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* Immediately after Castiel of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' confessed his love to Dean, he was dragged to [[DeaderThanDead The Empty]].

* A particularly grotesque version of this in Creator/OrsonScottCard's ''Song Master'': Josif, who is bisexual, marries female Kyaren; they have a happy marriage except he warns her that he's attracted to the inhumanly gorgeous male protagonist, Ansset. She tells him that that's fine, she doesn't mind if he sleeps with Ansset; but he still continues to worry about it. Ansset and Josif do end up getting together. Unfortunately, treatments Ansset received as a boy soprano, to delay puberty, cause a weird chemical reaction, making sex intolerantly painful. Josif is hunted down and castrated as punishment for "raping" Ansset. Josif then dies. His wife remarries the next day and in the epilogue is said to be much happier in this more peaceful relationship.

* In ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', Sara Lance revealing she's [[BiTheWay bisexual]] led to a whole string of problems. Her girlfriend was Nyssa Al Ghul, a member of the League of Assassins and would not accept Sara being back in her home town away from her. Then a quick visit from Sara to Star City leads to her murder at the hands of Malcolm Merlyn and a [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] Thea. Sara does get [[BackFromTheDead revived]], but initially at the cost of her sanity and an unquenchable desire to shed blood, which leads her to join the Legends. She later comes to learn that during her absence, her sister Laurel got murdered. It took a long time for Sara to get her life back on track after this string of tragedies.

-->-- '''Creator/StephanieBeatriz''' on her ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' character [[QueerCharacterQueerActor coming out]]

* ''Film/FirstGirlILoved'': Though not physically harmed or killed, after she admits her attraction to a girl, Anne's best friend does everything possible to sabotage things between them out of homophobia and jealousy. After she's photographed Sasha, the object of her affection, Sasha's mother pressures her into claiming Anne had forced her to (Sasha actually initiated it). Their relationship naturally is destroyed, but this also spurs Anne to accept her sexuality completely by the end of the film.

* ''Film/FirstGirlILoved'': Though not physically harmed or killed, after she admits her attraction to a girl, Anne's best friend does everything possible to sabotage things between them out of homophobia and jealousy. After she's photographed Sasha, the object of her affection, Sasha's mother pressures her into claiming Anne had forcer her to (Sasha actually initiated it). Their relationship naturally is destroyed, but it spurs Anne to accept her sexuality completely by the end of the film.

* ''Literature/KissOfTheSpiderWoman'', in which the gay protagonist demonstrates his new-found bravery by accepting a suicide mission to pass a message to political revolutionaries.

* ''Series/TheManInTheHighCastle'': Homosexuality is completely outlawed in the Greater Nazi Reich and punishable by death. The [[LesserOfTwoEvils relatively more humane]] Japanese occupiers in the Pacific States don't condone it officially but don't care if it's carried out in private. Ed brings this up while traveling through the Neutral Territories and he runs into an openly gay man since he's used to being more careful about such things.

This may reinforce the old belief that inherently homosexuality ''isn't'' wrong, but accepting it and acting on it are.

* In the ''Series/LawAndOrder'' episode "Manhood" ADA Stone pursues manslaughter charges against four police officers who deliberately arrived late to back up another officer in a shootout because the officer was gay. They are acquitted. The episode was remade for ''Series/LawAndOrderUK'' as "Samaritan".

* ''Series/ShamelessUS'': Mickey, at the persistence of his boyfriend Ian, comes out of the closet in front of his homophobic father and his equally as terrible friends. Which results in a bloody bar brawl with everyone involved.

* In the sixth ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry'', taking the GayOption results in a NonStandardGameOver. Not that the result seemed rather bad, compared [[HaveANiceDeath to most things that cause game over]] in these games.

* In Creator/RosemarySutcliff's ''The Flowers of Adonis'' (1969), the [[IfItsYouItsOkay otherwise heterosexual]] Arcadius falls in love with fellow soldier, who immediately dies off-screen between that scene and the next.

* In ''Series/KrodMandoonAndTheFlamingSwordOfFire'' General Arcadius dies [[HeroicSacrifice saving the life of the title character]] in the first episode of the show after finding the love of his life and his true nature in prison. However his lover has become a series regular.
* ''Series/LastTangoInHalifax'' has Kate die in a car accident the day after she married Caroline; they're two of the main characters and the only gay ones, which is also kind of odd given where the show is set ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Halifax]], clerical centre of the Calder Valley, which has the highest [lesbian:other orientation] ratio ''in the world'', so it seems like it's straight-washing the place).

* ''Series/TheManInTheHighCastle'': Homosexuality is completely outlawed in the Greater Nazi Reich and punishable by death. The [[LesserOfTwoEvils relatively more humane]] Japanese occupiers in the Pacific States don't condone it officially, but don't care if it's carried out in private. Ed brings this up while traveling through the Neutral Territories and he runs into an openly gay man, since he's used to being more careful about such things.

* In ''VideoGame/SyphonFilterDarkMirror'', Mara and Elsa are revealed to be a lesbian couple, and are subsequently killed.

* In ''VideoGame/TheOrionConspiracy'', Devlin discovers that his dead son Danny was gay. Devlin was surprised, because he and Danny had been so distant from each other that Devlin simply did not have a clue. He also finds out that Kaufmann is gay and that he was Danny's boyfriend. Kaufmann and Devlin get into a shouting match, because Kaufmann thinks Devlin disapproves of the relationship. Devlin, on his part, feels that he would not have held that against Danny. Sadly, Kaufmann is found dead and disemboweled shortly afterwards. Devlin finds out later that Captain Shannon killed Danny and Kaufmann. Why? Because Shannon blames Devlin for the death of Shannon's wife, and so he murdered Danny for revenge. Shannon killed Kaufmann to frame Devlin. Naturally, Shannon is planning to kill Devlin.
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' has Nef, who naturally dies a horrible death as a result of her attraction to [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Morinth]]. She's dead before Shepard has even heard of her, because Shepard's already hunting Morinth by that time.

* Although not explicitly stated to be gay, Eli Wilkerson from ''VideoGame/StateOfDecay'' is one half of an implied male-on-male couple. After your first encounter with him he catches the Black Fever out of nowhere and dies.
* In ''VideoGame/Prey2017'', Chief Danielle Sho and crew member Abigail Joy were revealed to be in a UsefulNotes/{{sapphic}} relationship. Shortly after the period in which the player gains access to the Crew Quarters which contains the pieces which reveals this, Abigial's body is found murdered. The player optionally meets Sho, who is spacewalking outside, at a window and informs her of her partner's death.

In some cases, any direct violence may be attempts to "[[CureYourGays straighten]]" the character or force them to repent, though this is more commonly a HomophobicHateCrime -- examples where a character is physically trying to harm someone for being queer is that trope. Indeed, in works where the creators [[UnfortunateImplications don't want to outright show]] [[HomophobicHateCrime murderous homophobia]], they may opt for having what could be dubbed infallible bad luck happen instead.

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* In The Orion Conspiracy, Devlin discovers that his dead son Danny was gay. Devlin was surprised, because he and Danny had been so distant from each other that Devlin simply did not have a clue. He also finds out that Kaufmann is gay and that he was Danny's boyfriend. Kaufmann and Devlin get into a shouting match, because Kaufmann thinks Devlin disapproves of the relationship. Devlin, on his part, feels that he would not have held that against Danny. Sadly, Kaufmann is found dead and disemboweled shortly afterwards. Devlin finds out later that Captain Shannon killed Danny and Kaufmann. Why? Because Shannon blames Devlin for the death of Shannon's wife, and so he murdered Danny for revenge. Shannon killed Kaufmann to frame Devlin. Naturally, Shannon is planning to kill Devlin.

* In the sixth ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry'', taking the GayOption results in a NonstandardGameOver. (Not that the result seemed rather bad, compared [[HaveANiceDeath to most things that cause game over]] in these games.)

* There are three homosexual characters in ''Machinima/TacticalNoobs'', all of whom die horribly within seconds of being introduced. The first blasts himself with a rocket launcher. The second two are [[KillItWithFire flame-throwered]] by someone who disagrees with their choice to vote UsefulNotes/BarackObama for president.

This may reinforce the old belief that being LGBT ''isn't'' inherently wrong, but accepting it and acting on it are.

* In ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', Sara Lance revealing she's [[BiTheWay bisexual]] led to a whole string of problems. Her girlfriend was Nyssa Al Ghul, a member of the League of Assassins and would not accept Sara being back in her home town away from her. Then a quick visit from Sara to Star City leads to her murder at the hands of Malcolm Merlyn and a [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] Thea. Sara does get [[BackFromTheDead revived]], but initially at the cost of her sanity and an unquenchable desire to shed blood, which leads her to join the Legends. She later comes to learn that during her absence, her sister Laurel got murdered. It took a long time for Sara to get her life back on track after this strong of tragedies.

In some cases, any direct violence may be attempts to "[[CureYourGays straighten]]" the character or force them to repent, though this is more commonly a HomophobicHateCrime -- examples where a character is physically trying to harm someone for being LGBT is that trope. Indeed, in works where the creators [[UnfortunateImplications don't want to outright show]] [[HomophobicHateCrime murderous homophobia]], they may opt for having what could be dubbed infallible bad luck happen instead.

This may reinforce the old belief that inherently homosexuality ''isn't'' wrong, but accepting it and acting on it are.

In some cases, any direct violence may be attempts to "[[CureYourGays straighten]]" the character or force them to repent, though this is more commonly a HomophobicHateCrime -- examples where a character is physically trying to harm someone for being queer is that trope. Indeed, in works where the creators [[UnfortunateImplications don't want to outright show]] [[HomophobicHateCrime murderous homophobia]], they may opt for having what could be dubbed infallible bad luck happen instead.

* In the ''Series/LawAndOrder'' episode "Manhood" ADA Stone pursues manslaughter charges against four police officers who deliberately arrived late to back up another officer in a shootout because the officer was gay. They are acquitted. The episode was remade for ''Series/LawAndOrderUK'' as "Samaritan".

* In the ''Series/LawAndOrder'' episode "Manhood" ADA Stone prosecutes four police officers who deliberately arrived late to back up another officer in a shootout because the officer was gay. They are acquitted. The episode was remade for ''Series/LawAndOrderUK'' as "Samaritan".

* ''Film/DeadSnow2'': One of the anti-zombie fighters decides to go "screw this!" during the climactic battle and declare he's gay out loud. He only makes it as far as "I am --!" before a NaziZombie runs him through with a bayonet.

* In the ''Series/LawAndOder'' episode "Manhood" ADA Stone prosecutes four police officers who deliberately arrived late to back up another officer in a shootout because the officer was gay. They are acquitted. The episode was remade for ''Series/LawAndOrderUK'' as "Samaritan".

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' has Nef, who naturally dies a horrible death as a result of her attraction to [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Morinth]].

In some cases, any direct violence may be attempts to "straighten" the character or force them to repent, though this is more commonly a HomophobicHateCrime -- examples where a character is physically trying to harm someone for being queer is that trope. Indeed, in works where the creators [[UnfortunateImplications don't want to outright show]] [[HomophobicHateCrime murderous homophobia]], they may opt for having what could be dubbed infallible bad luck happen instead.

Brought to you by [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1502683699022619600 this thread]], as a subtrope to BuryYourGays. See [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1502683699022619600&page=4#84 this post]].
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