Basic Trope: The heterosexual partner/relationship who makes a gay or lesbian character realizing they aren't straight and coming out.
- Straight: Adrian and Bella were in a relationship. One day, Adrian tells Bella that he is gay, and no longer has any relationship with women.
- Exaggerated:
- Adrian and Bella have been in a relationship quite long time. One day, both Adrian and Bella tell each other that they are gay, they completely break up and never see each other again.
- Adrian was in relationships with roughly 500 women, after he met Bella, he immediately realizes he is completely gay, and he went from being a Manly Man to being extremely Camp Gay.
- Similar to above, but Adrian makes all of his ex-girlfriends discover that they are lesbians.
- Downplayed:
- Bella is the only one person who ever had relationship with Adrian, but after short-term relationship, Adrian decides to tell the truth about his Incompatible Orientation with her.
- Adrian always knows he is gay, but he cheats on Bella for Charles.
- Justified:
- Adrian is closeted gay and have done relationship with Bella to cover the fact that he is gay, but he can't suppress his sexuality in the way too long, so he decides to tell the truth.
- All Women Are Prudes in the setting, and this fact drives Adrian gives up from having relationships with women.
- Adrian has traumatic experiences from multiple women, and Bella is his last straw for his heterosexuality.
- Inverted: Adrian and Charles were in a relationship. One day, Adrian tells Charles that he is straight, and no longer has any relationship with men.
- Subverted :
- Adrian tells Bella he is gay, but later, he still dates women.
- Adrian tells Bella he is gay, turn out to be just a joke and they don't actually break up.
- Double Subverted:
- Later, Adrian tells his latest girlfriend about his homosexuality anyway.
- Adrian's "girlfriend" turns out to be a trans man.
- ...Which makes Bella discovers her interest in other girls, and tells Adrian about it.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: Adrian keeps switching his relationships with men and women (and nonbinary) by tell them that they aren't match his orientation.
- Averted:
- Adrian and Bella don't break up.
- The reason of Adrian breaks up with Bella has nothing to do with his orientation.
- Enforced: "His initial relationship with a guy is too unrealistic for The '60s setting, let's place him with his wife at the opening of the story."
- Lampshaded: "Bella, Sorry, I'm Gay."
- Invoked: Adrian wants to hide the fact that he is gay, so he starts dating Bella, knowing she will help him secretly meet the right guy.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: "I won't have any relationship with opposite sex! I'll seek only my same-sex partner(s) for all of my possible relationships!"
- Discussed: "Adrian told me he was gay. Is he actually gay or he just making an excuse?".
- Conversed: "It's been a while since Adrian broke up with Bella. Could you imagine that? Bella being his last heterosexual relationship? Was she really that bad, or did he discover himself during their dating?"
- Deconstructed: Bella is still hopelessly in love with Adrian. She doesn't believe Adrian is actually gay, and assumes that he simply doesn't want to be with her. As a result, Bella becomes depressed and/or deeply jealous of Charles.
- Reconstructed: Bella comes to peace with her feelings for Adrian and learns to move past them, and they remain close platonic friends..
- Played for Drama: Bella can't get over from her relationship with Adrian, and she ends up being depressively heartbroken since then.
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