History Main / ManlyGay

* Riley from ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'', also overlapping with StraightGay. Sam also most certainly counts, though he only showed up for one episode and Dylan, Marco's boyfriend.

[[caption-width-right:350:The only thing [[RatedMForManly manlier than a manly man]] is a manly man who loves other manly men!]]

Sitting on the opposite end of the spectrum from CampGay, Manly Gay is when a homosexual man is shown not only in lacking {{Camp}} or feminine traits, but kept going in the opposite direction and [[RatedMForManly into the realm of pure, unbridled masculinity]].

* Bulat from ''Manga/AkameGaKill'' is a formidable assassin and very much RatedMForManly, serving as TheBigGuy of Night Raid and a BigBrotherMentor to [[TheHero Tatsumi]].

* ''WebVideo/ThereWillBeBrawl'' does this to [[VideoGame/FZero Captain]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Falcon]], who is [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]]'s lover and ''extremely'' badass. "Maybe later you could come by and... [[{{Catchphrase}} show me your moves]]."

* [[AxCrazy Azrael]] from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' is [[WordOfGay often called gay by some of the seiyuus]], especially Creator/YuuichiNakamura. However, given that Yuuchi voices [[{{Troll}} Hazama]] and Azrael's seiyuu Creator/HirokiYasumoto often [[TeasingCreator (but not always)]] denies it, this is debatable.

* Zangief in ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' is a good example of this. [[AmbiguouslyGay It's not outright confirmed he's gay]], but many of his win quotes hint towards this.

* ''Series/GinnyAndGeorgia'': Gruff, muscular, tattooed Gabriel Cordova, the private detective after Georgia, is living with a male partner it turns out.

** K'Sante is the monster-slaying paragon of the Shuriman city-state of Nazumah, and a very built, [[BoisterousBruiser boisterous]] one at that. He also happens to be gay, and his past relationship with a fellow male comrade -- specifically [[HeartbrokenBadass their breakup]], which happened to be because of K'Sante's [[BloodKnight reckless willingness to throw himself in front of danger]] -- is a major character beat that informs his current sense of humility.

%%* Val Kilmer's character in ''Film/KissKissBangBang''.

* Music/{{Queen}}'s Music/FreddieMercury was a MachoCamp bisexual; even during his more effeminate period in the 70s, he had PermaStubble and a CarpetOfVirility that would put Creator/SeanConnery to shame.

* Sven in ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'' is a TopHeavyGuy who partakes in woodwork, a traditionally masculine hobby, and is HappilyMarried to Angus.

* Zangief in ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' is a good example of this. It's not outright confirmed he's gay, but many of his win quotes hint towards this.
* Similar hinting goes to Ricardo "Rico" Banderas from ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', who often dotes upon his friend Hammer, particularly after [[spoiler:his death]].
* Rudolph Gartheimer from ''VideoGame/GrooveOnFight'', a large man who fights with iron balls and is notable for being one the first openly gay fighting game characters along with his lover Damian Shade.
* Bambi "Buck" Hughes from ''VideoGame/FarCry3'' is a rare villain version. [[SociopathicSoldier Former soldier]]. [[AwesomeAussie Australian]]. [[BladeEnthusiast Obsessed with knives]]. [[EvilSoundsDeep Stereotypical deep, manly Aussie voice]]. [[TattooedCrook Massive stag tattoo on his chest]]. [[SirSwearsALot Swears a ton]]. [[TheAlcoholic Loves his beer]]. [[BeardOfEvil Nice short beard]]. [[IntimateOpenShirt Strolls around with his shirt unbuttoned]]. [[spoiler:[[BreadEggsMilkSquick Murderous]] DepravedHomosexual SerialRapist who's keeping Jason's friend Keith as a SexSlave, and offers to [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty show Jason his appreciation for him]] "proper, like a man should".]] [[SarcasmMode What a nice guy]]!

* Commander Shepard from ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' can potentially fit the trope, if played as gay in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''. Especially if [[GoodIsNotNice Renegade]]. Female!Shepard can be played as a lesbian from the first game onwards, but making her a LipstickLesbian is ''much'' harder than making Male!Shepard a Manly Gay.

* You might think ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' might not have any examples given the fact there's NoHuggingNoKissing, but Jock villagers seem to push the envelope enough that it's fair to think they are this trope. The fact they show little (if any) interest in females, often preferring the company of males, complimenting on the physique of male characters such as The Villager or Cyrus, and often being in your corner if you're a guy being your one true rival, yeah. It's blatantly obvious to see what the creators had in mind when designing these guys.

* Makoa Gibraltar in ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'' is a large towering BoisterousBruiser who had a boyfriend. Hell, they shared a first kiss at the Thunderdome on Kings Canyon.

* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' features a few:
** Graves the Outlaw is a tough-as-nails career criminal from [[WretchedHive Bilgewater]] with an affinity for [[{{BFG}} giant shotguns]] and [[CigarChomper cigars]], and he's also had a history of male lovers, with most signs indicating they were just as much scummy troublemakers as he is. At the very least, his current partner in crime, [[DeathDealer Twisted Fate]], [[BattleCouple seems to also be his actual partner]].
** K'Sante is the monster-slaying paragon of the Shuriman city-state of Nazumah, and a very built, [[BoisterousBruiser boisterous]] one at that. He also happens to be gay, and his past relationship with a fellow male comrade -- specifically [[HeartbrokenBadass their breakup]], which happened to be because of K'Sante's [[BloodKnight reckless willingness to throw himself in front of danger]] -- is a major character beat that informs his current sense of humility.
* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' has David King, school rugby champion turned bare-knuckle brawler and occasional legbreaker. One Tome reveals that, before entering the Entity's realm, David couldn't find the strength to fully express his feelings for an ex-lover who was leaving town to be with his boyfriend in New York... and it was an illusion of said lover that helped lure him into the Entity's clutches.

* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' features Graves the Outlaw, a tough-as-nails career criminal from [[WretchedHive Bilgewater]] with an affinity for [[{{BFG}} giant shotguns]] and [[CigarChomper cigars]], and he's also had a history of male lovers, with most signs indicating they were just as much scummy troublemakers as he is. At the very least, his current partner in crime, [[DeathDealer Twisted Fate]], [[BattleCouple seems to also be his actual partner]].

** Uhtred, who flirts with boys and girls alike, is an all-action [[AnAxeToGrind axe wielding]] young warrior and protégé of [[WarGod Sif]], who ends up dating Jean-Paul Beaubier (who's plenty badass, but more classically pretty and apparently camp). He's also from a family who are the Asgardian answer to Mountain Men or Marcher Lords, is fancast as Creator/SeanBean and said to be, when temporarily an adult and a fully fledged Viking God, about two metres tall, with ManlyFacialHair and built like a literal bear. That's about as goddamn manly as you're going to get.

* Omar from ''Series/TheWire'' is a very good example of this trope.

* The erotic art of Creator/TomOfFinland (who drew the top picture) was the TropeCodifier of the modern version of the trope. Incidentally, the top picture is one of the ''few'' artworks he ever drew that is [[NotSafeForWork safe enough for work]] for Wiki/TVTropes. Tom of Finland was subsequently influenced by the artwork of George Quaintance.

* Bambi "Buck" Hughes from ''VideoGame/FarCry3'' is a rare villain version. [[SociopathicSoldier Former soldier]]. [[AwesomeAussie Australian]]. [[KnifeNut Obsessed with knives]]. [[EvilSoundsDeep Stereotypical deep, manly Aussie voice]]. [[TattooedCrook Massive stag tattoo on his chest]]. [[SirSwearsALot Swears a ton]]. [[TheAlcoholic Loves his beer]]. [[BeardOfEvil Nice short beard]]. [[IntimateOpenShirt Strolls around with his shirt unbuttoned]]. [[spoiler:[[BreadEggsMilkSquick Murderous]] DepravedHomosexual SerialRapist who's keeping Jason's friend Keith as a SexSlave, and offers to [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty show Jason his appreciation for him]] "proper, like a man should".]] [[SarcasmMode What a nice guy]]!

Their manager at the time, [[Wrestling/RicoConstantino Rico]], was very much [[CampGay not manly]], and kept his personality. And then he took up a singles career after the team split, dressing in bedazzled spandex and wearing make-up and coming to the ring with his... [[CampStraight girlfriend manager]]. And would proceed to get a psychological edge by [[DepravedBisexual kissing his male opponent]]. The only reason the WWE wasn't burned to the ground over it was that it was Rico apparently taking his [[RealLifeWritesThePlot own natural tendencies]] and cranking them UpToEleven.

* ''Series/KrodMandoonAndTheFlamingSwordOfFire'': Arcadius, the Resistance General who's nothing if not masculine.