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[[File:campstraight2 9517.jpg|link=Toy Story|frame|He can't help it. He's a girl's toy...]]
 
{{quote|''"That guy is so gay, I'll bet you anything he's straight."''
 
{{quote|''"That guy is so gay, I'll bet you anything he's straight."''|'''Peter Dragon''' talking about a director, ''[[Action]]''}}
 
A Camp Straight is a person who exhibits all of the common characteristics of a [[Flamboyant Gay]] but is heterosexual.
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{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] &and [[Manga]] ==
 
== Anime & Manga ==
* Amaterasu dis Grand Grees Eydas IV of [[The Five Star Stories]] - you know you're '''fabulous''' when a female [[Artificial Human|Fatima]] becomes your body double and nobody notices anything different.
* Tamaki Suoh from ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]''. But then again, he's the self-proclaimed "Dad" to the group, while Kyouya's the "Mom." Make of that what you will.
* Takuto from ''[[Star Driver]]''. He's officially the ''[[Bishounen|Galactic Pretty Boy]], for crying out loud''!
* Guiche from ''[[ZeroThe noFamiliar Tsukaimaof Zero]]''.
* Ayame Sohma from ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' ''may'' be Camp Bi. He dresses fabulously at all times, flirts outrageously with his old (male) friend and cousin, Shigure, runs a dressmaker's/cosplay shop and sees no problem with testing out his wares on himself—but is sweet on his [[Moe]] assistant, and {{spoiler|when his curse breaks, he [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|tells her that he was born solely to love her]].}}
** He kind of has motivation to be as gay as he can manage—after all, gays with the Suoh curse can have perfectly normal romantic lives, (or could if Akito weren't around being psycho), since the transformation thing is linked to gender, not turn-ons.
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* Pegasus from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]''. In fact, his being straight is part of his whole motivation - he's trying to revive his dead wife, Cecellia. Yet he still manages to be the most fabulous character on the show.
* Marquis Andrea Cavalcanti/Benedetto of ''[[Gankutsuou]]''.
* James of ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]''. He's flamboyant, crossdresses, and campy but has shown interest in the opposite gender several times. Compare his taste in [[Paper-Thin Disguise]] to that of his female partner in crime [https://web.archive.org/web/20150601225830/http://gamerisms.tumblr.com/tagged/fuck-the-gender-binary as shown here]. Okay, there were those "Flaming Moltres" jokes...
 
* Ruby from ''[[Pokémon Special]]''. His [[Catch Phrase]] is "Beautiful~" accompanied by [[Bishie Sparkle]], but he admits his attraction to [[Wild Child|Sapphire]].
** Wallace too, since he's shown to be in love with Winona.
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* You can't possiblity take one look at Parco Folgore from ''[[Zatch Bell]]'' and honestly believe that not only is he completely straight, but the biggest womanizer in the series.
** He even sings about breasts. Well, in the original version...
* Zarbon in ''[[Dragon Ball|Dragon BallDragonball Z]]'' is a [[The Fighting Narcissist|narcissistic]] pretty-boy, but never gets anywhere beyond [[Ambiguously Gay]].
* Ukiyo from ''[[Samurai 7]]''.
* Narumi from [[Gakuen Alice]]
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** Szayel Aporro. He was horrified when he thought Renji was flirting with him. Depending on the source, his dialog either has him deny being gay or tell Renji [[You're Not My Type]].
 
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]''. Zarbon is so flamboyant that even Frieza abandons important issues like capturing the Dragon Balls and wishing for immortality upon the revelation that he wants to call his girlfriend.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]''
** Pegasus is, believe it or not, even more flamboyant than in the source material. He actually tries to kil - uh, [[Never Say "Die"|send Yugi's friends to the Shadow Realm]] when they discover he's straight lest his secret get out (which makes him a closet heterosexual). In contrast, his servant Croquet is a [[Invisible to Gaydar]].
{{quote|'''Pegasus:''' I'm afraid you've all seen too much! I can't have people thinking I'm straight.}}
** Also [[Butt Monkey|Bakura]], in contrast to [[Invisible to Gaydar]] [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Florence]].
{{quote|'''Bakura:''' I'm not gay, I'm just British!
'''Florence:''' I'm not British, I'm just gay. }}
* Hoity Toity moves from "camp" to "camp straight" in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfic "Dance 'Til We're High". Twilight's first thought after Rarity admits that's who she's dating is "''Hoity Toity likes mares?!''"
 
== Films -- Animation[[Film]] ==
* Ken in ''[[Toy Story 3]]''. There are so many jokes made regarding his sexuality, including having girly handwriting and [[Always Camp]] tastes. Yet he falls in love with [[Barbie]] [[Love At First Sight|at first sight]].
* Yao of ''[[Mulan]]''. Made all the more ambiguous by the fact that he's voiced by Harvey Fierstein.
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* ''[[Megamind]]''. That guy has [[Ho Yay]], [[Foe Yay]] or both with pretty much every guy in the movie, and yet he {{spoiler|never gets explicit about any of them in that way}} (Dreamworks kids' movie, remember?) and actually {{spoiler|ends up with Roxanne by the end of the movie following a naturally progressing relationship}} (so no [[Last-Minute Hookup]] there).
* Shakey from [[Alpha and Omega]], a runty Omega wolf who wears flowers around his neck and cries at weddings. He loves hanging out with a couple of wolven [[Granola Girl]]s.
* Kuzko from ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]'' and ''[[The Emperor's New School|The Emperors New School]]'' is very flamboyant but has feelings for a girl in the spinoff.
* [[Downplayed]] by Scar in the ''[[The Lion King]]''. He has some minor flamboyant traits and moments, but has a widow in the [[Direct to DVD]] Sequel and tries to seduce Nala in a deleted scene that was [[Refitted for Sequel|Refitted for Remake]] with Sarabi.
 
 
== Films -- Live Action ==
* ''[[The Fifth Element]]'': Ruby Rhod is flamboyantly camp but also a voracious sex machine to the ladies. To a large extent, an [[Affectionate Parody]] of [[Prince]], below in [[Real Life]].
* Hedley Lamarr from ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''. A buffoonish [[The Dragon|Dragon]] with Ambiguously characteristics, likes women. [[Depraved Bisexual|He's, at least, Bi]].
{{quote|[[Say My Name|Oh Lily, Lily, Lily, Lily,]] [[She's Got Legs|legs]], [[Hello, Nurse!|Lily, Lily.]]}}
** Don't forget how he [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|molests the statue of Justice]].
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* Not likely intentional, but Duckie from ''[[Pretty in Pink]]''.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''One of Us'': A blackmail victim in this thriller novel has built his entire acting career out of the fact that he's one of these, combined with the constant arguments over whether he should have to come out of the closet or whether he's free to "pretend" he's straight. The main character observes that he's being blackmailed for his "lack of a secret."
* One of Kim Newman's ''Richard Jeperson'' short stories has Jeperson go undercover behind the scenes of a soap opera and meet a stereotypically [[Camp Gay]] PR representative who eventually admits that he's not actually gay, but just plays it up because that's what's expected in that environment. He does defensively point out that his stereotypically "feminine" and "gay" manner of speaking and acting is just how he is, however, and it's not his fault it's been co-opted as representing homosexuality.
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* In the Peach Keepers, Sebastian is assumed to be gay by everyone because of his flamboyancy in high school, despite his abstinence from relationships at all in the present day. This causes some angst for Paxton, who finds herself madly in love with him.
* Dandelion the Bard from ''[[The Witcher]]'' novels and games is a prissy fop who dresses colourfully and has a personality very close to [[Camp Gay]] - but he's a veritable [[The Casanova|Casanova]] who can't keep his pants on in the presence of pretty ladies, and often finds himself in trouble with angry husbands and suitors.
* [[Intrepid Merchant|Rogue Trader Tobias Maxilla]] from ''[[Eisenhorn]]''. Always ridiculously overdressed, prissy speech patterns, flappy gestures...and flirts with every woman he meets. This is arguably [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?|a disguise]]...for an exclusive [[Robosexual|machine fetishism]]. His entire crew are [[Wetware CPU|servitors]] and [[Cyborg]]s, a large number of them crafted to resemble metal statues of female nudes...
* In ''[[Wild Cards]]'', Dr. Tachyon as an alien aristocrat dresses ''very'' flamboyantly and behaves similarly. Fortunato considers and calls him "alien faggot".
 
== [[Live -Action TV]] ==
 
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''
** In the sketch "Biggles Dictates a Letter", Biggles (Graham Chapman) asks Algy (who is sort of a [[Sergeant Rock]]) and Ginger ("camp flying gear, sequins, eye make-up, silver stars on his cheeks") if either is gay. Algy is the [[Invisible to Gaydar]], while Ginger is the Camp Straight. The latter is lampshaded by Biggles.
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** Eric Idle played [[Camp Gay]] or [[Ambiguously Gay]] roles (or at least slightly effeminate ones), but is in fact straight.
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/384/000049237/ According to the NNDB], Christopher Lowell is straight, but acts flaming because he knows no-one would believe an interior designer isn't gay, and wanted to preempt the ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' jokes.
** Similarly, on ''Cash out''. This is the financial equivalent of shooting yourself in the foot, since you pay income taxes plus a 10% penalty if you're under 59-1/2, and you diminish your retirement savings. ''[[Get Smart]]'', a flamboyant interior decorator (played by Jack Cassidy) turned out to actually have a gruff voice (and flattened Smart in a fight) but used the standard mannerisms so he'd be taken seriously in his job.
* ''[[Get Smart]]'', a flamboyant interior decorator (played by Jack Cassidy) turned out to actually have a gruff voice (and flattened Smart in a fight) but used the standard mannerisms so he'd be taken seriously in his job.
* ''[[Frasier]]'':
** Frasier and Niles Crane. Artsy, flamboyant, and completely hetero. Actor David Hyde Pierce, who played Niles, actually '''is''' gay in [[Real Life]]. Lampshaded a few times, especially the ski lodge episode. Niles usually gets this a bit more than Frasier; the episode where Frasier is accidentally set up with his [[Invisible to Gaydar]] new boss ends with the boss genially and easily accepting that Frasier isn't actually gay, but incredulous when he learns that Niles is also not gay.
** Gil Chesterton, who is very flamboyant, but states in one episode that he's [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy|married to a butch biker chick]]. Of course, this is [[Ret Conned]] at the end of a later episode, in which he enters a gay club. (The simplest explanation is that he's in a [[Transparent Closet]] and his wife is [[The Beard]].)
* On a ''[[Sex and the City]]'' episode, Charlotte becomes best buds with a pastry chef—she thinks she's his new [[Fag Hag]] till he kisses her.
* ''[[MASHM*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'':
** Maxwell Klinger tries to get a section 8 discharge through rather flamboyant and campy transvestitism—which is an integral part of his personality for the first few seasons. He's not trying to appear gay, he's trying to appear crazy. He eventually falls in love with and marries a Korean woman.
** And before that, for several seasons, he was married to a woman back in America. And [[Real Men Wear Pink|despite wearing drag, his general behavior was pretty masculine as well]], unless he was trying to convince a visiting officer of his insanity.
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* Brazilian sitcom ''Toma Lá Dá Cá'' has Ladir, husband of the condominium's administrator, who dresses and talks as gay as possible (and even used to have a cross-dressing performance as "Dirla"...), but his wife states that he has "too much testosterone".
* Fez from ''[[That '70s Show]]'', though it has been hinted from time to time that he's [[Even the Guys Want Him|attracted to Kelso]].
* Charlie Harper from ''[[Two and Aa Half Men]]'' fits this well, to the point of having gay guys hit on him. Despite the fact he is meticulous about his appearance, once having a breakdown when his housekeeper got him the wrong hair conditioner, his womanizing ways are well documented. His brother, Alan, fits this trope even better.
* In ''[[The Thin Blue Line]]'', Constable Kevin Goody exhibits all the mannerisms of a [[Camp Gay]] (his actor, James Dreyfuss, fits this trope in [[Real Life]]) but is actually a [[Dogged Nice Guy]] to WPC Habib, whom he hits on in every episode.
* James of ''[[Big Time Rush]]''
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{{quote|'''Fran''': "Oh my God, you're not gay?!"}}
** [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Fran Drescher and her real life husband divorced after 20+ years of marriage. He later comes out as gay. They are still [[Platonic Life Partners|best friends]].
* ''[[Friends|]]'': Chandler Bing]] is consistently mistaken for gay (he has a "quality"). As the show progressed, his character became more and more feminine. The show's creators pondered whether to out him, but in the end decided he was just metrosexual before that was cool.
* In TV gardening show ''[[Ground Force]]'', presenter Alan Titchmarsh is the metrosexual, rather fey, Camp Straight, preferring to sit down with an artist's pad and watercolours and sketch out his design for the new garden... set next to big macho builder and co-presenter [[Handy Man|Tommy Walsh]], the contrast becomes even more marked.
* Raj in ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' enjoys chick flicks, ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]],'' girly music etc., has several pretty blatant [[Ho Yay]] and even a [[Heterosexual Life Partner]] but is shown at various points flirting with attractive women, including [[Summer Glau]], and in one episode he sleeps with Penny.
** Maybe more like Camp Asexual, but Sheldon certainly qualifies.
* JD, the protagonist on ''[[Scrubs]]'' acts like this often, especially in the middle seasons.
* ''[[The Wire|]]'': The Bunk]] is undoubtedly straight, having been seen trying to drunkenly pick up women in bars. But he's very comfortable with his heterosexuality - to the point where he's willing to offer backrubs to his male colleagues.
* This is a running joke on ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]''. The guys in the cast love to flirt outrageously with each other and even kiss on occasion, but most of them are married.
* On ''[[Babylon 5]]'', a Centauri nobleman flounces through several episodes before being appointed as Regent, at which point he makes his first decision from a position of real authority: he will redecorate the Imperial Palace...in pastels.
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*** Although, unlike Kryten, his ultimate fantasy partner is ''[[Screw Yourself|himself]]''.
*** What do you expect from a character who could serve as a pictorial accompaniment for the definition of "narcissist" in the dictionary?
* In [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|the 2000s-era ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]]'']], Apollo and Starbuck somehow manage to have a heterosexual relationship that comes off as totally gay. The characterization is plainly that of two gay men gradually coming to grips with their feelings for each other, despite the fact that they are, in fact, a man and a woman.
** Well, aside from [http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8t9gik2AX1qc59p4o1_500.jpg that one scene with her in a dress] Starbuck is basically a [[The Squadette|Squadette]][http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lip4s1DyS91qaix93o1_500.png *] [[The Ladette|Lad-ette]][https://web.archive.org/web/20160529051005/http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic475209.jpg *]. This seems to be the only logical way a long term relationship with her could develop. Some of it also has to do with the fact that she is the widow of Apollo's brother and therefore a bit off limits to him. Not that Starbuck shares any of his compunctions about the issue.
* Johnny Keogh in ''[[Two Pints Ofof LagarLager Andand Aa Packet Ofof Crisps]]'' can act extremely gay on occasion, yet has a wife and child.
* ''[[Sherlock]]'', During Moriarty's first appearance on the show, he acts overtly gay on purpose. And he doesn't stop.
* Chris Mann from The Voice
 
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
 
== Newspaper Comics ==
* Binkley in ''[[Bloom County]]'', whose goal in life is, depending on the comic, either to become a hairdresser or to dance the lead in ''[[Swan Lake]]''. One of his recurrent hangups is worrying that girls find him to be a poor kisser (or would, if he ever had the courage to kiss one).
* Satchel Pooch from ''[[Get Fuzzy]]''. He dresses up as Little Bo Peep for Halloween, likes hair gel and shiny clothes, refers to his new [[Barbra Streisand]] album as "faaabulous", and wears a pink workout headband. However, he has been shown to have crushes on various female characters and celebrities
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
 
== Video Games ==
* ''[[The King of Fighters]]''. Benimaru Nikaidou. When he was officially said to be straight, the SNK people added a "[[Not That There's Anything Wrong with That]]" note to his profile to avoid [[Unfortunate Implications]].
* Julius from ''[[Harvest Moon]]: Tree of Tranquility'' is one of these. He looks like a woman and is ''extremely'' camp (his favorite items are perfume and jewelry), but you can marry him. And he's pretty [[Happily Married]] to you, too.
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** Ralph wears purple-trimmed flares, and his character art shows him in a hip-jutting pose only accented by said fabulous clothing and green nail polish (look closely!). But he spends the entire game fretting over his childhood friend Nayru, [[MacGuffin Girl|the titular Oracle]].
** Tingle dresses in extremely tight spandex, moves and speaks quite flamboyantly, and believes that he is a fairy. However, the Tingle RPG reveals that he is actually quite obsessed with women.
 
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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{{quote|'''Noah''':I have been told I could make straight men see rainbows.}}
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
 
== Web Original ==
* Remi Pierce of ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' version 4, [[We Hardly Knew Ye|from what we know of him]], is more of a Camp [[Asexual]] but still fits this trope. It's explained as him playing up this act for laughs and partly to practice his acting skills.
* Enoriel from ''[[Reflets d'Acide]]'' is [[Elfeminate]], seems [[Ambiguously Gay]] and keeps being criticized for that by Zarakai... yet he is revealed to once have {{spoiler|[[The Dragon|Alia]][[Dark Action Girl|-Aenor]]}} as his girlfriend.
* ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]''. Zarbon is so flamboyant that even Frieza abandons important issues like capturing the Dragon Balls and wishing for immortality upon the revelation that he wants to call his girlfriend.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]''
** Pegasus is, believe it or not, even more flamboyant than in the source material. He actually tries to kil - uh, [[Never Say "Die"|send Yugi's friends to the Shadow Realm]] when they discover he's straight lest his secret get out (which makes him a closet heterosexual). In contrast, his servant Croquet is a [[Invisible to Gaydar]].
{{quote|'''Pegasus:''' I'm afraid you've all seen too much! I can't have people thinking I'm straight.}}
** Also [[Butt Monkey|Bakura]], in contrast to [[Invisible to Gaydar]] [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Florence]].
{{quote|'''Bakura:''' I'm not gay, I'm just British!
'''Florence:''' I'm not British, I'm just gay. }}
* Hoity Toity moves from "camp" to "camp straight" in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfic "Dance 'Til We're High". Twilight's first thought after Rarity admits that's who she's dating is "''Hoity Toity likes mares?!''"
* Enoriel from [[Reflets d'Acide]] is [[Elfeminate]], seems [[Ambiguously Gay]] and keeps being criticized for that by Zarakai... yet he is revealed to once have {{spoiler|[[The Dragon|Alia]][[Dark Action Girl|-Aenor]]}} as his girlfriend.
* Much like a female [[Ed Wood]], [[Obscurus Lupa]] is straight, but likes to dress like men (ie. [[The Cinema Snob]], Radu from ''[[Subspecies]]'').
* ''[[Disventure Camp]]'': While Will is easily scared (hence why he gets eliminated early, though this is partly due to Fiore’s manipulations), he is proven to be heterosexual when he gets in a relationship with Ashley.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
 
== Western Animation ==
* Ceviche and his instructor Paté in ''[[Chowder]]''.
* ''[[South Park]]''
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* Pinky Dalton, a character from ''The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound'', a made for TV cartoon film, was apparently built on this very trope....in ''1988''. Just within just the first 30 minutes we find out that not only does he [[Real Men Wear Pink|always wear pink]], but his favorite drink is a Shirley Temple with two cherries, he often poses femininely, loves ballet, regularly takes bubble baths, and wants to replace the wallpaper at the gang's hideout because it clashes with the drapes. The only thing keeping this example of this trope being used [[Up to Eleven]] is that [[Evil Sounds Deep|his voice is surprisingly deep]].
* ''[[The Smurfs]]'': Vanity Smurf is flamboyant, looks obsessed, and has a flower on his hat. He's rather like a gay stereotype, but he's in love with Smurfette.
* On ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batmanand the Brave And The Bold]],'' [[The Music Meister]] could probably qualify. On the one hand, [[Villainous Crush|he falls for]] [[Black Canary]]. On the other...well, his power is ''musicals.'' Also, his flamboyant and [[Unlimited Wardrobe|frequently-changing]] outfits and [[Neil Patrick Harris|openly gay voice actor]].
* In-universe example: Milhouse of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' apparently had "flamboyantly homosexual tendencies" as early as kindergarten, but he's had a [[Toy Ship|girlfriend]], has had a long-time crush on Lisa, and thinks that Marge is hot.
** Sideshow Bob has a definite love of musical theatre and definitely keeps up with his appearance but has a wife and child.
** Even before he married, Sideshow Bob's use of this trope was almost certainly just a shout out to Frasier/Cheers.
* Dukey from ''[[Johnny Test]]'' has some effeminate mannerisms, worn biker leather yet he's attracted to Missy. One episode where he almost started humping Johnny's leg (Johnny Irresistable) may indicate Dukey as bisexual. And people rag on Gil for being gay...
* Cupid from ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]''.
* Shifty Dingo from ''[[Blinky Bill]]'' is most definitely a Camp Straight cute young boy. He skips around with flowers, shows an interest in helping his sister Daisy Dingo out at the beauty salon and he cries at the drop of a hat. He also has quite some romantic subtext with Nutsy.
* [[The Load|Vernon Fenwick]] from ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''. He fits nearly every 80's gay sterotype to a tee but is implied to be attracted to Irma.
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
 
* [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]]. There is even an article on this. [http://gawker.com/249569/stalk-of-the-town-j-rhys-meyers-clearly-gay an article] on this.
== Real Life ==
* [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]]. There is even an article on this. http://gawker.com/249569/stalk-of-the-town-j-rhys-meyers-clearly-gay
* [[Russell Brand]], oh so much. Ridiculously flamboyant and camp, but even he probably doesn't know exactly how many women he's slept with.
* Kevin Barnes, the singer for the psychedelic rock band Of Montreal, is this. He's incredibly effeminate in interviews, but he's married and has a daughter.
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* Baz Luhrmann; director of ''[[Moulin Rouge]]''. Very [[Camp]], married to Costuming and Set Designer Catherine Martin.
* [[Real Time with Bill Maher|Bill Maher]] has rather 1960's mannerisms, a slight lisp and a rather lilt to his voice that definitely makes him come off as [[The Dandy]] if not outright [[Camp]]. Bonus points for also being [[Kavorka Man]].
* [[Prince]], who famously swathesswathed himself in purple phallic symbols and yet iswas an almost [[Memetic Sex God|memetic Lothario]] to the ladies.
* Possibly Ryan from ''[[The Real World]]: New Orleans''. However, to many, his sexuality is still in question.
* Alejandro Sergi, frontman of the Argentine pop band ''Miranda!''. He has a very girly voice (to the point anyone who listens to Miranda! without watching the videos would think it's a woman the main voice of the band), dislikes playing soccer, and likes to paint himself. However, he [[Berserk Button|gets really mad when people start asking him if he's gay]], and his campness is done in homage to Freddy Mercury, David Bowie and Prince.
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** Also Season 10's Paul Mcdonald. Known for flamboyant suits, dancing with a tambourine and being married to [[Twilight|Nikki Reed]]
* Probably [[Michael Jackson]], although his sexuality still remains something of a mystery.
* Japanese musician Takanori Nishikawa, better known by his stage name; T.M.Revolution, is the absolute ''epitome'' of this trope, [https://web.archive.org/web/20101223204826/http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/media/images/TMR.jpg taking a] [http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/epony/cabinet/calendar/img55702546.jpg look]{{Dead link}} [httphttps://imgweb.blogsarchive.yahooorg/web/20190713050544/https://blog-001.cowest.edge.storage-yahoo.jp/ybi/1res/blog-0e/-78/baasan91/folder/1106165/img_1106165_22775610_010/22775610/img_0?1221391114 at him], you could be forgiven for thinking "Dude's gay" but not only is he straight, he was even ''married'' at one point (to [[Puffy AmiYumi|Yumi Yoshimura]]) and is very open about his relationships with women, claiming his flamboyant looks are simply part of his [[Doing It for the Art|stage presence]].
* Olly Murs from ''[[The X Factor]]''{{'}}s 2009 series. He has no qualms about breaking into a dance when he sings and has a slightly flamboyant performing style, but admits to having trouble getting dates because girls think he's gay.
* Little Jimmy Urine, lead singer of Mindless Self Indulgence, can easily be misconstrued as gay, what with his tendency to wear fairy wings onstage, his spiky pink hair, revealing pink clothing, song titles such as "Dicks are for my Friends," and "Faggot"...the list goes on. He is however, actually married to a woman (Chantal Claret, lead singer of [[Morning Wood]]).
* [[Aerosmith]]'s lead singer and [[American Idol]] judge, Steven Tyler. Oh. My. ''Lord''. The fact that his relationship with Aerosmith's lead guitarist, Joe Perry, is absolutely ''dripping'' with [[Ho Yay]] does not help.
* [[Ed Wood]]. He was a crossdresser and had very camp mannerisms, but was definitely straight.
* Filipino comedian [[Super Tekla]], born Romeo Librada, is a crossdresser and assumes many of the same conventions expected of a [[Camp Gay]] comedian in the Philippines, but is otherwise straight as an arrow as he had relationships with several women, one of them being the subject of a highly-publicised controversy in 2020. Librada did however mention in an interview for a biographical anthology series that he did explore the possibility of him being gay, but eventually ended up in a heterosexual relationship.
* Ditto with Filipino showbiz commentator and actor Ogie Diaz, who despite his gay demeanour is married to a woman and has several children.
 
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