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* GayCruising: Stephen hides his sexuality and goes cottaging for public sex in men's bathrooms. He meets the school jock John in the same restroom, also looking for sex.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Stephen is a good-looking but physically lightweight guy with a tendency to daydream.

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* {{Adorkable}}: Stephen is a good-looking but physically lightweight guy with a tendency to daydream.
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* Adorkable: Stephen is a good-looking but physically lightweight guy with a tendency to daydream.

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* Adorkable: {{Adorkable}}: Stephen is a good-looking but physically lightweight guy with a tendency to daydream.



* Fainting: Stephen wants to escape a wedding, so Linda fakes a faint in order to achieve this.

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* Fainting: {{Fainting}}: Stephen wants to escape a wedding, so Linda fakes a faint in order to achieve this.
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* FakeFaint: Stephen wants to escape a wedding, so Linda fakes a faint in order to achieve this.

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* FakeFaint: Fainting: Stephen wants to escape a wedding, so Linda fakes a faint in order to achieve this.
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* Faint: Stephen wants to escape a wedding, so Linda fakes a faint in order to achieve this.

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* Faint: FakeFaint: Stephen wants to escape a wedding, so Linda fakes a faint in order to achieve this.
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* Faint: Stephen wants to escape a wedding, so Linda fakes a faint in order to achieve this.
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Set in middle-class Basingstoke, England, Stephen Carter is a gay secondary school student. John Dixon is a tall and handsome jock, but is revealed to have secrets of his own.

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Set in middle-class Basingstoke, England, Stephen Carter is a gay secondary school student. John Dixon is a tall and handsome jock, but jock who is revealed to have secrets of his own.
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* Selective Obliviousness: Stephen's father and John's friends both find quite compelling evidence that something might be going on between Stephen and John, but they don't want to acknowledge it.

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* Selective Obliviousness: SelectiveObliviousness: Stephen's father and John's friends both find quite compelling evidence that something might be going on between Stephen and John, but they don't want to acknowledge it.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Stephen's father is shown to do this regarding his son's sexuality on one or two occasions,

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Stephen's father is shown to do this regarding his son's sexuality on one or two occasions,occasions.



* RousingSpeech: Stephen gives one to his school assembly, after he reveals that he wrote an article about being gay for the school's magazine. He receives only scattered applause, which is probably to be expected in a conservative English town during the 1990s.

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* RousingSpeech: Stephen gives one to his school assembly, after he reveals that he wrote an article about being gay for the school's magazine. He receives only scattered applause, which is probably to be expected in a conservative English town during the 1990s.1990s.
* Selective Obliviousness: Stephen's father and John's friends both find quite compelling evidence that something might be going on between Stephen and John, but they don't want to acknowledge it.
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* Comically Missing the Point: Stephen's father is shown to do this regarding his son's sexuality on one or two occasions,

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* Comically Missing the Point: ComicallyMissingThePoint: Stephen's father is shown to do this regarding his son's sexuality on one or two occasions,
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* Comically Missing the Point: Stephen's father is shown to do this regarding his son's sexuality on one or two occasions,
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* GayGuySeeksPopularJock: John is a popular jock with a sizeable circle of friends who is aiming for Oxford. Stephen becomes highly interested in him after they unknowingly meet at a cottaging location.
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* Last-NameBasis: John's circle of friends often do this.

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* Last-NameBasis: LastNameBasis: John's circle of friends often do this.
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* Last-NameBasis: John's circle of friends often do this.
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* Adorkable: Stephen is a good-looking but physically lightweight guy with a tendency to daydream.

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* Adorkable: *Adorkable: Stephen is a good-looking but physically lightweight guy with a tendency to daydream.
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* Adorkable: Stephen is a good-looking but physically lightweight guy with a tendency to daydream.
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* ArmouredClosetGay: John is very much this, at least when his friends are around.

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* IHaveNoSon!: The fathers of the two protagonists are implied to be less than entirely comfortable with the idea of their respective sons being gay.
* JerkJock: John has to be considered this, at least somewhat.

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* IHaveNoSon!: FagHag: Linda to Stephen.
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The fathers of the two protagonists are implied to be less than entirely comfortable with the idea of their respective sons being gay.
* JerkJock: John has to be considered this, at least somewhat.somewhat.
* RousingSpeech: Stephen gives one to his school assembly, after he reveals that he wrote an article about being gay for the school's magazine. He receives only scattered applause, which is probably to be expected in a conservative English town during the 1990s.
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* ClosetGay: Stephen is only out, initially, to his best friend Linda, whilst John goes to every length to deny and conceal his sexuality.
* IHaveNoSon!: The fathers of the two protagonists are implied to be less than entirely comfortable with the idea of their respective sons being gay.
* JerkJock: John has to be considered this, at least somewhat.
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Set in middle-class Basingstoke, England, Stephen Carter is a gay secondary school student. John Dixon is a tall and handsome jock, but is revealed to have secrets of his own.

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Set in middle-class Basingstoke, England, Stephen Carter is a gay secondary school student. John Dixon is a tall and handsome jock, but is revealed to have secrets of his own.own.

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1998 comedy-drama film starring Ben Silverstone (Stephen) and Brad Gorton (John).

Set in middle-class Basingstoke, England, Stephen Carter is a gay secondary school student. John Dixon is a tall and handsome jock, but is revealed to have secrets of his own.

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