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A Discredited Trope. (Or so we hope.)

The Distaff Counterpart of the Psycho Lesbian, and the monosexual counterpart to the Depraved Bisexual. Usually a villainous take on the Camp Gay. His motive is usually either his "depraved" sexuality, or an unrequited love, like his Psycho Lesbian sister.
Examples:

Truth In Television
  • Jeffrey Dahmer.
  • This troper. *sigh*
  • This troper, too... but I Got Better. :)

Anime/Manga

Literature
  • Deconstructed in Armistead Maupin's novel Maybe the Moon (set in 1990), in which a Straight Gay actor plays a cop chasing a Stereotype Gay killer in a movie. His boyfriend is pissed.
  • The killer in the Ellery Queen novel The Last Woman in His Life.
  • Dyan Ardais in the Darkover series, although he eventually redeems himself somewhat.

Film
  • The movie Cruising, starring Al Pacino, is about a cop chasing a gay serial killer through the New York City Leatherman community, circa 1980. It's implied that being around S&M turns Pacino gay, and possibly murderous as well.
  • Any and all men shown to have molested young boys in any media, even though most of them are heterosexual in adult relationships.
  • All of the rapists in Prison Rape sequences.
    • Unless they are portrayed as straight but seeking dominance through rape, like the guys in The Shawshank Redemption. As Morgan Freeman says, they're not homosexuals because they aren't even really human. And Morgan Freeman knows everything.
  • Andy Warhol was portrayed in this manner (by Guy Pierce!) in the 2006 movie Factory Girl. So much so that one reviewer referred to the character as "Andy Warhol, or, as this film wants you to know him, Darth Warhol."
  • The 1961 short film Boys Beware, produced by Sid Davis. It was intended to be shown in high schools to warn teenage boys about the dangers of gay men. This film has become famous on the internet for lines such as "What Jimmy didn't know was that Ralph was sick. A sickness that was not visible like smallpox, but no less dangerous and contagious -- a sickness of the mind. You see, Ralph was a homosexual."
    • The troper particularly enjoyed the violent contrast between the hysterical condemnation of homosexuality and the unconditional endorsement it gives the practice of hitchhiking.

Videogame
  • A minor but highly-determined villain, the jailer Mohosa casts lecherous glances and none-too-vague innuendo at the boy-faced heroes of Vandal Hearts 2. This is only after he shows his true colors, some time after you find out he has the catatonic prince-apparent locked in his private quarters.
  • Lieutenant Yaha, the guardian of the District of Precious Light in Drakengard 2. He made a pact with the gnomes, giving him the ability to beguile and charm anyone who looked him in the eyes, but the price he paid was that he lost the ability to feel pleasure. He makes very "interesting" comments during his boss battle, and it's heavily implied that he had a romantic relationship with one of your allies, Urick.
    • Actually, the entire reason he made that pact with the gnomes, was to get with Urick. Ironically, Urick ended up being the only person immune to Yaha's charms.