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* In the ''Literature/TowerAndTheHive'' series by Creator/AnneMcCaffrey, Laria. Sure, living on an alien planet and the dating pickins are slim, but is it really fair to tell a young, gorgeous girl that she'll have to settle for her gay pal and boink the local [[TheCasanova Casanova]] when she wants a shag? Inverted - the inevitable boinking happens anyway, and he [[SitchSexuality settles for straight]]. Or as [=McCaffrey=] rather oddly puts it, "turns" straight, impling NoBisexuals.

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* In the ''Literature/TowerAndTheHive'' series by Creator/AnneMcCaffrey, Laria. Sure, living on an alien planet and the dating pickins are slim, but is it really fair to tell a young, gorgeous girl that she'll have to settle for her gay pal and boink the local [[TheCasanova Casanova]] when she wants a shag? Inverted - the inevitable boinking happens anyway, and he [[SitchSexuality [[SituationalSexuality settles for straight]]. Or as [=McCaffrey=] rather oddly puts it, "turns" straight, impling NoBisexuals.
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* XMenWorstXManEver [[DiscussedTrope discusses]] an {{Inversion}}[=/=]GenderFlip of this trope: as the straight, male protagonist laments his lack of luck with girls, he quips that he should just settle on going to the prom with his gay best friend.

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* XMenWorstXManEver ''ComicBook/XMenWorstXManEver'' [[DiscussedTrope discusses]] an {{Inversion}}[=/=]GenderFlip of this trope: as the straight, male protagonist laments his lack of luck with girls, he quips that he should just settle on going to the prom with his gay best friend.



* The song "Gay Boyfriend" by The Hazzards is the crystallized essence of this trope.

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* The song "Gay Boyfriend" by The Hazzards Music/TheHazzards is the crystallized essence of this trope.



* Garfunkel and Oates also did a "Gay Boyfriend" song - although, since theirs is a more modern version of the relationship, it's with an understanding that the boyfriend will eventually come out and leave her, but that won't stop the girl from enjoying him now.

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* Garfunkel and Oates Music/GarfunkelAndOates also did a "Gay Boyfriend" song - although, since theirs is a more modern version of the relationship, it's with an understanding that the boyfriend will eventually come out and leave her, but that won't stop the girl from enjoying him now.
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* The classic VisualNovel [[{{Hentai}} H-Game]] ''VisualNovel/TrueLoveJunaiMonogatari'' has the BromanticFoil confess his feelings for the PlayerCharacter if the player themself doesn't manage to hook him up with one of the girls. [[spoiler: One of the girls is actually his little sister]]

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* The classic VisualNovel [[{{Hentai}} H-Game]] ''VisualNovel/TrueLoveJunaiMonogatari'' has the BromanticFoil confess his feelings for the PlayerCharacter if the player themself doesn't manage to hook him up with one of the girls. [[spoiler: One of the girls is actually his little sister]]sister]].
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* Averted in ''Series/MadMen'' When Bob Benson proposes to Joan. Bob had been portrayed as an ambitious young executive who was somewhat popular with the ladies and only later revealed to be gay. His friendship with Joan had grown throughout making the viewer wonder whether or not she knew. This was resolved when he proposed to Joan who, though flattered responded that she didn't think he should be with a woman. He replied that he'd actually "been" with several women tacitly acknowledging what she was saying and brushing it aside as unimportant. He then went on to make the basic argument stated in the trope explanation and saying that she'd never get a better offer. She politely refuses saying that she still has hope.
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* The Website/CollegeHumor sketch ''[[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6846855/gay-men-will-marry-your-girlfriends Gay Men Will Marry Your Girlfriends]]'' has an assortment of gay men cheerily listing [[AllTheGoodMenAreGay their advantages]] as husband material while explicitly threatening to {{invoke|dTrope}} and {{exploit|edTrope}} this trope if the straight male viewing audience refuses to support gay marriage. They go so far as to debunk the idea the marriage would be sexless

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* The Website/CollegeHumor sketch ''[[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6846855/gay-men-will-marry-your-girlfriends ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-YCdcnf_P8 Gay Men Will Marry Your Girlfriends]]'' has an assortment of gay men cheerily listing [[AllTheGoodMenAreGay their advantages]] as husband material while explicitly threatening to {{invoke|dTrope}} and {{exploit|edTrope}} this trope if the straight male viewing audience refuses to support gay marriage. They go so far as to debunk the idea the marriage would be sexless
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* The song "Gay Boyfriend" by The Hazzards is the crystallized essence of this trope. It's also [[EarWorm unbearably catchy]].

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* The song "Gay Boyfriend" by The Hazzards is the crystallized essence of this trope. It's also [[EarWorm unbearably catchy]].

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