History Main / ClosetGay

* ''Film/WhereTheTruthLies'': Vince, Lanny's "straight man" in their comedy routine (haha) is this since he's a public figure in the 1950s. More specifically, he's a Closet Bisexual.

** The homosexual Jonah Macon must keep his affection for Louis under wraps when they're in front of others. They greet each other as old friends, not as [[OldFlame former lovers]], which contrasts Lestat openly necking his mistress Antoinette Brown. When Louis asks Jonah, "You ever think about those old days when we were kids?", Jonah visibly becomes tense and stays silent because he knows that Louis isn't just talking about when they were [[ChildhoodFriends innocent children]], but also when they had a [[ChildhoodFriendRomance romantic/sexual relationship as teenagers]]. They later go to the bayou for a tryst because it's secluded and very dark at night (and thus it's unlikely they'd be spotted by prying eyes -- well, other than [[ThePeepingTom Lestat's]]), and it's hinted that it was routine for the adolescent Jonah and Louis to come here to have sex.

* ''Series/TheWhiteLotus'': Mark's father, as he learns, was a closeted gay or bi man who lived a double life having sex with men on the side. He died of AIDS, not cancer, as Mark had been told.

** The homosexual Jonah Macon must keep his affection for Louis under wraps when they're in front of others. They greet each other as old friends, not as [[OldFlame former lovers]], which contrasts Lestat openly necking his mistress Antoinette. When Louis asks Jonah, "You ever think about those old days when we were kids?", Jonah visibly becomes tense and stays silent because he knows that Louis isn't just talking about when they were [[ChildhoodFriends innocent children]], but also when they had a [[ChildhoodFriendRomance romantic/sexual relationship as teenagers]]. They later go to the bayou for a tryst because it's secluded and very dark at night (and thus it's unlikely they'd be spotted by prying eyes -- well, other than [[ThePeepingTom Lestat's]]), and it's hinted that it was routine for the adolescent Jonah and Louis to come here to have sex.

* In ''Film/TheDry'', [[spoiler: Jamie Sullivan and the local doctor]] are in a [[SecretRelationship secret gay relationship]]. Living in a small country town, they wish to keep it secret and it helps that they are both {{Straight Gay}}s. However, [[spoiler:Jamie]]'s sneaking around inadvertently makes him a suspect in the murders as he stupidly gives a false alibi to the police rather than admit he was with his partner. Compounded because he was the last person to see Luke alive.

* ''Film/PerfectStrangers'': One of the characters is homosexual and has to hide it from his friends, who are [[HeteronormativeCrusader very critic about this topic]].

* ''Film/TheGuard'': Aidan. There's no clue about it until [[TheBeard Gabriella]] mentions it to Gerry, since she married him for the visa and he married her to appear to be straight. [[spoiler: And he's already dead by this point, though [[BigBad Sheehy]] implies that he knows before O'Leary shoots him.]]

* ''Series/MayansMC'' has [[spoiler: Taza]] as of Season 3. His reasons for staying in the closet are twofold: The first love of his life was killed in what is strongly implied to have been an honor killing, and his biker gang, which he views as the ''other'' love of his life, has bylaws against gay members.
* ''Series/MidnightSun2016'': Anders and Thor keep the fact the pair are a couple secret. However, Anders' daughter it turns out is [[TransparentCloset fully aware of this]], and supports her dad.

* ''Series/SchittsCreek'': PlayedWith with the character of Patrick who is not even out to himself when he moves to town, but once he enters into a romance with David he is out to everyone in the small town. However, in Season 5, David invites Patrick's parents to Patrick's birthday SurpriseParty only to learn that Patrick is not out to his parents. This leads to a forced out of the closet story for Patrick, who tells David he is afraid his parents would treat him differently if they knew he was gay. [[spoiler: Thankfully, the story resolves with Patrick's parents being loving and accepting.]]

** Unlike Louis, the bisexual Lestat de Lioncourt isn't ashamed of his attraction to men, but he too must be cautious about not appearing too lovey-dovey around Louis to avoid scrutiny. He courts Louis as a friend, and later deflects Paul's homophobic insinuation about their relationship with a lie. After Deputy Habersham warns them that "crimes against nature" carry a five-year prison sentence, it's Lestat who tells Louis that they should lay low while they're under suspicion. At Jackson Square, Lestat silently mouths the words "I love you" to Louis because it's too risky to even ''whisper'' it, let alone say it out loud.

** Unlike Louis, the bisexual Lestat de Lioncourt isn't ashamed of his attraction to men, but he too must be cautious about not appearing too lovey-dovey around Louis to avoid scrutiny. He courts Louis as a friend, and later deflects Paul's homophobic insinuation about their relationship with a lie. After Deputy Habersham warns them that "crimes against nature" carry a five-year prison sentence, it's Lestat who tells Louis that they should lay low while they're under suspicion.

** Louis de Pointe de Lac had to stay closeted in 1910 New Orleans, and notes how you could be many things openly then, though a gay black man wasn't one of them.

** Unlike Louis, the bisexual Lestat de Lioncourt isn't ashamed of his attraction to men, but he too must be cautious about not appearing too lovey-dovey around Louis to avoid scrutiny. He courts Louis as a friend, and later deflects Paul's homophobic insinuation about their relationship with a lie. After Deputy Habersham warns them that "crimes against nature" carries a five-year prison sentence, it's Lestat who tells Louis that they should lay low while they're under suspicion.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Louis de Pointe de Lac had to stay closeted in 1910 New Orleans, and notes how you could be many things openly then, though a gay black man wasn't one of them.