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* ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'': The new Dean of Discipline Hansen Foundry introduced in season 4 is initially seen as a hard-ass DeanBitterman by Clay and his friends. In the "Prom" episode, he congratulates Alex and Charlie for winning co-Prom Kings; he also attends prom with his husband, saying that two Prom Kings would not have happened in his day. No one else knew that Foundry was gay, and the characters' views soften on him, especially when [[spoiler:Justin dies of AIDS-related illnesses and Foundry remarks that he has seen a lot of his friends die of the disease when he was growing up.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/HaileysOnIt'': "Catching Felines" is about Hailey's efforts to make a female friend, specifically Scott's little sister Becker. At the end Becker misinterprets Hailey's interest in her as romantic, and resolves that someday, she's going to kiss her.

** Later Sister Maria reveals she's transgender to Eve. [[spoiler:It also turns out she's got the power, which is implied to result from her estrogen treatment, showing at least some trans women are getting this too.

* ''Series/TheCrowdedRoom'': Ariana shows she's bisexual through making out with Annabelle in front of Danny before the two have sex offscreen. Then she also flirts in a club with another woman, goes off to screw Jerome in a restroom stall and kisses her in front of him afterward. Annabelle's difficult to read, since she possibly was just going along with Ariana w highhen she's, or is bisexual as well, since she's into men otherwise. Ariana turns out to be one of Danny's alternate personalities, though it still counts perhaps, as this would indicate he's got bisexual and genderfluid personal aspects. It appears Jerome thought Ariana was a trans woman, and he'd entered a relationship with her that way. Also, it's revealed another alter, Jonny, was a man also attracted to men, having sex with Angelo frequently.
* ''Series/{{Deputy}}'': Bishop, who has a masculine hair and clothing style, soon reveals they're a lesbian when talking to Hollister. It turns out they had moved to LA and joined the sheriff's department so they could live with their girlfriend. Later they also come out as nonbinary and switch to they/them pronouns too.

** It turns out Sophie, a supporting character, is a lesbian. She'd kept this from her mom, who found out due to her snooping into Sophie's phone, where she had found photos of her with her girlfriend, and was having sex with her during [[SecretlyGayActivity "sleepovers"]].

* ''Film/{{Sheroes}}'': It turns out Ryder and Daisy are a couple, not just friends, when they the pair talk about their relationship while in the plane's bathroom before they kiss, then agree to have sex (offscreen).

* ''Film/CutToTheChase'': It's revealed Izzy and Nola became lovers when the former (who is a prosecutor) was prepping the latter for testimony in a major case, revealed via a flashback showing them kissing. Both of them appear to be bisexual, since they also have relationships and or sex with men.

** [[{{GadgeteerGenius}} Judy Alvarez's]] sexuality is revealed when she off-handedly mentions that she used to be in love with her co-worker and new boss, [[LipstickLesbian Maiko Maeda]]. Reading the emails on Maiko's terminal reveals that she and Judy actually used to be a couple in the past.

* ''Series/WildCards2024'': In "Howl to Get Away With Murder" before long Cole and Max find out that the victim had seen multiple women, but also a man. His boyfriend turns out to be a man they interviewed, with Max [[{{Gaydar}} spotting this quickly]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'': In Mettaton's Questions, he asked "who did Alphys have a crush on". If you choose Undyne or Asgore, Alphys gets embarrassed, which means she is revealed to be bisexual.

** GeOff is revealed to be gay in "(After)life of the Party," when Jeff (with a J) is revealed to be his partner.

** Jeff is revealed to be gay in "(After)life of the Party," when Jeff (with a J) is revealed to be his partner.

** Ryan reveals he has the skein to Jos, which is the result of him being intersex (as otherwise only cisgender women and girls are getting it).

* ''Literature/TheChangeRoom'': Eliza spends a lot of time staring at Shar naked in the pool's shower, with it being made clear it's more than admiration or envy for her beauty. She then mentally remembers having had relationships with women in the past too, not just men. Later on Shar shows that she too is attracted to women when she hits on Eliza after noticing this and they have sex.

* ''Series/{{Allegiance}}'': A casual reference is made to a female agent "liking women", when discussing her partnering up with Alex.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': In "Davenport's Demise", Andrea tells Molly she plans to marry a girl named Alina Webster.'

* QueerEstablishingMoment:

** If you ask Nomi-Nomi about their gender when you first meet them, they'll say that they're just glad that the Strato colony has "not-boy, not-girl people" like Seeq, revealing that they're nonbinary like them.

In older works, this was often {{Subtext}}, as taboos around the topic made it harder for queer characters to be too apparent in media, especially with the UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode. However, plenty of media is willing to be more open, explicit, and even casual about the topic, and has been for quite a long time.