History Main / MagicalQueer

** The movie subverts "Magical Queer Pep Talk" moment -- Wallace doesn't make the dramatic "Tell her you love her" speech, but instead the [[http://www.hulu.com/watch/167529/movie-trailers-scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world---clip---break-out-the-l-word "Tell her you love her (and shack up with her)... because I just signed the apartment lease with my boyfriend and I need you to move out"]] speech.

** In the first book of his trilogy, Vanyel comes to terms with being gay after being taken to the Tayledras, a NonHeteronormativeSociety of MagicalNativeAmericans, where Moondance, an [[FamilyOfChoice adoptive Tayledras]] who was [[{{Gayngst}} cast out from his family for being gay]] relates it as a CommonalityConnection and shares how ''he'' came to terms with it.

* Mercedes Lackey ''loves'' this trope. One of the key historical figures of her [[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar land of Valdemar]] is Vanyel, a literal Magical Queer in that he's both gay and a mage.

* [[MeaningfulName Marco del Rossi]] on ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' always knows about heterosexual relationships, even before having a true relationship. He had a beard, who he later experiments with. Marco is a bit of a hypocrite since when his friend Spinner tries to fix him up with Dylan, he asks Marco what it's like to be gay. Over his six seasons on the show, he helps out Ashley and Craig, Ellie and Sean, Paige and Spinner, Paige and Alex (justified in that Alex is a girl), Ellie and Jesse. Magic abounds.

** Big Gay Al was the first ''openly'' gay character to appear in the game. He even explains Stan about the origins of homosexuality.

* Subverted with Bobby Panache from ''WesternAnimation/{{Glenn Martin DDS}}''. He is a [[MistakenForGay flamboyant stylist]] who seems to be gay, and several times its hinted at him being gay. Subverted at the end when his 'fiancée' Penny drives up in a corvette to pick him up, and Glenn makes a remark that says they knew he was straight all along.

* Literal and very self-aware version of this in the title story of the book ''Am I Blue'', with a gay fairy godfather/guardian angel. Also played for tragedy, since the character ended up that way because he was killed in a gay-bashing incident.

* On ''Sisters'', a friendship with an [[ClicheStorm AIDS-stricken, cross-dressing,]] [[MagicalNegro black]], and yes, GAY man is enough to turn the spoiled and bratty daughter of eldest sister Alex into a compassionate young woman determined to turn her life around (she met him at the hospice where she was sentenced to do community service after being arrested for prostitution) and regain custody of her daughter (whom she ditched when she abruptly decided she no longer had any interest in being a wife and mother).

** Another episode involved a DragQueen who helped Peggy work on her body issues (namely, feeling insecure about the less-than-feminine parts of her like her large feet).

* Played with in ''Film/{{Blackbird}}''. When Randy starts having inexplicable premonitions, Crystal starts hinting to him that he may be this trope.

If Creator/MorganFreeman is ''[[TropeCodifier the]]'' MagicalNegro and Creator/ZooeyDeschanel is ''the'' ManicPixieDreamGirl, then Harvey Fierstein is ''this'' trope.

* The titular character of ''Literature/WhatHappenedToLaniGarver''. Subverted in that his sexual preference is never actually revealed, and is in fact probably {{asexual|ity}}. He just [[{{Bishounen}} looks]] [[DudeLooksLikeALady androgynous]] and is therefore assumed to be gay. There's also his offhand comment that "I'm the one who has to live in a strange body and deal with it."

* In Norse mythology, {{Mana}} was replenished through contact with ejaculate. Odin was a wizard. This means exactly what you think it does. So only women, bisexuals, or gay men could be sorcerers; however, EveryoneIsBi in viking culture.

See also MagicalNativeAmerican (which is similar to the other various magical archetypes but tends to involve ''actual'' magic) and GayBestFriend (which it often overlaps with).

This trope runs into the same problems as ManicPixieDreamGirl (hence Creator/LindsayEllis's reference to "Manic Pixie Dream Gays" when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0qfFbtIj5w criticising]] ''Theatre/{{RENT}}'') and MagicalNegro, because it can come off as more patronizing than honoring. Also, it depends on the validity of [[MenAreUncultured certain stereotypes]] which can be considered offensive to ''both'' heterosexuals and homosexuals. However, on the bright side, it's a less negative portrayal of homosexuals than [[DepravedHomosexual certain other tropes]].

This trope runs into the same problems as ManicPixieDreamGirl (hence Creator/LindsayEllis's reference to "Manic Pixie Dream Gays" in ''Theatre/{{RENT}}'') and MagicalNegro, because it can come off as more patronizing than honoring. Also, it depends on the validity of [[MenAreUncultured certain stereotypes]] which can be considered offensive to ''both'' heterosexuals and homosexuals. However, on the bright side, it's a less negative portrayal of homosexuals than [[DepravedHomosexual certain other tropes]].