Flying Under the Gaydar: Difference between revisions

* Inverted in ''[[Ugly Betty]]''. A fashion designer is actually straight, but plays up a flamboyant [[Camp Gay]] image so he can be taken seriously as a designer.

** Played straight (no pun intended) in an earlier episode, when Marc tries to act straight for his mother. He is spectacularly awful at it, claiming that his favorite musical is High School Musical and that he tans at only a certain place.

'''Marc''': Straight guys Mystic Tan. Hello, Tom Cruise. }}

* In ''[[Glee]]'', Kurt gets caught by his dad dancing in a unitard with two girls to Beyonce's "Single Ladies" video. He claims he is [[Blatant Lies|practicing for his new position on the football team, which he had totally just joined and not made up on the spot.]] Later, when he ''does'' join the football team, he helps the team perfect their coordination and timing (and some psychological warfare on the other team) through learning the dance. In a later episode, when he feels that quarterback Finn is "stealing" his dad away from, Kurt begins dressing in flannel clothing and dating a woman in order to appear more manly and win back his father's affection.

* Until a certain episode of ''[[The War at Home]]'', Kenny tries to hide his sexual orientation. The audience still know he's gay because of his [[Inner Monologue|Inner Monologues]].

* Max from ''[[Happy Endings]]'' subverts this: while he is definately not [[Camp Gay]] at all, his friends point out that he can't really act straight either. Especially in front of his parents.

* ''[[Noah's Arc]]'': In an episode where Noah wants to go to a bar to meet Wade's friends, Wade gets Noah to tone down his normally feminine look for this purpose. Noah calls him out on it later.