looked at her]], reassuring her that it's perfectly natural and encouraging her to act on her feelings, revealing she's bisexual herself, having been lovers with several women before.

* ''Webcomic/{{Rain|2010}}'': Given how he's a therapist, Vincent (a trans man) is this to Rain and Jessica (both trans women). He often gives plenty of great insight when it comes to gender and orientation due to his experience.

* ''Webcomic/{{Rain|2010}}: Given how he's a therapist, Vincent (a trans man) is this to Rain and Jessica (both trans women). He often gives plenty of great insight when it comes to gender and orientation due to his experience.

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