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* Mexican singer and showman Juan Gabriel is ''very'' famous for his [[Camp Gay]] stage antics. He never mentions his ''real'' sexual orientation, however.
* [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]] gained notoriety and coverage using the gay vibe. Of the five of them, only Holly Johnson and Paul Rutherford were actually gay.
* Nick Cave and Blixa Bargeld. Sung the duet [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7S7GwYJAJQ Where the Wild Roses Grow] with Blixa in the female role, as [[Kylie Minogue]] (the usual other singer) was unavailble. One time, they went [http://morgansmusings.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/nick_cave-blixa_bargeld_kiss.jpg further]{{Dead link}}
** Not to mention Blixa's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHHiKE2QqRw live cover] of Peggy Lee's "Johnny Guitar."
* [[Gackt]] knows how to feed his fangirls, as evidenced by this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr1iujcd3-A live version of Vanilla].
* While the men of [[Barenaked Ladies]] are happily married dads, that didn't stop guitarist Ed Robinson and former lead singer Steven Page from occasionally dancing together and stage kissing.
* Bands engaging in Stage Gay at various times include: [[Panic! at the Disco]], [[My Chemical Romance]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110917100504/http://pic37.flodeo.com/photos/37/AE/AJ/CheMiiCaLeRaWaYiieRo/10017598-11875808.jpg 1], [http://www.so-bad.net/lj/mcrp/45.gif 2]{{Dead link}})(the gayest members of which have all now married hot women, go figure), [http://www.freewebs.com/emo_guys_kissing/bertquinn.jpg The Used]{{Dead link}}...
** In recent years, pretty much every male-fronted band without a macho or wholesome image to keep up will do this. Thank [[David Bowie]].
** A recent instance is [http://s111.photobucket.com/albums/n134/LambyToes/?action=view¤t=peteffwardtogodownonbden.gif this] from the A & K Acoustic event involving [[Fall Out Boy]] frontman Pete Wentz and [[Panic! at the Disco]] frontman Brendon Urie.
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* Inverted in ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'', when at a party, Cyndi publicly makes out with Daphne, a lesbian who's been established as desperate for a partner, and then turns to tell Marshall that she's essentially straight; Daphne is visibly hurt at this, and later insights into Cyndi's character (including that she most certainly does like girls, Sara in particular) suggest that hurting Daphne was her primary goal.
* [http://www.shortpacked.com/blog/2006/03/06/lesbian This] ''[[Shortpacked]]'' strip, with Amber shanghaied into attempting to throw off an unwanted admirer with faux-lesbianism.
* Jodie from ''[[Loserz]]'' utilizes this technique to attract guys [https://web.archive.org/web/20110423130812/http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/59 here]. It's probably a bit easier for her, since she's also attracted to women.
* ''[[Oglaf]]'': It appears that Mistress's guard corps is largely straight, but the two guards in [http://www.oglaf.com/night-shame/1/ this strip] clearly don't really care.
* In an ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' Q&A session, Lisa theorises that [[Gender Bender|Elliot]]'s '[[Genki Girl|party form]]' would do this to put on a show for the guys, despite probably not being a lesbian. This is largely based an event where Lisa (an actual lesbian, or at least bisexual) was on the receiving end of a one-sided version during college, and thought it was for real before having her hopes dashed when her admirer left with a guy she'd attracted via the Faux Yay. [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|Not that she admits to it, of course.]]
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* Pegasus in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series]]'' flirts with the other male characters and displays an assortment of stereotypical gay traits. However, he's actually straight and had a wife, and tries to kill the main characters when they uncover this fact.
{{quote|'''Pegasus:''' I'm afraid you all have seen to much. Can't have people thinking I'm straight.}}
* The Onion [https://web.archive.org/web/20100314215224/http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bar_skanks_announce_plans_to_kiss satirizes the faux Les Yay].
* [[That Guy With The Glasses]] and affiliates: The recent rise in [[Ho Yay]] might be due to this, or just [[Shipping Goggles|the slashfans getting more adept at spotting it]].
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* Japanese comedian Razor Ramon - aka, "Hard Gay", who is actually married to a woman and is <s>reportedly</s> heterosexual.
** And what a woman!
* UK funny-man [[Russell Brand]] reportedly [https://web.archive.org/web/20100727042755/http://celebrities.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=250687&showcomments=true pretends to be gay] to charm women into bed. He also makes out with [[Noel Fielding]] a lot, who is equally straight...ish.
* ''"Terry rushed up to Barger, threw his arms around him and planted a sloppy wet kiss on his mouth. This is a guaranteed square-jolter, and the Angels are gleefully aware of the reaction it gets... The sight of a photographer invariably whips the Angels into a kissing frenzy, but I have never seen them do it among themselves, when there was nobody around to shock. There is an element of showbiz to it..."'' - [[Hunter S. Thompson]], "Hell's Angels"
* In the book ''Light My Fire,'' Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek say that drummer John Densmore did this to avoid being drafted.
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