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1[[quoteright:350:[[Creator/TomOfFinland https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/manly_gay_guys_2296.jpg]]]]
2[[caption-width-right:350:The only thing manlier than a ManlyMan is a manly man who loves other manly men!]]
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4->''This is Film/YoungGuns gay. This is Film/TopGun gay. This is "buying the soundtrack to ''Top Gun'' just to blast 'Playing With The Boys' on repeat while you play half-naked volleyball with your buddies" gay. This is "buying the cow to tan the leather yourself" gay. This is a grunting, frowning mobius strip of "dudes pegging each other while revving impact wrenches and chainsaws all while a single woman in a cat sweater is forced to sit in the middle and cries" gay. Okay?! Do you get it?! This isn't ♫ gaaaay ♫! This is '''GAY'''.''
5-->-- WebVideo/BennettTheSage on the HoYay of ''Virus Buster Serge''
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7Sitting on the opposite end of the spectrum from CampGay, Manly Gay is when a homosexual man is shown not only in lacking {{Camp}} or feminine traits, but kept going in the opposite direction and [[ManlyMan into the realm of pure, unbridled masculinity]].
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9A character who is Manly Gay is the complete opposite of the {{Camp}} stereotype. Typically such characters are large and strong and shown doing masculine things like sports. He may have a CarpetOfVirility, he may be a badass, or he may have StoutStrength... but regardless of how he got here, the result is the same: He's manlier than your average man, straight or otherwise.
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11This is an archetype associated with modern gay porn, but it's also a distilled ideal of gay male culture having roots in Greek philosophy about male sexuality, one that often appeals to other gay men -- one of the reasons it ''has'' become so associated with gay porn. Such characters also appear in other works as a means of telling a GayAesop about how not all gay people are "like that." Manly Gay characters are often seen as a form of StraightGay by straight (especially Western) audiences, while it's seen as its own gay stereotype to others (especially Eastern audiences and gay folks themselves).
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13Compare and contrast with StraightGay. The DistaffCounterpart is a LipstickLesbian. If the character is stereotypically {{Camp}}, then he's actually MachoCamp, a trope many PlayedForLaughs examples also fall into. May be TheBear, a BigBeautifulMan, a LeatherMan or a GayCowboy. Many a {{Gayngster}} qualifies. May also be an ArmoredClosetGay. See also BaraGenre, the genre where Manly Gay men have... ''[[LastSecondWordSwap fun]]'' with one another.
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17!!Examples:
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22* Bulat from ''Manga/AkameGaKill'' is a formidable assassin and very much a ManlyMan, serving as TheBigGuy of Night Raid and a BigBrotherMentor to [[TheHero Tatsumi]].
23* Gateau Mocha from ''Manga/SorcererHunters''.
24* The whole point of BaraGenre is to show very manly guys having sex, to contrast with the effeminate characters of {{Yaoi}}.
25* In the one-shot ''In The Pool, [=OLs=] Around Thirty'' one of the women mentions she fell for a man who was a burly bearded fellow. Her friend states it was blatant that he was gay.
26* Mike Flanagan in ''Manga/MyBrothersHusband'' is a big hairy gay guy who lifts weights and acts very masculine.
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30* The erotic art of Creator/TomOfFinland (who drew the top picture) was the TropeCodifier of the modern version of the trope. Incidentally, the top picture is one of the ''few'' artworks he ever drew that is [[NotSafeForWork safe enough for work]] for Website/TVTropes. Tom of Finland was subsequently influenced by the artwork of George Quaintance.
31* Creator/RobertMapplethorpe's photography commonly explored this theme.
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35* Creator/GregGiraldo once talked about this, saying that someday gay guys would be the basis for physical comparison for men:
36-->''Look at this kid, he's so fuckin' ripped, he's built like a gay guy!''
37* Australian stand-up comedian Steve Hughes talks about homosexuals during a particular skit (strong language inbound):
38-->''What do you mean, they're not "tough"? They fuck men! That's hardly "gay"! What do straight men want? "Ooh I want a woman... soft... feminine... what do you want, Dave?" "I wanna fuck a bloke. I want a big strong bloke to fuck me in the arse. Is that too rough for your pussy lovin' mates? We want cock, sir, cock! You go play with yer girly tits, ya fuckin' fag."''
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42* Northstar, the Canadian superhero and twin of Aurora (both were in ComicBook/AlphaFlight) is a brash, intelligent, and confident/arrogant JerkWithAHeartOfGold with FlyingFirepower abilities (flight, potentially up to light-speed, and LightEmUp powers) and veteran of both Alpha Flight and the X-Men, came out while appearing in his then team's (Alpha Flight) 106th issue in the 1992 comic book. It was a groundbreaking event in comic history, as he became the first superhero to say, "I'm Gay", and made international news. In 2013, ''Astonishing X-Men'' #51, Northstar marries his partner on the cover, and the issue was widely heralded as another groundbreaking moment in comics. Northstar is arguably the most well-known gay superhero of all-time. The character, created by John Byrne, was designed to come out a decade prior in Alpha Flight, but the editor of Marvel Comics at the time was against it, so Byrne and his successors just wrote lots of subtext in.
43* Colossus, in ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' (set in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe) is gay, and that doesn't reduce his manliness one single iota. He's in a relation with Northstar.
44* Apollo and the Midnighter (Apollo is slightly less exaggeratedly tough and may be more of a StraightGay) from ''ComicBook/TheAuthority''.
45* By implication, Hooded Justice and Captain Metropolis from ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''.
46* Bloke from ''ComicBook/XForce'', an avid bodybuilder and especially brutal vigilante. He also has MachoCamp elements (pink skin, said to have great taste in home decoration, very romantic with his boyfriend), but he was primarily a big strong man who happened to be gay.
47* Many characters from Patrick Fillion's gay porn superhero comics (practically nothing you will find by web-searching will be safe for work).
48* ''ComicBook/GiveMeLiberty'' has the Aryan Thrust, a group of Manly Gay White Supremacists.
49* Alan Scott (from the ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'') is depicted as this in the reimagined ''ComicBook/{{New 52}}''.
50* ''X-Treme X-Men'' Volume 2, an ComicBook/{{Exiles}}-esque book starring ComicBook/XMen from alternate realities, gives us [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Governor-General Howlett]] and his boyfriend... who happens to be [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules a certain estranged son of Zeus.]]
51* Another example from ''X-Men'' and related comics: Shatterstar, who was unambiguously outed in ''ComicBook/XFactor'' after much innuendo.
52* Steve Trainor's long-term partner Wulf in ''ComicBook/TopTen'' is a big, husky, tough-talking former air ace.
53* Duncan and Raven of ''ComicBook/CleanRoom'' are bearded, masculine men; Duncan specifically is a veteran of multiple special forces groups.
54* In ''ComicBook/KnightAndSquire'' by Creator/PaulCornell, when HarmlessVillain Dennis Ennis first visits the TruceZone pub Time in a Bottle, he sees two very camp heroes and comments "How gay are they?" A large Punisher-alike snarls "[[CampStraight They're not]]. I am."
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58* {{Superhero}} {{Slash Fic}}s are absolute havens of this trope, usually featuring pairings of two characters reinterpreted as Manly Gay, such as Franchise/{{Batman}} / ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} or ComicBook/CaptainAmerica / ComicBook/IronMan.
59* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Germany is tall, muscular, intimidating, and overall manly. He also happens to be bisexual.
60* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'':
61** Uhtred, who flirts with boys and girls alike, is an all-action axe-wielding young warrior and protégé of [[WarGod Sif]], who ends up dating Jean-Paul Beaubier (who's plenty badass, but more classically pretty and apparently camp). He's also from a family who are the Asgardian answer to Mountain Men or Marcher Lords, is fancast as Creator/SeanBean and said to be, when temporarily an adult and a fully fledged Viking God, about two metres tall, with ManlyFacialHair and built like a literal bear. That's about as goddamn manly as you're going to get.
62** Hercules, also bisexual, also badass, also built like a tank.
63* The artwork of David Kawena from Website/DeviantART, famous for his "Disney Princes" series.
64* Most parodic interpretations suggest that [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 He-Man]] is this.
65* Between 2007 and 2010, numerous fan works starring the characters Thrall and Rehgar from ''Franchise/{{Warcraft}}'' were written, as a result of the probably unintentional HoYay in their dialogue from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''as well as some of the supporting novels. As an axe-wielding orc warrior and Warchief, Thrall would definitely qualify for this trope were he canonically homosexual. Rehgar with his more camp mannerisms and healing abilities would be more of an AgentPeacock, making this a classic fanfiction gay pairing. Many fans maintain that these characters are bisexual and did have a relationship, although Thrall's marriage to Aggralan in the Cataclysm expansion has largely sunk the ship.
66* In the ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' fanfic ''Fanfic/MaFille'', Von Kaiser are buff boxers in committed relationships with other men (both of whom are notably less manly).
67* ''Fanfic/MessagesForDad'': Ferrus Manus is the only gay Primarch. As in canon, he's also a LegendaryBlacksmith who tear apart armies with his bare (metal) hands, and the unquestioned leader of one of the toughest Legions, whose quite pleased with the prospect of an afterlife spent leading ghostly warriors in battle.
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71* ''Film/AWedding1978'': Reedley is an athletic and serious MilitarySchool instructor and is gay.
72* ''Film/BigStan'': The burly biker who Stan pays to give him tips for prison talks about committing PrisonRape and Stan expresses shock at the idea of people "turning gay" in prison. The biker reveals that he's always been gay, he just only rapes people in prison. He then tells Stan that they're in a gay bar, and Stan notices all of the other burly, leather-clad male customers being affectionate with each other.
73* ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'': Relative to Edward, his apparent lover Phillip is more confident, outspoken, and assertive than him, though it gets him killed.
74* ''Film/BrokebackMountain'': Both Ennis and Jack are extremely masculine in mannerisms and appearances.
75* Val Kilmer's character in ''Film/KissKissBangBang'', "Gay" Perry. A snarky, badass PrivateDetective who is certainly a lot manlier than his heterosexual associate [[IdiotHero Harry]].
76%%* In ''Film/SavingSilverman'', [[spoiler: [[DrillSergeantNasty R. Lee Ermey's character]]]] fits the profile.
77* Alexander and Hephaestion in ''Film/{{Alexander}}''. They were that way also [[RealLife historically]] (or at least manly bisexual, with Alexander).
78* Most characters in the films by Queer Flick director Bruce [=LaBruce=] fit into this, they're often punks or skinheads. The gay actors playing zombies in the [[ShowWithinAShow film within a film]] of ''Film/OttoOrUpWithDeadPeople'' are very butch skinheads.
79* ''Film/ButImACheerleader'' had Dolph, the very gay, very butch athlete.
80* ''The Butch Factor'' is a documentary that analyzes the aspect of masculinity in gay culture. It has good examples of manly gays as well as some [[StraightGay so-called "straight-acting"]] and {{Camp Gay}}s. It can be watched on Creator/{{Logo}} [[http://www.logotv.com/video/the-butch-factor/1635466/playlist.jhtml here]].
81%%Seems like a RealLife examples* A serving US Marine was brought before a court martial for appearing in a gay porn film while wearing part of his uniform... But not ''all'' his uniform, so the Corps decided he'd only bent the rules.[[note]]Besides, [[NeverLiveItDown spending the rest of his career being known as "the guy who did a porno movie"]] is arguably worse than anything they were allowed to inflict on him under military law anyway.[[/note]]
82* In ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', Mitch is the typical teenaged DumbJock, causing Norman's sister, Courtney, to be DistractedByTheSexy throughout the movie. He replies to her asking him out to see a movie that "You're gonna love my boyfriend. He's a chick-flick ''nut''."
83%%* Aram and especially Peter in ''Film/WhenDarknessFalls''.
84%%* James Gandolfini in ''Film/TheMexican''.
85%%* The denizens of the recurring Blue Oyster Bar from the ''Film/PoliceAcademy'' movies.
86* The whole plot of ''Film/GodsOwnCountry'' is about two of this trope falling for each other. Gheorghe is a Romanian migrant farm worker hired on to work lambing season with Johnny, an emotionally shut off, alcoholic sheep farmer, after Johnny's father suffers a stroke.
87* In ''Film/MacGruber'', two of the men [=MacGruber=] and his sidekick consider for their team entirely of muscular go-to go-getter men are rejected without words when they start kissing each other. This is the extent of the joke. [[spoiler:So much the better for them; the car blows up.]]
88* Guy in ''{{Film/Ted}}'' as well as his boyfriend Rick in the sequel ''{{Film/Ted 2}}''.
89%%What's this from?* Gorka is the biggest and toughest member of the group, and is also very up front about being gay, although he didn't think to mention it until caught on a Grindr outing by one of his teammates.
90* In the film ''Film/SaintLaurent'', Yves takes up with the younger Jacques de Bascher, who manages to be both TheDandy and an aggressively masculine gay man.
91* ''Film/Legend2015'': Ronnie is a tall, burly, very masculine {{gayngster}} who's explicit that he always "tops" with his lovers. He's a terrifying man known for killing his enemies with his bare hands, but is shown as quite skilled using blunt objects and guns too.
92* ''Film/TheyThem2022'': Stu is a handsome, muscular gay jock.
93* ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers2023'': The film's version of Porthos is bisexual. He's also a BoisterousBruiser, he's quite muscled and he's got ManlyFacialHair.
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96[[folder:Literature]]
97* Jim Willard in ''Literature/TheCityAndThePillar'' by Creator/GoreVidal. In fact, Vidal has been credited with introducing this trope to modern gay literature. If you want to know whom to blame for what is now a done-to-death cliché and its backlash, you've found him.
98* ''Literature/ForeverAndADeath'': Luther is gay, and is a fit, brawny guy who isn't the least bit effeminate and has an ActionHero moment of sorts in the climax.
99* ''Literature/FunJungle:'' The seventh book reveals that Pete Thwacker is married to a man named Ray who works as a carpenter, loves the outdoors, and has gone running with the bulls in Spain.
100* Spike in Creator/RobertBParker's ''Literature/SunnyRandall'' books.
101* Nearly all the wolfcarls in Creator/SarahMonette and Creator/ElizabethBear's ''A Companion To Wolves'' and its sequel ''The Tempering Of Men''. Those who aren't are bisexual.
102* Clawmaster Emero in John Ringo and Jody Lyn Nye's novella "Cata".
103* Burt Shaw in ''Literature/MrBlank'' is an old-school spy.
104* Ringil Eskiath from ''Literature/ALandFitForHeroes'' As he says: "You don't go queer baiting when your victim has a reputation of chopping trained swordsmen into dogmeat at the drop of a hat."
105* William Manchester's darkly brilliant memoir of the USMC during the Pacific War, "Goodbye, Darkness" contains such a character in a minor role
106* The ''Literature/MoonBaseAlpha'' trilogy by Stuart Gibbs has this. Viktor Balnikov and Chang Hi-Tech are the brawniest of the scientists on the moon base (with Chang specifically being noted as working out four hours a day, and having a mohawk and tattoos) and half way through the third book its casually mentioned that they're both gay and seeing each other (with some of Chang's suspicious behavior in snooping around the greenhouse having been because he was getting flowers to give Viktor).
107* Most of the protagonists in the later novels of Creator/WilliamSBurroughs qualify as this trope. His lead characters are tough or dangerous young men: private investigators, Old West gunslingers, highwaymen, pirates, etc. who are also very randy homosexuals. Their brand of masculinity overlaps with HeManWomanHater, as they believe that the very presence of the opposite sex (or of effeminate homosexuals) threatens to contaminate their masculinity.
108* Lucrio in the novella ''Literature/ATasteOfHoney''. He serves as a tricenturion in the Daluçan army and is chiefly included in the embassy so he can train Olorumi soldiers, meaning he spends much of his non-sexy time slathered in sweat and grime from the training fields. He's also a {{Hunk}} with a CarpetOfVirility and the buff, muscular physique of a professional soldier. He has no problem walking around naked and showing off his assets. He's also gay.
109* In ''Literature/AWorldLessVisible'', Lykos is capable of punching through steel and smashing boulders with his bare hands, and initially rejects his male lover for being too 'soft'. Matthias is also characterized as a rugged specimen of virile manliness, but subverts it a little because he does have a soft side, he just prefers not to show it often.
110* Dev from ''Literature/OutOfPosition'' is a large, tough anthropomorphic tiger who also happens to be a talented football player. He lived his life as a straight man until he found himself falling for a male fox named Lee.
111* ''Literature/TheseWordsAreTrueAndFaithful:'' Ernie and the other gay police officers. Also, in the gay newspaper ''[[FictionalDocument The Georgeport Gayzette]],'' being a manly gay is treated as something "self-evidently bad."
112* We don't know the sexuality for most characters in ''Literature/TheIliad'' for obvious reasons, but homosexuality being manly was the general attitude at the time (as long as you top). Many point to Achilles's, the most badass of all heroes, [[HoYay suspiciously bromantic]] relationship with Patroclus.
113-->'''[[WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions Red]]:''' What's manlier than two men?
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117* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': One episode has a murder victim who was part of an all-gay football team, with that same episode having the victim's ex-husband (who isn't a member of said league) being a bow hunter.
118* Captain Jack Harkness of ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', though he's [[ExtremeOmnisexual omnisexual]] rather than homosexual.
119* ''Series/AllInTheFamily'': On the program that broke all previous barriers and taboos, one of the earliest came in the Season 1 episode "Judging Books by Covers". Archie is annoyed by one of Mike's outlandish friends (Anthony Geary, long before he played Luke on ''Series/GeneralHospital''), [[CampStraight who acts and dresses effeminately but was otherwise heterosexual]]; in fact, Archie is so irritated he goes off to Kelsey's Bar – its first appearance in the series – to vent to his friends about gay people. One of the people involved in the conversation is a middle-aged man, a one-time football player who has traditionally "male" interests ... and is a homosexual. No male-on-male affection is shown in the episode, but Archie does learn that outward appearances do not necessarily mean someone is gay or straight.
120* Captain Holt, the ComicallySerious police chief from ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' doesn't display any feminine features (except maybe his weakness for cute dogs). He also seemed to exclusively date men with a similar personality; and while his rather intellectual husband may not qualify as ManlyGay, his ex-boyfriend who is played by ''Creator/NickOfferman'' certainly does.
121* ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'':
122** Barca is a solid example, being a badass gladiator with a male lover. Also his boyfriend, Auctus, from the {{prequel}}, who's a fellow gladiator.
123** Agron, a fierce German warrior who gets involved with another male freed slave.
124* Omar from ''Series/TheWire'', a smooth talking, shotgun toting bandit with an incorruptible code of honor, [[NervesOfSteel complete lack of fear]], who makes a living by robbing [[WretchedHive Baltimore's]] drug dealers, who are completely out of their depth and [[HorrifyingTheHorror scared shitless of his very presence]]. He is also openly gay and regularly brings his boyfriends along in his heists.
125* Vito from ''Series/TheSopranos'' is a tragically-closeted example.
126** Out of the closet is his short-term lover Jim "Johnny Cakes" Witowksi, a burly fireman.
127* ''Series/SixFeetUnder'' has David Fisher's long-term partner Keith, who is a tough, macho cop (later private security worker after leaving the force). At one point, David and Keith have a threesome with someone called "Sarge", who is a big muscular guy obsessed with paintballing.
128* ''Series/{{Glee}}'':
129** Dave Karofsky; the guys at the gay bar even call him a "[[TheBear bear cub]]." Before coming out, he was more of an ArmouredClosetGay.
130** Season 6 introduces "post-gay" Spencer, an athletic, masculine student who refuses to be defined by his sexual orientation.
131* [[{{Gayngster}} Sam Adama]] from ''Series/{{Caprica}}''. An interesting case in that he is considerably more stereotypically masculine than his straight brother, and most of the other men on the show. Homosexuality is also openly accepted in the Colonial culture in the show.
132* Bob Hunter from ''Series/DesperateHousewives''. He is taller and a tad more muscular than his husband, Lee Mc Dermott. Both can be considered as StraightGay though. In 2013 the actor Tuc Watkins came out as gay so he fits the trope in real life as well.
133* Wade and Trey from ''Series/NoahsArc'', especially Wade who definitely plays up his masculinity (at least early on).
134* Riley from ''Series/{{Degrassi|TheNextGeneration}}'', also overlapping with StraightGay. Sam also most certainly counts, though he only showed up for one episode and Dylan, Marco's boyfriend.
135* In the third season of ''Series/TheJoeSchmoShow'', ''The Full Bounty'', Lavernius is this and is also the stereotype of the token muscular black guy on reality shows. When he revealed it to the season's schmo, Chase, he barely batted an eye and even agreed to join an alliance with him.
136* Timebomb from ''Series/NoHeroics'', in his inimitably sleazy fashion.
137* Discussed in ''Series/{{Metrosexuality}}''. Everyone comments just how masculine Jonno is and Jonno himself, a former serviceman, addresses the issue of manliness among Gays, saying that his tough upbringing and extended army experience didn't make him "funky" and in touch with his feminine side, thus not at all in tune with the usual campiness of the London LGBT scene.
138* Duke in ''Series/FakingIt'' is an MMA fighter who hooks up with Shane.
139%%* Officer John Cooper of ''Series/{{Southland}}'' %%
140* Aaron Livesy on ''Series/{{Emmerdale}}''. He's a mechanic, watches football, and drinks a lot of beer.
141* CO Piscatella from ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' is a big, tall, burly man with a thick beard and a harsh, no-nonsense attitude. The first mention of his sexuality is him casually mentioning that he took a guy to prom in a conversation with the main character. However, Piscatella has photos showing a more camp side while off work (e.g. he's won contests for table decorating) which he's entirely unashamed of.
142* Mac from ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' is the self-appointed bodyguard of the bar he co-owns with his friends. He is all about being "badass" and hyper-masculine which he used as an excuse for staying in the closet as long as he did.
143* ''Series/TheOrville'': Moclan society in general, to the point of being a OneGenderRace with an [[PersecutionFlip intolerance towards heterosexuality]]. They're [[spoiler:(nearly)]] all large, muscular, gruff and serious males with the vast majority desiring the same sex. Bortus explains in "Deflectors" that Moclus is an inhospitable world and his people had to fight hard just to survive on it.
144* ''Series/KrodMandoonAndTheFlamingSwordOfFire'': Arcadius, the Resistance General who's nothing if not masculine, turns out to be involved with his CampGay cellmate Bruce.
145* ''Series/TheLibrarians2014'': In "[[Recap/TheLibrariansS4E09AndATownCalledFeud And a Town Called Feud]]", two of the GoodOlBoy WarReenactors (including the food truck guy) mention feuding over the affections of other boys in high school.
146* ''Series/TigerKing'' has the titular "Tiger King" himself, Joe Exotic, a distillation of every larger-than-life DeepSouth redneck stereotype one can think of... and also a gay polygamist. His flamboyant fashion sense manages to fulfill both stereotypes simultaneously, that of the flashily-dressed gay man and that of the GoodOlBoy who got rich and decided to live out his Music/{{Elvis|Presley}} fantasies.
147* ''Series/TheMentalist'': One of the DEA agents in the final season episode "Green Light" is a burly, somewhat gruff man with a notable presence during raids, and while being questioned near the end of the episode casually mentions having a husband (although said husband might be CampGay, as he works as a hair stylist).
148* ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'': [[spoiler: Alec]] is as manly a Shadowhunter as Jace, so the reveal that he's gay can be quite surprising for non-book fans.
149* ''Series/TroyFallOfACity'': Or rather, Manly Bisexual. Achilles and to a lesser extent Patrocles are fearsome warriors, along with being lovers. The two also have a threesome with Briseis on the beach.
150* ''Series/GhostsUK'': The Captain is a strong, experienced army soldier who is definitely the most physically strong of the ghosts... and has also had numerous crushes on men.
151* On ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'', Coach Scott is conventionally attractive, well-built and into hunting and other sports. He is also ClosetGay due to it being 1996 at the time. As such, young Misty Quigley of the Yellowjackets soccer team [[TeacherStudentRomance crushes on him]]. She does not take it well when he hits his RageBreakingPoint after she tries to press him into reciprocating her feelings for him and he reveals the truth.
152* ''Series/TheMick'': Doug in “The Night Off”, a large tough guy who helps out Jimmy in a fight, is revealed to have a boyfriend later. Jimmy is quite dismayed and surprised by this at first.
153* ''Series/GinnyAndGeorgia'': Gruff, muscular, tattooed Gabriel Cordova, the private detective after Georgia, starts a relationship with StraightGay man Nick.
154* The ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' commercial "[[https://youtu.be/hCOSejS1SSY Schmitt's Gay]]" perfectly parodies the typical "scantily clad women partying with/fawning over guys" scenario of most beer commercials by having scantily clad ''men'' partying with/fawning over guys. All of the men in question are muscular and handsome, and/or act in stereotypical "bro" ways, and aside from being attracted to men, none of them display a single stereotype.
155* ''Series/OneOfUsIsLying'': Cooper is a muscular baseball star who's secretly gay ([[ForcedOutOfTheCloset at first]]).
156* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': Physically, Laenor Velaryon's a Pretty Boy with delicate features and he behaves very gentlemanly; but his interest in war and bar songs aren't unlike a stereotypical "Man's Man" like [[Series/GameOfThrones Robert Baratheon]].
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160* Music/ElectricSix did [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTN6Du3MCgI&feature=related a Manly Gay video]]. With appearances by Abraham Lincoln, who may have been an example of this trope if you combine the "shared a bed with a male BFF" detail with the [[http://www.failedsuccess.com/index.php?/weblog/comments/abraham_lincoln_duel/ broadswords in a pit]] duel detail.
161* "[[HeavyMetal Metal]] God" Rob Halford of Music/JudasPriest.
162* BlackMetal performer Gaahl of Gorgoroth and Gaahlskagg fame.
163* The Music/VillagePeople were this when they were released. Though as their act has aged and become more retroactively {{Camp}}, it has become more passably MachoCamp in retrospect. It should be noted that the Music/VillagePeople were not ''always'' recognized as Manly Gay early on, because general American culture at the time was relatively more macho than it is now. This misunderstanding was what allowed the U.S. Department of Defense to commission the song "In the Navy", unaware at the time of the Village People's Manly Gay stage persona. This fell notably flat in the UK, where there was a well-known joke about "Join The Navy, and Feel a Man" and public figures from George Melly to Winston Churchill publicly alluded to the Navy's propensity for this sort of extra-curricular amusements. Planned recruitment advertisements built around the song were scrapped at the last minute when the Pentagon finally realized this. By the time the Village People had passed the peak of their popularity, they were better understood as Manly Gay, but their music had already entered pop culture, with most of the backlash against them being part of the greater general backlash against {{Disco}} (which as a genre was already partially rooted in gay culture) in the late [[TheSeventies 1970s]] and early [[TheEighties 1980s]]. And yet the Village People were still not yet ''quite'' MachoCamp -- this only came with age as their style became more and more dated in comparison with the contemporary years that passed.
164* Music/{{Rammstein}}'s steamy and highly controversial video of the song "Mann Gegen Mann" features nothing but a bunch particularly manly men engaging in a kinda... special party. Yes, [[APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy that one]].
165* Music/RickyMartin, the {{hunk}}y and manly hispanic singer with a LatinLover image, is indeed gay.
166* Music/{{Queen|Band}}'s Music/FreddieMercury was a MachoCamp bisexual; even during his more effeminate period in the 70s, he had PermaStubble and a CarpetOfVirility that would put Creator/SeanConnery to shame.
167* The end of the video for Music/CarlyRaeJepsen's [[spoiler:"Call Me Maybe."]]
168* Music/JoeJackson's "Real Men":
169-->''See the nice boys,''\
170''Dancing in pairs''\
171''Golden earring, golden tan and blow wave in their hair.''\
172''Sure they're all straight''\
173''Straight as a line''\
174''All the gays are macho, can't you see their leather shine?''\
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178* Many [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestlers]] get accused of being Manly Gay (must have something to do with the oiled-up muscleman physiques and those tight trunks), but the WWE tag team of Billy and Chuck actually had being [[AmbiguouslyGay ambiguously]] Manly Gay as their gimmick, until they finally came out of the closet... ''as straight''. During a gay wedding ceremony that had been heavily advertised and talked about in the press. Suffice it to say, [[MoralGuardians GLAAD]] (who actually endorsed the "wedding") was ''not'' happy with WWE.\
179Their manager at the time, [[Wrestling/RicoConstantino Rico]], was very much [[CampGay not manly]], and kept his personality. And then he took up a singles career after the team split, dressing in bedazzled spandex and wearing make-up and coming to the ring with his... [[CampStraight girlfriend manager]]. And would proceed to get a psychological edge by [[DepravedBisexual kissing his male opponent]]. The only reason the WWE wasn't burned to the ground over it was that it was Rico apparently taking his [[RealLifeWritesThePlot own natural tendencies]] and cranking them up.
180* Orlando Jordan also wanted to work his real-life sexuality into a storyline towards the end of his WWE tenure, in a very plausible way that kept him looking just as masculine but acknowledging that, yes, these alternative lifestyles exist, where he would behave very Manly Gay but also have a girlfriend. Unfortunately, he was fired (for other reasons) before it could be implemented. Seeing the [[CampGay somewhat different]] way that TNA was portraying him, apparently forgetting the "bi" part of "bisexual".
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184* You might think ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' might not have any examples given the fact there's NoHuggingNoKissing, but Jock villagers seem to push the envelope enough that it's fair to think they are this trope. The fact they show little (if any) interest in females, often preferring the company of males, complimenting on the physique of male characters such as The Villager or Cyrus, and often being in your corner if you're a guy being your one true rival, yeah. It's blatantly obvious to see what the creators had in mind when designing these guys.
185* Makoa Gibraltar in ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'' is a large towering BoisterousBruiser who had a boyfriend. Hell, they shared a first kiss at the Thunderdome on Kings Canyon.
186* [[AxCrazy Azrael]] from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' is [[WordOfGay often called gay by some of the Japanese voice actor]], especially Creator/YuuichiNakamura. However, given that Yuuchi voices [[{{Troll}} Hazama]] and Azrael's voice actor Creator/HirokiYasumoto often [[TeasingCreator (but not always)]] denies it, this is debatable.
187* ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'':
188** Everything about Sir Hammerlock screams "scholar", "hunter", "adventurer". He's clearly a gentleman of British design, a mustache that would make Mario & Luigi jealous, speaks like a true scholar and knows his way around a gun and murder like the Vault Hunters. Even his splash card and name are manly. He mentions an ex-boyfriend during a side mission as if it were common knowledge, otherwise it wouldn't be too obvious.
189** Said ex-boyfriend is even more so. While Hammerlock prefers fighting with a sniper rifle from a distance (as befitting the image of a gentleman hunter), Taggart enjoys fighting dangerous wildlife with [[GoodOldFisticuffs his bare fists]].
190** This goes up to the point that Hammerlock gets married to the heir of the Jakobs corporation. (As the game gleefully points out, yes, ''that'' Jakobs.) Wainwright Jakobs is a gravel-voiced, hard-drinking, shotgun-toting, SophisticatedAsHell SouthernGentleman who loves Hammerlock dearly and will go the the ends of the earth (or any planet really) for him if need be.
191* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' has David King, school rugby champion turned bare-knuckle brawler and occasional legbreaker. One Tome reveals that, before entering the Entity's realm, David couldn't find the strength to fully express his feelings for an ex-lover who was leaving town to be with his boyfriend in New York... and it was an illusion of said lover that helped lure him into the Entity's clutches.
192* Bambi "Buck" Hughes from ''VideoGame/FarCry3'' is a rare villain version. [[SociopathicSoldier Former soldier]]. [[AwesomeAussie Australian]]. [[BladeEnthusiast Obsessed with knives]]. [[EvilSoundsDeep Stereotypical deep, manly Aussie voice]]. [[TattooedCrook Massive stag tattoo on his chest]]. [[SirSwearsALot Swears a ton]]. [[TheAlcoholic Loves his beer]]. [[BeardOfEvil Nice short beard]]. [[IntimateOpenShirt Strolls around with his shirt unbuttoned]]. [[spoiler:[[BreadEggsMilkSquick Murderous]] DepravedHomosexual SerialRapist who's keeping Jason's friend Keith as a SexSlave, and offers to [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty show Jason his appreciation for him]] "proper, like a man should".]] [[SarcasmMode What a nice guy]]!
193* Ike from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' has been seen as AmbiguouslyGay by many given none of his support routes are straight, and he seemingly grew out of his crush on Elincia by ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'', as she does with him. There's a lot of subtext between him, [[{{Tsundere}} Soren]], and [[HalfHumanHybrid Ranulf]], that is often considered fanfic fuel by many a YaoiFangirl. While some of the creative staff deny it, there's a lot of evidence showing Ike has no interest in women, especially in ''Radiant Dawn'', and is either this or UsefulNotes/{{asexual}}. Given that he's the most muscular ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' Lord aside from possibly Chrom, he's an easy target for this. And also given Intelligent Systems and Nintendo have yet to actually state if he's asexual, but have plenty of ShipTease between Ike and Soren, and even Ike and Ranulf.
194* Rudolph Gartheimer from ''VideoGame/GrooveOnFight'', a large man who fights with iron balls and is notable for being one the first openly gay fighting game characters along with his lover Damian Shade.
195* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' features a few:
196** Graves the Outlaw is a tough-as-nails career criminal from [[WretchedHive Bilgewater]] with an affinity for [[{{BFG}} giant shotguns]] and [[CigarChomper cigars]], and he's also had a history of male lovers, with most signs indicating they were just as much scummy troublemakers as he is. At the very least, his current partner in crime, [[DeathDealer Twisted Fate]], [[BattleCouple seems to also be his actual partner]].
197** K'Sante is the monster-slaying paragon of the Shuriman city-state of Nazumah, and a very built, [[BoisterousBruiser boisterous]] one at that. He also happens to be gay, and the story of his past relationship with a fellow male comrade -- specifically [[HeartbrokenBadass their breakup]], which happened to be because of K'Sante's [[BloodKnight reckless willingness to throw himself in front of danger]] -- is a major character beat that informs his current sense of humility.
198* Sven in ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'' is a [[TheBear hairy]], TopHeavyGuy who partakes in woodwork, a traditionally masculine hobby, and is HappilyMarried to Angus.
199* Commander Shepard from ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' can potentially fit the trope, if played as gay in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''. Especially if [[GoodIsNotNice Renegade]]. Female!Shepard can be played as a lesbian from the first game onwards, but making her a LipstickLesbian is ''much'' harder than making Male!Shepard a Manly Gay.
200* Jack Morrison aka Soldier:76 from ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' was confirmed to be gay. He's a scar-covered, ex-military marksman and vigilante, who has survived shotgun injuries to the back.
201* ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheThirdPower'':
202** Rashim, a hardened Tariqqi commander, once had a relationship with Reyna, but this fell apart because Reyna gave up on romance in favor of focusing on her Resistance duties. In the present, Rashim has a husband, Maliq. Since his romance with Reyna was genuine, he qualifies as either this trope or as a manly bisexual.
203** The pirate captain, Fire Eyes, is as cutthroat as one would expect from an outlaw of the sea. However, he had a secret relationship with a male crew member, but was forced to cancel the relationship because the pirate's code forbids romance of any kind between captains and crew members.
204* The Shadowlands expansion to ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' introduces a hero from another world Thiernax and his husband Kadarin. Thiernax is a heroic warrior who sacrificed his life to save his world (the Shadowlands are the realms of the dead), and it's heavily implied he was either a famous general or some kind of political leader. Thus, he would probably qualify for this trope. [[spoiler: Although Thiernax intended to sacrifice only himself, his goddess Elune had other ideas: and Kadarin ended up dying as well. Thiernax feels very guilty and is thus quite shy. Adorably, Kadarin doesn't seem to blame Thiernax for his death at all and doesn't understand why his husband feels so guilty.]]
205* Similar hinting goes to Ricardo "Rico" Banderas from ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', who often dotes upon his friend Hammer, particularly after [[spoiler:his death]].
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209* Toivo, from ''Webcomic/GroovyKinda'' is so manly, he's a Neanderthal. Really. That said, he tends to be a gag-a-day character at times, having offered some notable ''FanDisservice'' in a Bo Peep outfit, and played a fairly unwelcome practical joke on Larry and Edison while they were sharing a shower
210* ''Webcomic/SilverBulletNights'' focuses on Seek, a burly ex-mercenary who in the words of the creator, was designed as a mixture of "the Punisher and Dracula on steroids." He's a play on the hyper-masculine (and inevitably heterosexual) characters found in Noir comics and notably, the later works of Frank Miller.
211* Count Tethik of ''Webcomic/TheChallengesOfZona'', capable of outfighting a man half his age and twice his size.
212* ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'' (NSFW) has the recurring BarbarianHero character Kronar, Son of Man. [[HomosexualReproduction It's literal.]]
213* Jerzy and Julian from ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'' are two big, {{hunk}}y LoveInterests of the CampGay protagonist Dillon.
214* {{Creator/Humon}}'s character Agent 250 is this, being an operative for the militant division of the government agency he works for. He is extremely tough, with most of his work involving getting into firefights, [[CoveredWithScars and he has the scars to prove it.]] He is openly gay and in a steady relationship with his male co-worker, Agent 300.
215* ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'': Commander Badass has had at least one confirmed male lover. Most of his equally macho buddies are implied to be at least not opposed to the idea, with the exception of [[Film/MadMax Max]]... Who might have taken this revelation better if it hadn't come up in conversation by chance in the middle of an all-male camping trip a long way from anywhere. And the irony of "someone who dresses that much like a Rob Halford body-double" being the only totally straight guy in the group does not go unnoticed.
216* ''Webcomic/ElfAndWarrior'': Reference is made to [[spoiler:Hector]]'s lack of womanising ''ever'' despite the fact the other soldiers do, by a friend who later confesses he's been in love with him for years and is done waiting. [[spoiler: While that doesn't go as planned, gruff soldier/warrior/bandit/all round badass Hector ''does'' return Teucer's feelings but it appears to be too little too late. Teucer also definitely counts even if he's a little less "gravel for breakfast" gruff than Hector he's still pretty macho]]
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220* Practically everything created by Creator/CaptainGerBear, especially of TheBear variety.
221* ''Literature/{{Legatum}}'':
222** ''Literature/HelpNotWanted'' has Groshlar Grollear, who's the oldest, strongest, and hairiest of the four main goblin characters. He's also ''very'' proud of his homosexuality, to the point of being promiscuous.
223** ''Literature/TheRoadToHell'' has Shurrmvin Colmz, an orc warrior who is the main character's FatBestFriend. He's not ashamed of his weight ''or'' his sexual orientation and is attracted to other masculine characters with a similar body type, like Jervow.
224* The forum literary epic ''Literature/MaleRising'' has [[spoiler:Theodore Roosevelt]], who combined this with CampGay. He swims, runs, goes on adventuring trips overseas, and dresses up as Empress Eugenie for parties in the drawing room. Insult him for it though, and he will kick your ass ''hard''.
225* Ron Begley, frequent recurring character in ''Podcast/KingFallsAM''.
226-->''"Was that a gay joke Sammy? I’ll have you know I love fucking and fighting and I know you don’t want either of them."''
227* ''Literature/ShadowOfTheTemplar'' had Simon the protagonist as this -- he's an ''FBI agent'', for crying out loud! The antagonist, Jeremy, and later Simon's lover, is... less so, despite also being very bad-ass.
228* ''Literature/TailsSeries'':
229** ''Literature/TailsOfFame'' has Seamus Osgranov and Linkard Reid, both of whom are proud homosexuals who are also very burly and chubby. The former is a criminal who thoroughly enjoys cracking crude jokes, toilet humor, and acting like a stereotypical FatSlob, while the latter is, in fact, an ex-convict who knows how to defend himself.
230** ''Literature/TailsOfTheBountyHunter'' has several of them, with the main heroic ones being Cale Tomlik and Drake Keevonu, former mercenaries turned bounty hunters who are gay and eventually fell in love with each other. The main villainous ones are Rellis Rottili and Gobor Grizzer, a FatBastard of a rat {{Gayngster}} and a MightyGlacier of a pit bull who's also a terrorist and rapist, respectively.
231* Frost from ''Literature/TrintonChronicles'' fits this troupe well being a muscled guy with a masculine set of traits and being into other men.
232* ''Literature/YouCouldMakeALife'' is chock-full of this, since virtually all of its main characters are hardcore hockey players. Even "pretty boy" characters like Liam and David are more than able to compete with more heavily-built players on the ice.
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238* ''WebVideo/ThereWillBeBrawl'' does this to [[VideoGame/FZero Captain]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Falcon]], who is [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]]'s lover and ''extremely'' badass. "Maybe later you could come by and... show me your moves."
239* "WebVideo/EndTimes" has Harry Fremont, a cranky survivalist who spends a lot of time roaming the apocalypse with a baseball bat and his science nerd boyfriend.
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243* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': Jeff is Geoff's significant other, and is quite buff.
244* Jean and Paul from ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'', the gay couple, will constantly remind the audience of their gang origins. Remember, they're in prison. They have to be tough. Paul threatened Jean by telling him that he once cut off a guy's dick and stuck it down his throat for disagreeing with him.
245* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
246** How can anyone forget DUFFMAN! Not all of them though, as he's played by multiple actors.
247** In [[{{Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E15HomersPhobia}} Homer's Phobia]], Homer takes Bart to a steel mill because he's worried Bart spending time around a gay man will emasculate him. Much to Homer's consternation, it turns out the steelworkers are all this trope (with some MachoCamp mixed in). [[WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame Then the five o'clock whistle blows...]]
248* ''WesternAnimation/TwelveForever'' has Mack and Beefhouse, two ridiculously muscle-bound inhabitants of Endless Island who are also deeply in love with each other. There's a ''reason'' Reggie dubs them the strongest couple in the world.
249* Gus of ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill''. Large, gruff, a military vet ([[HelloSailor The Navy, specifically)]], speaks with a tough Brooklyn accent, and runs the local GreasySpoon. Also happily together with his boyfriend, Wally, for almost 50 years.
250* Raj from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' is a hockey player who aspires to be a professional, and who falls in love with [[CampGay the very flamboyant Bowie]].
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