Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, All the male characters in The Picture of Dorian Gray, Snagglepuss, Lou Grant, Mrs Danvers and Monroe from Too Close For Comfort
Fictional characters you always thought were gay
by Anonymous | reply 275 | December 1, 2018 4:19 PM |
The New Testament.
And a lot of the Old....
by Anonymous | reply 1 | March 23, 2017 2:58 PM |
Why would you think Lou Grant was gay? If anything, it would be Ted Baxter.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | March 23, 2017 3:42 PM |
Nero Wolfe
Chester from "Gunsmoke"
Gomer Pyle
Mrs. Trumbull
by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 23, 2017 6:23 PM |
jesus.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 23, 2017 6:24 PM |
Every popular character ever.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 23, 2017 6:46 PM |
Ashley Wilkes
by Anonymous | reply 6 | March 23, 2017 6:48 PM |
Velma from Scooby Doo
SpongeBob and Patrick
Barbara Jean on Reba
by Anonymous | reply 7 | March 23, 2017 6:53 PM |
Mr Roper
Jimmy Olsen fm Superman
Alfred on Batman (and several of the villains, eg The Joker & The Riddler)
Uncle Arthur on Bewitched
by Anonymous | reply 8 | March 23, 2017 7:47 PM |
Bilibin in War and Peace
by Anonymous | reply 9 | March 23, 2017 8:12 PM |
Alice "Brady"
Whatever the housekeeper's last name was.
She took the surname of her owners, did she not?
by Anonymous | reply 10 | March 23, 2017 8:18 PM |
Barney Fife.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | March 23, 2017 8:19 PM |
Murray Slaughter was too much the office bitch.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | March 23, 2017 8:19 PM |
Shmerdyakov in the Brothers Karamazov. But he was too crazy, vain and perverse.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | March 23, 2017 8:22 PM |
Hamlet and Osric. Especially Osric. Look at this queen.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | March 23, 2017 8:28 PM |
George.....absolutely.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | March 23, 2017 8:30 PM |
I always thought Ted Lawson was a little light in the loafers, but I didn't know how to tell Joan without her getting upset and defensive about it. Denial is more than just the river Cleopatra sailed on.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | March 23, 2017 8:32 PM |
Tom in TEA AND SYMPATHY
Brick in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Lestat in INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
Deadpool
Plato in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
Paul in BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
Messala in BEN HUR
Crassus in SPARTACUS
Celie in THE COLOR PURPLE
Watts in SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL
Idgie in FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
Jack Sparrow in PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN
DHDHHD in SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL
Maverick in TOP GUN
Aufidius in CORIOLANUS
Mr Humphries in ARE YOU BEING SERVED?
by Anonymous | reply 18 | March 23, 2017 8:49 PM |
Harold Baxter
by Anonymous | reply 19 | March 23, 2017 8:56 PM |
Cosmo Topper
Dr. Pretorius
Shane
Ygor in Son of Frankenstein
Roger O. Thornhill
Leonard from NBNW
by Anonymous | reply 20 | March 23, 2017 9:10 PM |
Reggie Mantle in the Archie comics (although that may be me projecting my lust for that anthracite-browed Adonis).
by Anonymous | reply 21 | March 23, 2017 9:14 PM |
Captain Hook
Barnaby Tucker
Tom Wingfield
Nora Helmer
by Anonymous | reply 22 | March 23, 2017 9:39 PM |
Captain Haddock
Gandalf
Quatermass
Monk ( detective )
Fleegle
by Anonymous | reply 23 | March 23, 2017 11:17 PM |
Robin.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | March 23, 2017 11:19 PM |
Ryan Wolfe.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | March 23, 2017 11:19 PM |
Robin Hood.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | March 23, 2017 11:24 PM |
Hodor and Hagrid
by Anonymous | reply 27 | March 23, 2017 11:25 PM |
Digory Kirke, from the Narnia series.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | March 23, 2017 11:26 PM |
The two gophers from Looney Tunes.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | March 23, 2017 11:30 PM |
The Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | March 23, 2017 11:39 PM |
Mr. Spock.
Really, when I re-watched the whole series as an adult, I realized that I was seeing someone who didn't know how to deal with his feelings for another man. Which totally explains my teenaged obsession with him, I didn't have a clue then either.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | March 24, 2017 12:02 AM |
R25, I thought Jonathan To Go would end up starring in one drama series after another, but his post-CSI:Horatio resume is shockingly underwhelming. His was a dick I thought would be highly suckable, and I wanted to see him more often. He'd be great playing "Jake Gyllenhaal's character's brother" if nothing else, but no, even in a movie called "Brothers," they cast that Dopey Maguire weasel.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | March 24, 2017 12:23 AM |
Felix Unger
by Anonymous | reply 33 | March 24, 2017 2:14 AM |
Roger and Steve on "American Dad"
Stewie on "Family Guy"
by Anonymous | reply 34 | March 24, 2017 4:42 AM |
R34 Seth MacFarlane said that Stewie is in fact gay
by Anonymous | reply 35 | March 24, 2017 4:56 AM |
Also, Gene from Bob's Burgers is definitely gay. He is the embodiment of the "dialing the phone with a pencil" thread
by Anonymous | reply 36 | March 24, 2017 4:58 AM |
Mannix, of course.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | March 24, 2017 5:02 AM |
Cannon
by Anonymous | reply 38 | March 24, 2017 5:22 AM |
I always assumed McGarrett and Dan-O were master and bitch.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | March 24, 2017 5:32 AM |
Mr. Mooney
Bugs Bunny
Wilma Flintstone's mother
by Anonymous | reply 40 | March 24, 2017 5:37 AM |
Dr Smith (Lost in Space)
by Anonymous | reply 41 | March 24, 2017 5:37 AM |
Chip 'N' Dale
by Anonymous | reply 42 | March 24, 2017 5:44 AM |
Mr. Belvedere
by Anonymous | reply 43 | March 24, 2017 5:47 AM |
Sherlock Holmes
Jeremy Brett captured his dramatics, flair for fashion, moodiness, bitchiness, and very gay way with women perfectly.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | March 24, 2017 5:48 AM |
[quote]Jeremy Brett captured his dramatics, flair for fashion, moodiness, bitchiness, and very gay way with women perfectly.
George Cukor had him, didn't he?
by Anonymous | reply 45 | March 24, 2017 5:58 AM |
The Captain in "The Secret Sharer" (Joseph Conrad).
by Anonymous | reply 46 | March 24, 2017 6:00 AM |
Speaking of Snagglepuss, DC comics did doing a story where Snagglepuss is a gay Southern Gothic playwright. And you know there is social progress being made because the people who were mad about it were mostly furries that were upset that Snagglepuss didn't look fuckable.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | March 24, 2017 6:00 AM |
Derek from [italic]Silver Spoons[/italic] must be bi at minimum if he'd "settle" for Ricky in drag when he couldn't get a real girl to date him.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | March 24, 2017 6:03 AM |
R39, Did you ever watch the original series? Because you must have missed many episodes with female characters.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | March 24, 2017 6:10 AM |
Carlton from Fresh Prince of Bel Air
The Silver Surfer - Marvel superhero and galactic surfer boy with typical self loathing of an earthling 'mo.
Starsky and Hutch - the looks they gave each other spoke volumes. I expected them to flip fuck on each episode.
Jethro and Ellie Mae of The Beverly Hillbillies. 2 smoking hot Southerners being lusted after and chased all over Southern California by clueless heteros unsuccessfully. If their amorous suitors were reversed, the cousins would've been worn out from all the homosex.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | March 24, 2017 7:22 AM |
Roger (the Gaylien) from American Dad!
by Anonymous | reply 51 | March 24, 2017 7:30 AM |
Jay Gatsby.
He doesn't love Daisy.
He loves the idea of loving Daisy.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | March 24, 2017 7:35 AM |
Elizabeth Bennett, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
by Anonymous | reply 53 | March 24, 2017 7:37 AM |
Thirston Howell, III
by Anonymous | reply 54 | March 24, 2017 8:34 AM |
r54
Only if they were green
by Anonymous | reply 55 | March 24, 2017 8:41 AM |
Rhoda
Why else would she divorce gorgeous Joe
by Anonymous | reply 56 | March 24, 2017 8:53 AM |
Interesting idea, R52! I can't say I buy into it, because a man who is just in love with the idea (or the appearance) of love wouldn't get so close to the real woman. He'd keep her at enough of a distance that his illusions could stay intact.
Anyway, Nick is the gay one. He's totally besotted with Gatsby.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | March 24, 2017 9:21 AM |
Clayton Endicott III (played by Rene Auberjonois) on Benson
by Anonymous | reply 58 | March 24, 2017 9:29 AM |
Jo from Facts of Life.
Cagney and Lacey and Kate and Allie were totally couples.
Sam and Dean and Sam and Castiel on Supernatural
Clark and Lex on Smallville
Mulder and Krycek on X-Files
Sam and Frodo
Batman and Robin
Captain America and Bucky
Finn and Poe in Force Awakens
by Anonymous | reply 59 | March 24, 2017 9:58 AM |
Ralph Furley - Three's Company
by Anonymous | reply 60 | March 24, 2017 10:06 AM |
Beaver Cleaver - I mean his name is slang for "pussy." Everyone went around calling him pussy.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | March 24, 2017 12:13 PM |
I know this usually grosses folks out, but Scooby-Doo and Shaggy seemed like more than just friends to me. Speaking of cartoon characters, the most OBVIOUS couple EVER: Benton Quest and Race Bannon!
For fans of classic literature, Wilkie Collins' story "Armadale" features two main characters who all but profess their undying love for each other outright.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | March 24, 2017 12:27 PM |
Slim and Jess from Laramie. They shared a bedroom and this was in the 50's and they adopted a little boy together. Yep, in the late 50's.
Nick and Cody from Riptide. They shared a bedroom on the yacht they lived on. Yes, a yacht.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | March 24, 2017 12:46 PM |
Spin and Marty.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | March 24, 2017 12:54 PM |
[quote]Spin and Marty.
And Annette really came off as a lesbian.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | March 24, 2017 1:01 PM |
R56 must the queen who keeps posting the uglies in the Gorgeous Gay Guys threads.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | March 24, 2017 1:40 PM |
[quote]Spin and Marty.
It would have been even gayer if they'd cast Tommy Kirk as Marty.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | March 24, 2017 1:42 PM |
Artie on "Glee."
by Anonymous | reply 68 | March 24, 2017 4:39 PM |
Xena and Gabrielle seems rather obvious. The same with Rizzoli and Isles.
Michael on Good Times.
Maverick and Goose in Top Gun, plus hate sex vibe between Mav and Iceman
The films of The Outsiders and Lord of the Rings are just rife with homosexual overtones.
Friends was cool enough to acknowledge the gay vibe of Chandler and Joey.
Peppemint Patty and Marcie.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | March 24, 2017 11:00 PM |
I'm amazed Jethro and Elly Mae ( I think more in love with critters than any human of either gender) were mentioned from the Beverly Hillbillies, but not Miss Jane Hathaway. I mean, really, did anyone buy her crush on Jethro? That's like Rosie's love for Tom Cruise. The hair alone would qualify her.
Phillip and Rick on Guiding Light. They even were in boarding school together.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | March 24, 2017 11:08 PM |
r61, no. No, nobody did that.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | March 24, 2017 11:28 PM |
R70
On Another World I always felt Rachel and Iris's sons were Romeo and Romeo.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | March 24, 2017 11:39 PM |
Bevis and Butthead
Gilligan, the Skipper, the Professor, Marianne, and Thurston Howell.
Lonzo, Riichard Bucket; heck, all of them except Daisy, Rose, and the Vicar's wife.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | March 24, 2017 11:46 PM |
Bud Anderson from Father Knows Best.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | March 24, 2017 11:47 PM |
Eddie Haskell. And he was hung too.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | March 24, 2017 11:49 PM |
I thought the Vicar's wife strikes folks here as plenty butch? Isn't Richard supposed to be in a "if only we were free" relationship with Liz?
I could see Lamont Sanford as having been gay.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | March 24, 2017 11:50 PM |
The narrator of The Virginian.
Luz in Giant.
Mr. French.
C3P0.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | March 24, 2017 11:56 PM |
WTF is this topic lined out, by the way?
Some Masterpiece Theater-loving frau can't stand the thought Sherlock was gay and so was the actor who played him???
by Anonymous | reply 78 | March 24, 2017 11:58 PM |
Shagglepuss the Mountain Lion
Charlie the Tuna
Morris the Cat
Stewie Griffin
by Anonymous | reply 79 | March 25, 2017 12:00 AM |
Atticas Finch
Thomas Anderson
by Anonymous | reply 80 | March 25, 2017 12:13 AM |
Kay Scarpetta-she clearly wants to fuck Lucy
by Anonymous | reply 81 | March 25, 2017 12:30 AM |
Harry Potter: Remus Lupin the tortured werewolf and Sirius Black the true Fonzee.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | March 25, 2017 12:44 AM |
Mr Magoo, the epitome of eldergay.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | March 25, 2017 12:47 AM |
Sirius and Remus
Johnny Utah
by Anonymous | reply 84 | March 25, 2017 1:05 AM |
All characters played by Keanu Reeves.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | March 25, 2017 1:08 AM |
Rerun & Shirley on What's Happening
by Anonymous | reply 86 | March 25, 2017 1:13 AM |
Cecil Vyse in A Room With a View.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | March 25, 2017 1:22 AM |
All characters played by Joseph Gordon-Leavitt.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | March 25, 2017 1:27 AM |
Albert Rosenfield in Twin Peaks.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | March 25, 2017 1:27 AM |
Mrs Danvers
Monty Wooley in THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER.
Robert Morse in THE AFRICAN QUEEN
Peter Lorre, in every role, but esp CASABLANCA & THE MALTESE FALCON
In Casablanca: Sam, Carl the German waiter, the French croupier & the Russian bartender
Michael Corleones son in GODFATHER III
Fred Astaire in ON THE BEACH
The air traffic queen in AIRPLANE
Niedermeyer in ANIMAL HOUSE
Travoltas priest brother in SNF
Dr Bellows in IDOJ
Bugs Bunny, Peter Potamus, Dastardly & Muttley, Chip & Dale, George of the Jungle, everyone on Jonny Quest & Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
by Anonymous | reply 90 | March 25, 2017 1:59 AM |
Sal on Mad Men
by Anonymous | reply 91 | March 25, 2017 2:28 AM |
The Scarecrow, Lion, and Tin man from Wizard of Oz
by Anonymous | reply 92 | March 25, 2017 2:34 AM |
Flagg in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
by Anonymous | reply 93 | March 25, 2017 6:17 AM |
Joey on Full House
by Anonymous | reply 94 | March 25, 2017 9:45 AM |
Radar from M*A*S*H
Huggy Bear = Starsky & Hutch
Bosley = Charlie's Angels
Bert and Ernie = Sesame Street
by Anonymous | reply 95 | March 25, 2017 10:02 AM |
Henry Higgins
Pickering is bi
by Anonymous | reply 96 | March 25, 2017 2:08 PM |
Ralph Cramden
by Anonymous | reply 97 | March 25, 2017 2:11 PM |
[quote]Charlie the Tuna
He'd better not be!
by Anonymous | reply 98 | March 25, 2017 8:48 PM |
[quote]Robert Morse in THE AFRICAN QUEEN
Robert Morse was not in "The African Queen."
Did you mean Robert MORLEY?
by Anonymous | reply 99 | March 25, 2017 8:50 PM |
Floyd the barber on The Andy Griffith Show.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | March 25, 2017 8:53 PM |
Cameron in Ferris Bueller's Day off.
King David was a horny bisexual.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | March 25, 2017 9:12 PM |
R101, you know one of those wasn't fictional, right?
by Anonymous | reply 102 | March 25, 2017 9:13 PM |
Are you saying Cameron was real?
by Anonymous | reply 103 | March 25, 2017 9:15 PM |
Roger Collins (orig. Dark Shadows)
Miguelito Loveless (The Wild WIld West)
Jonathan Higgins (Magnum P.I.)
Boone Carlyle (Lost)
And Adam (Bonanza) was the Alpha Top among the Cartwright boys.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | March 25, 2017 9:51 PM |
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Addison, Eve and Birdie in All About Eve
Captain Renault (Claude Rains) in Casablanca
Just about every character played by Franklin Pangborn, Edward Everett Horton, Mischa Auer, Sydney Greenstreet, Danny Kaye, S. Z. "Cuddles" Sakall
Miss Gulch, Professor Marvel and the Emerald City Gatekeeper in The Wizard of Oz. Maybe The Wizard too.
Messala in Ben Hur
Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Howell, bearding each other. Gilligan, in love with the Captain.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | March 25, 2017 10:00 PM |
Zelda in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
There's a popular theory, denounced by the original play's author (a gay man who lived in Greenwich Village) that Bell, Book and Candle is an allegory of gay life in the West Village in the 1950s. It makes perfect sense. They all live in the West Village in fabulous apartments, pass for normal during the day but lead secret lives socializing mainly with each other in their own bars and restaurants, etc, etc, etc.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | March 25, 2017 10:14 PM |
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The only straight character in The Maltese Falcon was Sam Spade.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | March 25, 2017 10:21 PM |
[quote]Shagglepuss the Mountain Lion
DC Comics is releasing a Snagglepuss comic where Snagglepuss is basically Tennessee Williams.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | March 25, 2017 10:59 PM |
R99 yes, meant Robert Morley
by Anonymous | reply 109 | March 25, 2017 11:03 PM |
Monte Beragon
by Anonymous | reply 110 | March 25, 2017 11:06 PM |
The Fox and the Hound was an allegory of gay love. Vixie was just a beard.
In The World of Henry Orient, the narrator lIves with her divorced mother and her mother's obviously lesbian partner.
M and Q in the Bond series. I imagine them as a couple outside the office.
John Steed of The Avengers.
Felix Unger. The more elaborate lengths the writers went to make him a fussy straight man the gayer he was.
Cagney and Lacey. Obviously.
Sgt. Carter from Gomer Pyle and Sarge from the Beetle Bailey comic strip. Lifer military men who date a lot of women but never the same one twice. Classic gay smokescreen behavior.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | March 25, 2017 11:15 PM |
The Fox and the Hound was an allegory of gay love. Vixie was just a beard.
In The World of Henry Orient, the narrator lIves with her divorced mother and her mother's obviously lesbian partner.
M and Q in the Bond series. I imagine them as a couple outside the office.
John Steed of The Avengers.
Felix Unger. The more elaborate lengths the writers went to make him a fussy straight man the gayer he was.
Cagney and Lacey. Obviously.
Sgt. Carter from Gomer Pyle and Sarge from the Beetle Bailey comic strip. Lifer military men who date a lot of women but never the same one twice. Classic gay smokescreen behavior.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | March 25, 2017 11:15 PM |
Alan Stewart character in THE LONG HOT SUMMER
by Anonymous | reply 113 | March 25, 2017 11:24 PM |
Miss Mackay, her secretary, the 2 female PE teachers are a couple...THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | March 25, 2017 11:30 PM |
Captain Bligh in MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY is in love with Fletcher Christian.
Its most obvious in the 1980s Anthony Hopkins-Mel Gibson version.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | March 25, 2017 11:37 PM |
And also because Christian was played by Mel Gibson at his peak.
Not to be a troll but before some Marian Librarian points it out, these were real historical figures.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | March 25, 2017 11:47 PM |
Hazel
by Anonymous | reply 117 | March 26, 2017 12:07 AM |
Hazel was an omnisexual slut.
"Who's the gal that's everybody's pal...It's Hazel!"
by Anonymous | reply 118 | March 26, 2017 2:11 AM |
Mother Superior and Rachel in "The Trouble With Angels"
The two killers in Hitchcock's "Rope" (aren't they based on Leopold and Loeb?)
Bensinger in all versions of "The Front Page"
All Thelma Ritter characters
by Anonymous | reply 119 | March 26, 2017 3:31 AM |
Casper, the Friendly Ghost
by Anonymous | reply 120 | March 26, 2017 3:54 AM |
I'm a huge Anthony Trollope fan, so here are a few of his characters I assumed weren't so straight . . .
Doctor Thorne, the batchelor uncle
Felix, Dolly and Roger from the Way We Live Now. Roger has announced that long ago when he was young he couldn't have the love of his life, so no women ever for him, period. (Roll eyes here)
Lord Faun, and the squabbling bride and groom who failed to marry from the Eustace Diamonds.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | March 26, 2017 4:55 AM |
Lolly Perdue
by Anonymous | reply 122 | March 26, 2017 4:58 AM |
[quote]Sgt. Carter from Gomer Pyle and Sarge from the Beetle Bailey comic strip. Lifer military men who date a lot of women but never the same one twice. Classic gay smokescreen behavior.
Yes, there used to be a video on pornhub of a hot, thick older guy in a barracks setting squatting on the face of a hot enthusiastic younger gayling on a bed with the title of something like "My Sergeant Squats Over My Face." I think it may still be there under a different title. I think I have it saved in a folder called "Assets." It is not Active Duty or Military Classifieds but quite real.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | March 26, 2017 5:34 AM |
Aunt Jenny on The Brady Bunch.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | March 26, 2017 5:46 AM |
Francis Muldoon
by Anonymous | reply 125 | March 26, 2017 6:10 AM |
Kip Lurie in Adam's Rib
by Anonymous | reply 126 | March 26, 2017 6:26 AM |
Iago.
Robin Hood and his merry men.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | March 26, 2017 6:52 AM |
Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy
by Anonymous | reply 128 | March 26, 2017 7:38 AM |
The Man in the Moon is a lady,
A lady with lipstick and pearls.
The cow that jumped ovah,
Cried "Jumpin' Jehovah!
I thinks it's just one of the girls!"
She winks at the stars
From her bed of green cheese;
That isn't a night-gown,
It's a satin chemise.
Oh, her friends are the stars and the planets,
She sends the Big Dipper a kiss;
So don't ever offend her,
Remember her gender.
The man in the moon is a miss!
by Anonymous | reply 129 | March 26, 2017 9:12 AM |
There's an older DL thread on the obvious gay subtext of Bell Book and Candle that is curiously closed after only 37 replies.
Author John Van Druten was a gay man who lived in the West Village and always denied any intended gay subtext. In addition to his writing credits, I Remember Mama and I Am a Camera, based on Isherwood's Berlin stories and the source material of Cabaret, among others, Van Druten also directed the original Broadway production of The King and I and staged the entrance of the Siamese Children, recreated in the film but usually credited to the show's choreographer Jerome Robbins.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | March 26, 2017 12:04 PM |
Watching Bell, Book and Candle as a closeted teen (16) even I could pick up on the hidden gay subtext. And I was pretty fucking clueless at that age.
The performance artist at the Zodiac club doing the gayest ever snake dance was drag queen worthy. The spinster aunt, underground, out of the way nightclubs, and the "regulars" who patronized it. Nicky and Redlitch's mutual fascination with each other and co-habitating while collaborating on the book. I was basically a kid and could read between the lines. I loved BB&C. To a gayling coming of age in Reagan's gloomily conservative 80's, the movie was an example of similar times, though decades apart.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | March 26, 2017 12:50 PM |
Mary Worth
by Anonymous | reply 132 | March 27, 2017 1:29 AM |
Nancy, the spinster author, in THE WOMEN
by Anonymous | reply 133 | March 27, 2017 1:51 AM |
Natasha (of Boris and). Either that or she's a tranny.
Olive Oyl
Dudley Do-Right
by Anonymous | reply 134 | March 27, 2017 1:52 AM |
Since R132 brought up Mary Worth, we have to add Rex Morgan, MD.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | March 27, 2017 2:09 AM |
What about Judge Parker?
Or Mark Trail?
Who was the comic strip high school coach? It wasn't Tank McNamara. He was an ex-jock sportscaster.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | March 27, 2017 2:50 AM |
the old lady bird expert from The Birds
by Anonymous | reply 137 | March 27, 2017 2:57 AM |
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
Mr. Weatherbee
Ned Flanders
by Anonymous | reply 138 | March 27, 2017 3:11 AM |
Rudolph, Hermie, and Yukon Cornelius. Hell, the Rudolph special is nothing but a veiled coming out story from start to finish.
by Anonymous | reply 139 | March 27, 2017 3:12 AM |
Cathy Lane (but her cousin Patty is straight)
by Anonymous | reply 140 | March 27, 2017 3:18 AM |
Chachi on Happy Days.
by Anonymous | reply 141 | March 27, 2017 5:21 AM |
Mona on Pretty Little Liars
by Anonymous | reply 142 | March 27, 2017 6:22 AM |
Harry Potter in the 5th book (I think).
He was obsessed with Draco Malfoy and I really thought he was gay, but het get back with the female red hair later.
by Anonymous | reply 144 | March 27, 2017 6:26 AM |
Ron Weasley also seemed pretty damn gay, when he developed that crush on Viktor Krum!
Really, everyone agrees that the heterosexual relationships in that book were unconvincing. All the kids seem kinda gay at some point or another.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | March 27, 2017 4:58 PM |
[quote] Friends was cool enough to acknowledge the gay vibe of Chandler and Joey.
Uh, nope.
by Anonymous | reply 146 | March 27, 2017 5:38 PM |
[quote] So don't ever offend her, Remember her gender.
Let the others of my SEX
Tie the knots around their necks.
I'd prefer a new edition
Of the Spanish Inquisition
Than to ever let a woman in my life.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | March 27, 2017 5:40 PM |
Once Addy came onto [italic]Gimme A Break![/italic], the scenes with her and Nell were basically dyke drama; consider that neither of them could ever manage to keep a man.
by Anonymous | reply 148 | March 27, 2017 5:42 PM |
Dr. Sean Macnamara on Nip/Tuck.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | March 27, 2017 6:09 PM |
I thought Homer Simpson was bi. He was always kissing guys.
by Anonymous | reply 150 | March 27, 2017 9:12 PM |
[quote]Dr. Sean Macnamara on Nip/Tuck.
????
by Anonymous | reply 151 | March 27, 2017 9:37 PM |
Sherlock Holmes was gayer than eight guys blowing nine guys
by Anonymous | reply 152 | March 27, 2017 9:46 PM |
Ito, Mame's Asian houseboy
Uriah Heep
Jocko de Paris
Jimmy Olsen
by Anonymous | reply 153 | March 27, 2017 9:49 PM |
Donald O'Connor in Singin' In the Rain.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | March 27, 2017 9:58 PM |
R137 Good one. I just watched it the other night and it's pretty clear
by Anonymous | reply 155 | March 28, 2017 12:40 AM |
Fronk the gardener on "Father Knows Best"
and his counterpart on "The Real McCoys," Pepino
by Anonymous | reply 156 | March 28, 2017 3:31 AM |
Danno and Steve from Hawaii Five-O
by Anonymous | reply 157 | March 28, 2017 6:39 PM |
Aunt March in "Little Women."
by Anonymous | reply 158 | March 28, 2017 7:30 PM |
Aunt March in "Little Women."
by Anonymous | reply 159 | March 28, 2017 7:30 PM |
Ike Godsey on The Waltons. Cora Beth was so disgusted when she found out her marriage was "an arrangement" that she called him "Mr. Godsey" for the rest of her life. Then she adopted that "Cousin Oliver" girl.
Mr. Godsey got his thrills out in the woods with local farm boys. Jason Walton played Mr. Godsey's piano many times.
It was Grandpa Walton that introduced Ike to the joys of man/man love. Occasionally, they would drive to Charlottsville together for a Boys Night Out.
by Anonymous | reply 160 | March 28, 2017 7:37 PM |
Spin
Marty
by Anonymous | reply 161 | March 28, 2017 9:10 PM |
Dr Watson.
by Anonymous | reply 162 | March 28, 2017 11:05 PM |
Dr. Doolittle, long time bachelor
by Anonymous | reply 164 | March 28, 2017 11:20 PM |
R163 Has reminded me of Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet'.
by Anonymous | reply 165 | March 28, 2017 11:38 PM |
Baby Huey
Little Lotta
by Anonymous | reply 166 | March 29, 2017 12:00 AM |
The Master from "Doctor Who", especially the old series.
by Anonymous | reply 167 | March 29, 2017 3:40 AM |
Aunt Polly, as played by Jane Wyman, in the Disney version of POLLYANNA. It is obvious that she has the hots for Nancy (played by Nancy Olson) and wants to break up the affair between Nancy and George (James Drury). She lives in a household of quasi-lesbians (cook Reta Shaw and maid Mary Grace Canfield). The men around her are emasculated (Karl Malden as the minister). Her relationship withe the doctor (Richard Egan) is a bearding exercise
by Anonymous | reply 168 | April 12, 2017 11:00 PM |
Olive Chancellor
Samwise
by Anonymous | reply 169 | April 12, 2017 11:52 PM |
Simon from Lord Of The Flies
by Anonymous | reply 170 | April 13, 2017 12:03 AM |
That's really digging deep to find a homosexual slur R146.
I had to read it a couple of times to figure out what was wrong with "major lifestyle choice."
And FWIW, I thought Chandler and Joey's bromance was hot AF and definitely fapped many times thinking about the two of them together.
I think Chandler is going to come out when his kids are in college. Joey will be shocked.
by Anonymous | reply 171 | April 13, 2017 12:06 AM |
Marcie (from Charlie Brown, clearly had a crush on Peppermint Patty) Schroeder (also from Charlie Brown, his lack of interest in girls wasn't limited to Lucy) Little Lulu (obvious babydyke) Frog and Toad (from the childrens series of that name, clearly life partners) Legolas and Gimli (LOTR, were a couple)
by Anonymous | reply 172 | April 13, 2017 12:09 AM |
Chip and Dale, those two chipmunks from DIsneyland are super gay.
Bert and Ernie are masc buy Bert is actually a pig bottom.
Tinkie Winkie is actually straight. It's the Nu-Nu that's gay.
by Anonymous | reply 173 | April 13, 2017 12:12 AM |
Jesus of Nazarth
by Anonymous | reply 174 | April 13, 2017 12:43 AM |
[quote]Chip and Dale, those two chipmunks from DIsneyland are super gay.
I don't know about Chip and Dale, but their Warner Bros. ripoffs, the Goofy Gophers, were a couple of flamers:
by Anonymous | reply 175 | April 13, 2017 1:06 AM |
Yogi Bear.
I wa also suspicious of Foghorn Leghorn.
by Anonymous | reply 176 | April 13, 2017 1:12 AM |
Holden in Catcher in the Rye.
by Anonymous | reply 177 | April 13, 2017 1:41 AM |
It 's ancient, but what about Laurel and Hardy...so many gay stereotypical gestures....slapping one another's hand embraces etc.
LOU GRANT YES!! In one scene, for some reason, he bellows "I got it I got it!" and Sue Ann Nevins gleefully responds , "Yes! And I want It!" LOL...for some reason I always thought he'd be hot in bed!!!
by Anonymous | reply 178 | April 13, 2017 2:14 AM |
Howard Sprague in "The Andy Griffith Show".
Henry Coleman in "As The World Turns"
by Anonymous | reply 179 | April 13, 2017 2:22 AM |
Andy Dixon on ATWT
by Anonymous | reply 180 | April 13, 2017 2:35 AM |
r164, I was married though I fucked trannies.
by Anonymous | reply 181 | April 13, 2017 2:35 AM |
No one has mentioned Loki yet? He gives off a very angry, self-loathing closet case vibe.
by Anonymous | reply 182 | April 14, 2017 6:38 PM |
Underdog
by Anonymous | reply 183 | April 14, 2017 6:40 PM |
[quote] The Fox and the Hound was an allegory of gay love. Vixie was just a beard.
More about this, please.
by Anonymous | reply 184 | April 14, 2017 6:42 PM |
Doogie Howser
by Anonymous | reply 186 | April 21, 2017 5:13 AM |
Ray Walston in My Favorite Martian.
by Anonymous | reply 187 | April 21, 2017 6:00 AM |
Simon Templar
by Anonymous | reply 188 | April 21, 2017 6:21 AM |
He-Man and Skeletor
Were so hot for each other, they fought over who was going to be the top in their impending hook-up.
by Anonymous | reply 189 | April 21, 2017 6:48 AM |
Clarabelle the Clown, though I had no idea what "gay" was at the time.
by Anonymous | reply 190 | April 21, 2017 3:55 PM |
No question that Artie and Jim got in on in the Wild Wild West.
by Anonymous | reply 192 | April 21, 2017 4:12 PM |
The Funky Phantom always pinged to me.
by Anonymous | reply 193 | April 21, 2017 4:21 PM |
Barack Obama
by Anonymous | reply 194 | February 14, 2018 3:56 PM |
Flipper
by Anonymous | reply 195 | February 14, 2018 5:14 PM |
Darryl on The Walking Dead
by Anonymous | reply 196 | February 14, 2018 5:22 PM |
The Great Gazoo from the Flintstones.
by Anonymous | reply 197 | February 14, 2018 5:28 PM |
Dr. Smith on Lost In Space
by Anonymous | reply 198 | February 14, 2018 5:39 PM |
Alfred of Batman & Robin.
Batman & Robin.
by Anonymous | reply 199 | February 14, 2018 5:42 PM |
Poirot and Holmes: Not gay. Each had "The Woman," Holmes with Irene Adler, Poirot with the Russian Countess Vera Rossakoff. Asexual, most likely.
by Anonymous | reply 200 | February 14, 2018 5:42 PM |
Humphrey Bogarts character in IN A LONELY PLACE.
Angry, violent, heavy drinker, beat Gloria Graham. Mistreated other women.
Deep closet case behavior
by Anonymous | reply 201 | February 14, 2018 5:55 PM |
Tom Bertram in Mansfield Park. Every male character in Great Expectations and several in Our Mutual Friend.
by Anonymous | reply 202 | February 14, 2018 5:57 PM |
Monk, r23? Do you even know his back-story?
Felix Unger, r43? Not in the movie!
r61, You're dumb.
You think Simon, r170? I'd go more with Jack, always looking to spear something, wink, wink.
"In The World of Henry Orient, the narrator lives with her divorced mother and her mother's obviously lesbian partner." Agreed, r111.
r20, Leonard, clearly. ROT, no.
Over 200 posts, and nobody has said Niles Crane?!
r119, Uh, the killers in "Rope" are obvious to Helen Keller wearing sunglasses.
by Anonymous | reply 203 | February 14, 2018 6:00 PM |
I just read a Nero Wolfe book from the library, so Nero Wolfe.
by Anonymous | reply 204 | February 14, 2018 6:21 PM |
Niles Crane
by Anonymous | reply 205 | February 14, 2018 6:24 PM |
Kent in Whitechapel had an obvious crush on his boss.
by Anonymous | reply 206 | February 14, 2018 6:28 PM |
Haverchuck in Freaks and Geeks
Roderick Hudson (Henry James)
and of course Cecil Vyse in Room with a View
by Anonymous | reply 207 | February 14, 2018 6:32 PM |
"Poirot and Holmes: Not gay. Each had "The Woman,""
Oh please, that was a form of diva worship and they were both gayer than a tree full of parrots wearing Christmas bows!
Heterosexual men don't worship some fierce bitch from afar, they find a woman who wants to fuck and they fuck her.
by Anonymous | reply 208 | February 14, 2018 6:39 PM |
I always thought that Russell, from Fat Albert, was a big ole mean bossy bottom queen. I'm sure he got Mushmouth to fuck him on several occasions.
by Anonymous | reply 209 | February 14, 2018 6:57 PM |
Scrooge. I don’t write with glee.
The Christmas Moose.
All the male characters in the Rudolph Reindeer TV show.
by Anonymous | reply 210 | February 14, 2018 7:05 PM |
Nero Wolfe was obviously life partners with his live-in chef, Fritz. The way those two used to argue over bechamel sauce is totally the kind of conversations two old married foodie gays have. Archie Goodwin, that confirmed bachelor, was probably opportunistically bisexual.
Also, Mr. Darcy and Mr. Wickham. There was so much drama there, mostly started by Wickham. They were boyhood chums: Probably started off as furtive blowjobs in the woods of Pemberley and then proceeded to a full-blown romance by the time they hit Eton. Then it all went sour at Oxbridge, as such affairs often did. After being dumped by Darcy, Wickham, rather than sensibly pulling a Maurice-style fadeout, went full-on psycho ex and tried to seduce and marry Darcy's sister. I'm fully convinced he only wanted Elizabeth Bennet because it was clear Darcy was infatuated. Then he marries Elizabeth's sister, just to make sure that Darcy has to awkwardly stare at him across the dining table at every family Christmas for the next 50 years.
Yep, definitely gay.
by Anonymous | reply 212 | February 14, 2018 7:49 PM |
C3PO - Star Wars
Alice - Brady Bunch
Tom - Tea and Sympathy
Plato - Rebel Without a Cause
Reverend Mother and Sister Liguori -The Trouble With Angels
98% of the female roles in “Caged”, 1950s.
by Anonymous | reply 213 | February 14, 2018 9:07 PM |
R88, curiously JGL played the straightest boy in the world in LATTER DAYS.
by Anonymous | reply 214 | February 14, 2018 9:52 PM |
R120 the more contemporary incarnations of Casper The Friendly Ghost are straight.
The Ghoulish Trio are questionable, however.
by Anonymous | reply 215 | February 14, 2018 9:58 PM |
Norman Bates
Roger Collins and Eliot Stokes from Dark Shadows
Jesse in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
Bobby from The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Bob from Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Josh in Hostel
Mike from Mutant
Evil Ed in Fright Night
Willard Stiles
by Anonymous | reply 216 | February 14, 2018 10:07 PM |
R184 THE FOX AND THE HOUND wasn’t allegorical in the slightest, gay or straight.
Mannix, the author, did meticulous research into the life-cyles of wild foxes and into professional dog-hunting, and he wanted to closely capture the mentality of an animal through his prose. The text itself is considered a eulogy to rural living and the lost autonomy of man & beast, with no anthropomorphic reading applicable.
Tod has long fruitful relationships with two mates and bears many kits, all of whom are sadly killed by the Master of Copper. The dogs in the novel reserve their passions for their kills. Interestingly, the Disney version of the character Copper correlates to the character Chief in the book, who is a younger black-and-tan hunting dog looking to eagerly replace the grizzled Copper.
You are correct that both Tod & Copper die in the novel. An aged Tod perishes of exhaustion after being pursued & caught by Copper, while an equally hale Copper is shot dead once he completes his mission (to kill Tod), and his Master learns that dogs are not permitted in the nursing home he is bound for. It’s a very depressing book, but exquisitely-penned and true-to-life.
by Anonymous | reply 217 | February 14, 2018 10:18 PM |
John Herbert
by Anonymous | reply 218 | February 14, 2018 10:24 PM |
Jo Polniaczek / Facts of Life
by Anonymous | reply 219 | February 14, 2018 10:25 PM |
Ashley WIlkes. I'mcertain of it!
by Anonymous | reply 220 | February 14, 2018 10:26 PM |
Uncle Joe Carson
by Anonymous | reply 221 | February 14, 2018 10:26 PM |
Doc from Terror Train
by Anonymous | reply 222 | February 14, 2018 10:27 PM |
R221 Speaking of Petticoat Junction, I assumed Floyd Smoot & Charley Pratt were 'husbands.'
by Anonymous | reply 223 | February 14, 2018 10:38 PM |
Yes, r223. Was trying to remember their names. Thx.
Also, Maynard G. Krebs in Dobie Gills. Shunned girls; was a beatnik wannabe. Played by John Denver.
by Anonymous | reply 224 | February 14, 2018 10:45 PM |
^Dobie Gillis (spelling)
by Anonymous | reply 225 | February 14, 2018 10:47 PM |
Grace Hanson is another repressed lesbian.
by Anonymous | reply 226 | February 14, 2018 10:59 PM |
R129/R144 Draco in particular came over less straight in the films from the books. Something about Felton’s flouncy, snarky interpretation of the role reminds of a bitchy HS closet-case in the Drama club.
Draco’s relationship with his father Lucius (played by the dreamy Jason Isaacs) had bizarre incestuous D/s overtones onscreen that made no appearance in the books, either. That could easily be a matter of poor chemistry, blocking or script direction than any deliberate acting choice, though.
by Anonymous | reply 227 | February 15, 2018 12:16 AM |
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by Anonymous | reply 228 | February 15, 2018 1:44 PM |
I have questions about the Evening Punctuationist and Randolf, though I know they aren’t technically “fictional”. I think they are “on the team”.
R228, who is that doll? How is his punctuation? His boots don’t match. How Gay is that?
by Anonymous | reply 229 | February 15, 2018 3:12 PM |
That foreign kid. And maybe my son.
by Anonymous | reply 231 | February 15, 2018 3:52 PM |
R229 - That's Poe Dameron (played by Oscar Isaac) from the last couple of Star Wars films. (I mentioned that in my post without realizing DL has a policy against where the linked pic came from.)
by Anonymous | reply 232 | February 15, 2018 4:01 PM |
Norman Bates wasn't gay. His psyche had been destroyed by an overwhelming love/hate incestuous relationship with his mother, and the appearance of an attractive woman upset his internal balance so much that it made "mother" jealous and sent him into a murderous breakdown.
Quite frankly, he'd have been better off gay. Of course he'd still have lived a wretched life in a poor little town with a devouring psycho of a mother, but at least there would have been something in his life that wasn't all about mother! If he'd been gay, his desire to go to the big city and find some dick might have saved him.
by Anonymous | reply 233 | February 15, 2018 10:38 PM |
Wilma’s mom
by Anonymous | reply 234 | February 16, 2018 12:29 AM |
The most famous gay couple on television...
by Anonymous | reply 235 | February 16, 2018 12:39 PM |
I always thought that Patty's brother Ross and her boyfriend Richard were jerk-off buddies.
by Anonymous | reply 236 | February 16, 2018 1:37 PM |
R233 spends too much time psychoanalyzing a fictional character who is gay.
Why the denial, sugar? The OCD and self-loathig starting to clash?
Got any stuffed birds in your basement bedroom?
by Anonymous | reply 237 | February 16, 2018 1:47 PM |
Niles Crane Danno - Hawaii Five -0 (original) Gazoo Barbara ThornDYKE any male character on the Big Bang Theory Starsky and/or Hutch (Starsky was one of my first crushes as a young gayling) Mel from Alice Mighty Mouse "Mr. Ranger sir" from Yogi Bear Skeletor - he really had it bad for He-Man
by Anonymous | reply 238 | February 16, 2018 2:03 PM |
Let me try that again...
Niles Crane
Danno - Hawaii Five -0 (original)
Gazoo Barbara ThornDYKE
any male character on the Big Bang Theory
Starsky and/or Hutch (Starsky was one of my first crushes as a young gayling)
Mel from Alice
Mighty Mouse
"Mr. Ranger sir" from Yogi Bear
Skeletor - he really had it bad for He-Man
by Anonymous | reply 239 | February 16, 2018 2:05 PM |
[quote]Danno - Hawaii Five -0 (original)
I used to have a bit of a crush on him watching repeats -- esp. the early seasons. I might have to give this one some thought.
by Anonymous | reply 240 | February 16, 2018 2:20 PM |
[Quote] Jesse in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
Thought that one was kind of obvious.
[Quote] Evil Ed in Fright Night
Definitely.
by Anonymous | reply 241 | February 16, 2018 2:30 PM |
Drake Parker from ‘Drake & Josh’ dated a different girl every episode and could never remember their names. He had more angst about keeping his brother Josh happy than any of the girls he half-heartedly wooed.
The TV Tropes page for ‘Drake & Josh’ also calls Josh ‘effeminate’. Here’s another entry:
[quote] Flirty Stepsiblings: Drake and Josh have kissed each other on the lips..
by Anonymous | reply 242 | February 16, 2018 6:06 PM |
Gene Forrester, the narrator in [italic]A Separate Peace[/italic]
by Anonymous | reply 243 | March 7, 2018 12:17 AM |
Blossom, Buttercup, and Bubbles: The Power Puff Girls.
by Anonymous | reply 244 | March 7, 2018 12:24 AM |
The narrators in Gatsby and Breakfast at Tiffany’s (novella—very different than the movie).
by Anonymous | reply 245 | March 7, 2018 12:27 AM |
David Copperfield's feelings for James Steerforth seemed to be a little intense to be purely platonic or hero worship. I can't remember if I got similar vibes from Steeforth or if he just kind of led him around because he liked people flattering him.
by Anonymous | reply 247 | March 7, 2018 1:18 AM |
Gus Fring
by Anonymous | reply 248 | March 7, 2018 1:48 AM |
Mac Cory
by Anonymous | reply 249 | March 7, 2018 1:54 AM |
Michael on Good Times
by Anonymous | reply 250 | March 7, 2018 2:01 AM |
I thought that half of the cast of The Muppet Show was family, especially Fozzie Bear, Scooter, Statler and Waldorf, Janice, and Sam the Eagle.
by Anonymous | reply 251 | March 7, 2018 2:02 AM |
[quote] Atticas Finch
If you think Atticus is the gay one in the Finch family, you don't know Jack.
Jack Finch - Atticus' brother - is just a minor character, but some of the descriptions of his character certainly make him a candidate for being gay.
- Unlike Atticus and their sister Alexandra who stayed in Alabama, Jack left Maycomb to study medicine in Boston before settling in Nashville.
- He's unmarried and has a cat named Rose Aylmer. He refers to his cat as "one of the few women he could stand permanently." He carries around pictures of his cat to show to Jem and Scout.
- He likes to tease Miss Maudie by asking her to marry him, knowing she'll always refuse and later tells Atticus "I shall never marry."
- Scout's description of him: "I liked to smell him: he was like a bottle of alcohol and something pleasantly sweet.
by Anonymous | reply 252 | March 7, 2018 3:11 AM |
You know R251, in the newest ‘Muppet Show’ (the reboot for adults from a few years ago) there are quite heavy-handed hints that Scooter is gay in the canon.
He likes stereotypically-gay activities, is teased and spoken to by other characters as if he’s oblivious to his own sexuality, and one episode he talks about his “personal trainer” in an obviously subtextual way.
For real progress Scooter should get to have a coming-out moment, even if he is unpopular or still a peripheral character. But of course the Muppets are Disney now, so that’s never going to happen.
by Anonymous | reply 253 | March 7, 2018 11:14 PM |
I could fill up the remaining 350 replies in this thread with ‘The Prince of Tennis’; misleadingly not about competitive middleschool tennis at all, but rather homoromantic angsty love triangles between the pretty preppies who play it. Every form of adaptation - and there has been every kind including musicals, anime, manga, novels, films and radio programs - has a overtone that is unmistakeable even though there is little explicitly ‘gay’ content (there is one official gay character who is used for stock comedy, sadly typical for Japan where LGB is still considered immature, fetishistic or perverse).
The latest series (called ‘New Prince of Tennis’ or ‘Shinpuri’) reboot has even thrown the thin semblance of plot from previous adaptations out of the window, to hyperfocus on the subtextual gay content between the apparently-straight characters. There are ‘dates’ between some of the Male players, as well as trips to the beach at sunset and tortured confessions in churches, sleepovers and massages, long grapples in the rain wearing only short-shorts....Tennis is serious business.
Also the ‘Silver Pair’ doubles team playing as 1st rank for the Hyoutei Private School have, in a veiled way, been ‘outed’ as a possible romantic couple by Konomi Takeshi, the man who created their characters in the original comics. If you look at any ‘official art’ (books, DVD covers, trading cards & other merch) from the last decade featuring Shishido & Ohtori you’ll see that he encourages it (good for him).
by Anonymous | reply 254 | March 8, 2018 12:00 AM |
One of the Silver Pair cast for the musicals..
by Anonymous | reply 255 | March 8, 2018 12:12 AM |
Aaaand Silver Pair from the anime. Because high-fives aren’t as effective as a tender brush of fingertips to reassure your bro, apparently.
by Anonymous | reply 256 | March 8, 2018 12:24 AM |
Finally, here is the main stage actor for Shishido calling the actor for Ohtori his “aikata”; a sweet possessive term of endearment with a double-meaning.
The usage of the word “aikata” here initially implies the traditional definition of a musical accompaniest/duet partner (they sang on stage together) or a comedy foil (I.e. the “straight man” to a clown). In contemporary Japanese parlance however this word now denotes a “boyfriend” (generally only girls/young women use it this way, as if to say “this guy I’m with”) or a more PC 21st century word for “partner/companion/spouse” (many existing honorifics for a spouse are sexist/homophobic and old-fashioned).
The actor who played Shishido was also infamously outed some years ago on a variety show as a bisexual. Interesting.
by Anonymous | reply 257 | March 8, 2018 2:53 AM |
Wtf...
by Anonymous | reply 258 | March 8, 2018 4:04 AM |
Loki (MCU)
O'Brien (Downton Abbey)
Olivia Benson (Law and Order SVU)
by Anonymous | reply 259 | March 11, 2018 3:52 PM |
Police Chief Derek Mallory on Edge of Night.
by Anonymous | reply 260 | March 11, 2018 9:57 PM |
When I read Dracula in high school I thought the Count was into Jonathan Harker at first. Finding out he wanted Mina made the rest of the book a snoozefest.
by Anonymous | reply 261 | March 11, 2018 10:27 PM |
Even though Dracula gave Harker to the female vampires as a snack and was more focused on Mina from there on out, I think at some level he would not have minded having Harker for himself at the beginning of the story. However, that probably was not going to happen in a 19th century Victorian novel. Written today -- maybe....
by Anonymous | reply 262 | March 11, 2018 11:34 PM |
Tinkerbell
262 posts and no one said Tinkerbell? DL is slipping.
Apologies if I missed it, I did look, but I sort of skimmed through.
by Anonymous | reply 263 | March 11, 2018 11:57 PM |
Richard II. Richard III.
by Anonymous | reply 264 | November 29, 2018 11:45 PM |
I'm sure he's already been mentioned somewhere in this thread but I always thought Pete Malloy (played by Martin Milner) was closeted on ADAM-12. He rarely displayed any interest in women. Even when his partner, Jim Reed (played by Kent McCord), and Reed's wife tried to fix Malloy up with beautiful, smart women, he just could not care less. And they showed an episode yesterday in which Malloy had supposedly had a fling with this female police officer who was apparently still pissed off about the way their romance had ended. When she casually mentioned that she was seeing someone else (in an obvious attempt to make Malloy jealous), he was very dismissive and cold about it, genuinely seeming to not give two fucks if she was seeing someone else or not.
So in my opinion, Malloy was a gay cop closeted by the fact his TV series was made in the '70s and not today when the character might could've been written a lot more honestly.
by Anonymous | reply 265 | November 30, 2018 12:05 AM |
R264, Uh....
by Anonymous | reply 266 | November 30, 2018 12:40 AM |
R63 Slim and Jess on Laramie - that show, especially in the first season, just reeked of overt gayness. All you had to do was read between the lines. Very homoerotic friendship/relationship between Jess and Slim, and all the while both were uber macho cowboys. The boy they had living with them wasn't gay though - he was just Slim's little brother being raised by Slim as their parents died.
by Anonymous | reply 267 | November 30, 2018 1:03 AM |
R266 haha, I’m basing them off the Histories. I know nothing about them in real life.
by Anonymous | reply 268 | November 30, 2018 1:07 AM |
All the Greek mythology guys.
Actually all Greeks.
by Anonymous | reply 269 | November 30, 2018 1:10 AM |
Percy Jackson. I think the author was is going to have him fall in love with Nico di Angelo at some point.
by Anonymous | reply 270 | November 30, 2018 1:23 AM |
The Indian, Stab, in LEGENDS OF THE FALL
Ron Glass' character, Ofr Levitt & the old bachelor sergeant played by Dick Gregory on Barney Miller
Eugene the nerd, Gig Young & Eve Arden in GREASE.
The bulldyke PE teacher in PORKYS.
Sidney Poitiers character in TO SIR, WITH LOVE Never married, all the pretty females in the movie practically threw themselves at him & he blew them off completely.
Kiefer Sutherland & Jason Patric in THE LOST BOYS
Eliza Dushku & Big Red in BRING IT ON
Uncle Fester. Screaming bondage queen.
Marilyn on The Munsters. Lipstick lez.
Ben Kingsleys portrayal of Meyer Lansky in BUGSY was very fussy & effeminate.
Mr French, Family Affair.
Hot IT guy, Landon, in the Britcom, Green Wing.
Principal Novak on the Netflix series, The Santa Clarita Dirt
by Anonymous | reply 271 | November 30, 2018 1:58 AM |
For the third season of Laramie NBC brought on Spring Byington as Mrs. Daisy Cooper - she was the forerunner of another Mrs. Cooper, Harriet on Batman - and Daisy was obviously around not just to look after Slim and Jess's son Mike, but to put to rest any idea that any hanky panky was going on in that bedroom Slim and Jess shared.
by Anonymous | reply 272 | November 30, 2018 9:39 AM |
[quote] Uncle Fester. Screaming bondage queen.[quote]
I can't stop laughing at the visual lol
by Anonymous | reply 273 | December 1, 2018 2:19 PM |
Certainly Linton Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights.
For me a lot of Dickens characters seem so: Mr. Pickwick - the confirmed bachelor, David Copperfield's Tommy Traddles and Great Expectations' Herbert Pocket. At the end of G.E. Pip, Clara and Herbert establish a menage a trois.
by Anonymous | reply 274 | December 1, 2018 3:56 PM |
Sutherland and Malone
by Anonymous | reply 275 | December 1, 2018 4:19 PM |