History Main / SorryImGay

* ''Manhwa/IWish'' shows that [[TheCasanova Lyu-Ui]] used this as his reason to not date any women at his school, citing that he was in a relationship with protagonist K. Given that Lyu-Ui is a [[TheGadfly gadfly]], it's unclear just how serious he was with his words.

* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', the newly-introduced [[ArcherArchetype Kung Jin]] has [[ChickMagnet a surprisingly staggering amount of female admirers]], but he rejects them partly because he's a ChasteHero, partly because some of them are ''villains'' and [[IncompatibleOrientation partly because… well…]]

* ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, who has a quite a history with both crime fighters and [[HeroesWantRedheads redheads]], and especially [[{{Characters/Batgirl}} those who fall into both]] [[ComicBook/{{Starfire}} categories]], once made a friendly pass at the red-haired Batwoman, a lesbian. She told him that he wasn't her type, making it one of the very few times [[ChickMagnet Nightwing]] has ever been turned down.

* Series/{{Frasier}}:

-->'''Frasier''': Tom, I'm sorry but we seem to have gotten our lines crossed here. The truth is, I'm entirely straight.\\

* Played with slightly in ''Series/DropTheDeadDonkey''. Helen’s response to George (eventually) asking her out is first to tell him that she’s seeing someone else. After George accepts this gracefully, Helen then clarifies that she is a lesbian and that this person is a woman – which George then does not believe, given she had previously been married to a man, incorrectly assuming that she was lying to spare his feelings.

[[caption-width-right:314:[[AmbiguouslyGay We never actually find out if he really is.]]]]

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Series/{{Degrassi}}''. When Marco is helping Ellie move into her dorm, she introduces him to her roommate. "Oooh, he's cute, you'll have to tie the sock on the doorknob when he comes around," she coos, and he smiles, sticks out his hand to shake, and says, "Hi, I'm gay."

* In the 10th episode of ''Anime/SpaceDandy'', when the gang stays on Meow's home planet and are caught in a time loop, at one point Meow drunkenly proposes to his childhood crush Katie who is working as a barmaid. To his disappointment and horror, she reveals to him that she's a lesbian and is married to the female bartender. [[SmashCut An abrupt cut]] makes it appear as if Meow's [[IfICantHaveYou attacking the couple in jealous]], [[StabTheSalad but he's actually just]] trying to smash the item causing the time loop.

-> '''Alicia:''' ''(who is trying to butter Keighley up for professional advancement)'' There's something I'd like to discuss. I didn't want to bother you upstairs. I feel an obligation to... act on this directly with you because I think we have a good - I think we have a good relationship... ''(smiling)'' and I'd like to take it further. And I think the way to do that is face to face. You know, you and I, face to face.\\

** In the Podcast/RiffTrax riffing of ''Film/TheRoom'', Mike's solution for Mark: "C'mon, just say "I'm gay", problem solved."

* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', the newly-introduced [[ArcherArchetype Kung Jin]] has [[ChickMagnet a surprisingly staggering amount of female admirers]], but he rejects them partly because he's a ChasteHero, partly because some of them are ''villains'', and [[IncompatibleOrientation partly because... well...]]

'''Tanya''': [[VillainousCrush Quite a]] ''[[VillainousCrush handsome]]'' [[VillainousCrush Shaolin]].\\

* In the 10th episode of ''Anime/SpaceDandy'' when the gang stays on Meow's home planet and are caught in a time loop, at one point Meow drunkenly proposes to his childhood crush Katie who is working as a barmaid, to his disappointment and horror she reveals to him that she's a lesbian and is married to the female bartender.

An admirer (possibly {{abhorrent|Admirer}}) is putting the moves on someone who clearly has other plans. They rebuff the other's advances by simply saying "Sorry, I'm gay", regardless of their true sexuality. This trope is meant to be gender-neutral but for [[GirlOnGirlIsHot some]] [[DoubleStandard reason,]] "Sorry, I'm a lesbian" [[EntitledToHaveYou usually just doesn't work as well]] (not that "Sorry, I'm gay" works [[YaoiFangirl all of the time]] for men either). And saying "Sorry, I'm UsefulNotes/{{asexual|ity}}" just gets confused stares at best and at worst having to deal with the other person [[UnfortunateImplications trying to "change their mind"]].

An admirer (possibly {{abhorrent|Admirer}}) is putting the moves on someone who clearly has other plans. They rebuff the other's advances by simply saying "Sorry, I'm gay", regardless of their true sexuality. This trope is meant to be gender-neutral but for [[GirlOnGirlIsHot some]] [[DoubleStandard reason,]] "Sorry, I'm a lesbian" [[EntitledToHaveYou usually just doesn't work as well]] (not that "Sorry, I'm gay" works [[YaoiFangirl all of the time]] for men either). And saying "Sorry, I'm UsefulNotes/{{asexual|ity}}" just gets confused stares at best and at worst having to deal with the other person[[UnfortunateImplications trying to change their mind]].

An admirer (possibly {{abhorrent|Admirer}}) is putting the moves on someone who clearly has other plans. They rebuff the other's advances by simply saying "Sorry, I'm gay", regardless of their true sexuality. This trope is meant to be gender-neutral but for [[GirlOnGirlIsHot some]] [[DoubleStandard reason,]] "Sorry, I'm a lesbian" [[EntitledToHaveYou usually just doesn't work as well]] (not that "Sorry, I'm gay" works [[YaoiFangirl all of the time]] for men either). And saying "Sorry, I'm UsefulNotes/{{asexual|ity}}" just gets confused stares.

* Speaking of ''Zelda'', this has been used plenty of times in [[{{Lemon}} sex joke]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames CD-i]] WebAnimation/{{YouTube Poop}}s, as an excuse for Link to fuck Ganon instead of Zelda or some such. For example, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTU3ioAAC8o this one]].

* Nezumi of ''LightNovel/No6'' once does this in order to get a prostitute away from Shion.

'''Guard:'''Honey, that makes two of us.

* Series/{{Frasier}}'s dad [[SureLetsGoWithThat plays along]] when he is MistakenForGay by a woman at the Opera, because he wants to evade her advances. So she tries to hook Martin up with her uncle.

* In [[https://youtu.be/WDBeFoZxhIc this]] LetsPlay/TommyInnit video, during a building competition, Jack Manifold decides that the best way to gain a point in his team's favor is to don what can only be called a "sexy grandmother" skin (he'd found out that the judge, Scott, likes the cottagecore aesthetic and figured a grandmother would go well with it), much to his teammate Grian's consternation. Scott and Grian end up discussing it, leading to this exchange:
-->'''Grian:''' Well, he did it for you, so...\\
'''Scott:''' He did it for me?\\
'''Grian:''' He did it for you!\\
'''Scott:''' ''(after a brief pause)'' He knows I'm gay, right?