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== Theatre ==
* This seems to be a favorite trope of Tennessee Williams, much of the anguish motivating the protagonists of his two most famous plays, ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' and ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' revolves around gay men who commit suicide.
* ''[[The Boys in the Band]]''. Michael both [[Lampshadeslampshade]]s and [[Inverted Trope|inverts]] the Trope.
{{quote|'''Michael:''' It's not always the way it is in plays. Not all faggots bump themselves off at the end of the story!}}
* Beautifully subverted in ''[[Angels in America]]''. Although deaths of Prior and Belize's friends are mentioned, the only one of the gay characters to die is Roy Cohn, [[Armored Closet Gay|the malicious, heartless bastard of a closet queen who refuses to think of himself as gay]].
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