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{{quote|'''Cordelia''': Harmony is a vampire? That's why she--oh, my god, I'm so embarrassed! All this time I thought she was a great big lesbo!...Oh, yeah? Really? [[Not That There's Anything Wrong with That|Well, that's great! Good for you.]]}}
* ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' hilariously [[Discussed Trope|discusses]] and [[Playing with a Trope|plays]] with this trope upside down and sideways. Caroline, a young vampire, is seriously discriminated and ''tortured'' by her father who is trying to cure her of her vampirism through negative reinforcement. Her mother's explanation for her father's behavior? Her parents were "raised a certain way to believe certain things" about vampires that aren't necessarily true. He even ''chooses to die'' instead of becoming a vampire because his beliefs are all he has. Irony of ironies? Her father ''is'' gay and left his wife because he could no longer live a lie. Needless to say, extremely [[Genre Savvy]] vampire Damon has to points out the incredible...quirkiness of the situation.
* The live-action series ''[[The Tick (animationtelevision)|The Tick]]'' had an episode of this trope, centered around Arthur coming out as a superhero to his mom and sister. Tick is referred to as Arthur's "Partner" and "Special friend". In one scene the mom and sister, upon first entering the restaurant Arthur and Tick frequent, notice a superhero leaving and ask, "Is this one of '''those''' kind of places?"
** Creator [[Ben Edlund]] later regretted putting this in people's minds when they made the episode about the relationship between superhero and sidekick, which he described as "very marriage-like" in the commentary.
* ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' invokes this trope when Odo tries his hardest to convince a found [[Super Soldier|Jem'Hadar]] to pursue interests other than killing or fighting.
** ''Deep Space Nine'' also invoked it with respect to Dr. Bashir's genetic enhancement. Bashir was outed as having a trait that is not only considered revolting and wrong by the general public but is also illegal and can lose his military job and even his citizenship, even though Bashir wasn't the one who chose the trait in the first place. That episode read as if it were a metaphor for forced outing of gays. To make matters worse, it creates an [[Unfortunate Implication]] with respect to [[Psycho Lesbian|future references to other genetically enhanced characters]].
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** Not to mention that he's played by openly gay [[Neil Patrick Harris]].
* "[[Heroes]]" originally had this as a major plot point. Claire's friend Zach was going to embrace his homosexuality, mirroring Claire's embrace of her new powers. Although Executive Meddling nixed the gay reveal, which is perhaps why Claire ends up wangst ridden for the rest of the series.
 
 
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