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* [[Stephen Colbert]] (the character) on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' (and frankly, on ''[[The Daily Show]]'', too) straddles the line between this and [[Transparent Closet]]. The real Colbert is straight, [[Happily Married]], and has three children.
** Of course Stephen isn't gay! He's in a loving, committed relationship with his soulmate, [[I Call It Vera|Sweetness]].
* Ernie and Bert from ''[[Sesame Street]]'' have been together since the beginning (1969). Frank Oz has tried to dispel the [[Shipping|rampant speculation]] (“I created Bert, I know what and who he is”), as has the Sesame Workshop (“As we have always said, Bert and Ernie are best friends. They were created to teach preschoolers that people can be good friends with those who are very different from themselves. Even though they are identified as male characters and possess many human traits and characteristics (as most Sesame Street Muppets do), they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation.”) Conversely, [[Word of Gay|former Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman]] claimed in 2018 to have contextualized Bert and Ernie as a couple based on his own relationship with film editor Arnold Glassman (“I always felt that without a huge agenda, when I was writing Bert and Ernie, they were. I didn’t have any other way to contextualize them”). The 2013 ''US vs. Edie Windsor'' Supreme Court ruling has only [[Ho Yay|emboldened support by fans]] for allowing this long-running duo to tie the knot officially (which likely won't ever happen as Sesame is a simple, elementary show for preschoolers).
* The impeccably-dressed Kurt from ''[[Glee]]'', until he admits to Mercedes that he is gay in episode three. Though everyone else in universe and out already knew.
** Sam, as demonstrated in 'Rumours' when it ''looks'' like he and Kurt are seeing each other behind closed doors. Finn is more shocked at the idea of Kurt cheating on Blaine than anything else.
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