History Main / ComingStraightStory

* Likewise, several of the cast of QueerAsFolk came out as straight in real-life while doing the show. Same with the cast of ''Series/TheLWord''.

-->--'''{{Cheers}}''', "Norm, Is That You?"

-> '''Norm''': "I can't go on with this any longer. I wanted to be your decorator, so I pretended to be who I thought you wanted me to be. But it's time I came out of the closet. I'm straight."
-> '''Robert''': "Impossible."
-> '''Norm''': "Ever since I was a little boy I've known that I prefer girls. But the point is I think you should judge people for what they do, not for who they do."

* A girl who has been sent to "True Directions" camp in ''[[ButImACheerleader But I'm A Cheerleader]]'' "comes out" as straight after a while, complaining that her parents just assumed she was a lesbian because she's {{Tomboy}}ish.
* In ''ThreeToTango'', Matthew Perry's character is initially MistakenForGay, then keeps up the façade for a number of selfish reasons until the film's climax, where the trope comes into play.
* In the movie ''Where the Heart Is'' [[note]]:not the Natalie Portman WhereTheHeartIs[[/note]], Crispin Glover's character comes out as straight after pretending to be gay because he thought it would be the only way people would take him seriously as a fashion designer.

* ''UnhappilyEverAfter'': In the HighSchoolGraduationEpisode Barry comes out as straight - he was just pretending to be gay in order to [[PetHomosexual hang out with hot chicks]]. Later retconned when he shows up during The College Years with the same personality he had when he was "pretending" to be gay.
* ''{{Cheers}}'': Norm pretends to be gay in order to secure an account in his new home decorating business, then confesses to the couple that he's straight. They fire him - not because he lied, but because they simply ''must'' have a gay decorator. It's ''tres gauche'' to use a straight decorator.
* In the sitcom ''{{Rodney}}'', Rodney gets booked to do a stand up performance at a gay bar and his best friend pretends to be Rodney's boyfriend so guys won't hit on him. Eventually, they come out as straight.

* In ''{{Frasier}}'', there was an episode where Frasier was MistakenForGay by a well-to-do gay Seattle socialite played by Creator/PatrickStewart. He used the misunderstanding to gain access to social circles but eventually chose to "come straight" when his only alternative was to start dating Stewart's character.
** They did a very similar plot line with far more well-meaning station manager played by [[Series/CarolineInTheCity Eric Lutes]] in season 2. Frasier got to discussing [[CampStraight wine, opera and Men's fashion]] and decided to invite him over for dinner as a date for Daphne. Of course, that time, Frasier didn't realize until much later, and didn't try to actively deceive his boss in any way.
** Also on ''{{Frasier}}'', Gil Chesterton is AmbiguouslyGay but becomes outraged when he discovers that everyone in the office assumes he's homosexual. He hotly explains that he's married... [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday to a woman]], thank you (describing his wife in terms that match the stereotypical ButchLesbian). The scene concludes in these [[CrowningMomentOfFunny immortal lines]]:

* On ''QueerAsFolk'', everyone assumes Hunter is gay because he used to be a prostitute and showed an interest in Brian when they first met, so when he asks Michael for extra money because he has a date, Michael and Ben are very excited that he finally has a boyfriend. Imagine their shock when he reluctantly points out that while he did say he had a friend, he never said anything about it being a boy.
* In an episode of ''Its All Relative'', the gay couple's very flamboyant event planner comes out as straight.

* ''TheNanny'' episode "A Fine Friendship" has Fran getting close to the male nanny of Gracie's friend. Throughout the episode, Fran is firmly convinced that he's gay, until they share a passionate kiss, making Fran say "You mean you're ''not'' gay?!".

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* Likewise, several of the cast of QueerAsFolk came out as straight in real-life while doing the show. Same with the cast of TheLWord.

* In one episode of ''KingOfTheHill'', Bill pretends to be gay so he can work as a hair stylist, but eventually comes out as straight. It is not well received.

* Not fanfiction as much as fandom, but much of the SuzumiyaHaruhi fandom assumed Itsuki Koizumi was gay due to his [[CampGay fabulous hair flip]], hand gestures, style, and HoYay with Kyon. Then, from Vol 4 onward, it is heavily implied he is [[spoiler: unrequitedly in love with Haruhi.]] Doesn't stop the YaoiFangirls from crying AmbiguouslyBi, however.

* In ''TheSimpsons'' episode ''Flaming Moe''[[note]]not to be confused with the Simpsons episode ''Flaming Moe's''[[/note]], Moe opens a gay bar and eventually runs for political power with support of the gays who think he is gay. When challenged by Smithers, who knows Moe to be straight, to kiss him, Moe decides instead to come straight, to the disappointment of the gathered homosexual support base.

* DarrenCriss, the actor who played Harry in AVeryPotterMusical and Blaine, Kurt's boyfriend from {{Glee}}, had to come out as straight to his friends when he was younger. Many assumed he was gay because of his [[CampStraight fairly flamboyant]] mannerisms and his upbringing in the gay San Francisco theater world.

* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7080706/1/Mikado_Comes_Out_of_the_Closet This]]...[[EveryoneIsGay interesting]] {{Durarara}} fanfiction. The title and summary might have been a tip off though...

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* {{Literature/Emberverse}}: Heuradys is the daughter of Delia and her [[TheBeard beard]] Rigobert. At one point in her adolesensce she goes off on an epic rant about how her mother needs to stop finding nice girls to set her up with, because she 'really likes boys better', and how hard is for her to find a good man, since everyone already assumes she's gay because she's a woman and trying to become a knight (a distinctly male profession [[AfterTheEnd in the post-Change world]]). Delia, who is too young to be familiar with pre-Change culture, asks her anxiously if this might be "just a phase". Rigobert and Tiphaine (her mother's lover, who incidentally is a knight and [[ButchLesbian fetchingly butch]]), who are old enough to remember both the idiom and the sexual mores of the pre-Change world, find the whole situation hilarious.

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* PlayedForLaughs on one episode of ''Series/TheColbertReport'', in response to a FoxNews report about straights being repressed, where the [[TransparentCloset heavily implied to be gay]] Colbert comes out as straight in a fairly unconvincing manner that has some parallels to someone coming out as gay to his or her family.

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* ''KickAss'': In the original comic his would-be girlfriend is not pleased that he had been lying to her. In his defense, he didn't originate the lie; when he was found naked and beaten up it was rumored that he was prostituting himself for rough sex. He just rolled with it because it was a way to hang out with her.

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** A similar example: Peggy accidentally goes to a store frequented by transsexuals and makes a "girlfriend" who assumes that she's also a man in drag.

* In the {{Mockumentary}} ''DormLife'', a first-season episode centers on everyone discovering Andy is gay, and showering him with love and acceptance. In the second season, when they all view a screening of the first season, Andy is shocked to discover that's what they thought, and reveals that he really is straight. The rest of the characters revile him for it for the rest of the season.

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{{Literature/Emberverse}}: Heuradys is the daughter of Delia and her [[TheBeard beard]] Rigobert. At one point in her adolesensce she goes off on an epic rant about how her mother needs to stop finding nice girls to set her up with, because she 'really likes boys better', and how hard is for her to find a good man, since everyone already assumes she's gay because she's a woman and trying to become a knight (a distinctly male profession [[AfterTheEnd in the post-Change world]]). Delia, who is too young to be familiar with pre-Change culture, asks her anxiously if this might be "just a phase". Rigobert and Tiphaine (her mother's lover, who incidentally is a knight and fetchingly [[ButchLesbian butch]]), who are old enough to remember both the idiom and the sexual mores of the pre-Change world, find the whole situation hilarious.

A straight character is believed by everyone within a group to be gay. Eventually, that straight character "comes out", and admits to the group that they are, in fact, straight. Nearly always PlayedForLaughs, this is a very common inversion of the typical ComingOutStory, where a closeted homosexual or bisexual finally admits to their heterosexual friends and family that they are homosexual.

A straight character is believed by everyone within a group to be gay. Eventually, that straight character "comes out", and admits to the group that they are, in fact, straight. Nearly always PlayedForLaughs, this is a very common inversion of the typical ComingOutStory, where a closeted homosexual or biseuxal finally admits to their heterosexual friends and family that they are homosexual.

A straight character is believed by everyone within a group to be gay. Eventually, that straight character "comes out", and admits to the group that they are, in fact, straight. Nearly always PlayedForLaughs, this is a very common inversion of the typical ComingOutStory, where a closeted gay man or lesbian finally admits to their heterosexual friends and family that they are homosexual.

* ''KickAss'': in the original comic his would-be girlfriend is not pleased that he had been lying to her. In his defense, he didn't originate the lie; when he was found naked and beaten up it was rumored that he was prostituting himself for rough sex. He just rolled with it because it was a way to hang out with her.

-> '''Norm''': "I can't go on with this any longer. I wanted to be your decorator, so I pretended to be who I thought you wanted me to be. but it's time I came out of the closet. I'm straight."

** They did a very similar plot line with far more well-meaning station manager played by [[{{CarolineInTheCity}} Eric Lutes]] in season 2. Frasier got to discussing [[{{CampStraight}} wine, opera and Men's fashion]] and decided to invite him over for dinner as a date for Daphne. Of course, that time, Frasier didn't realize until much later, and didn't try to actively deceive his boss in any way.

* ''CarolineInTheCity'': Richard is invited to have an art opening at a gallery that is exclusively for gay artists, so he has to pretend to be gay. He eventually comes clean to the gallery owner, who is sympathetic but makes him take his stuff down.