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Despite the [[Have a Gay Old Time|traditional meaning]] of the word "gay," homosexual characters tend to be a miserable lot, and not by simple coincidence - their misery can be attributed largely to their sexuality or, more accurately, other people's attitudes towards it. In short, they don't just have angst, they have ''gayngst''.

* Most of the time Shuichi from ''[[Gravitation]]'' is comfortable with being in love with another guy. Occasionally though, he really gets hit hard with Gayngst and worries quite a bit that his relationship with Yuki is doomed because they're both male.

* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', Setsuna's angst is less about the fact that she is [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|quite thoroughly]] [[Bodyguard Crush|gay for Konoka]], than that she thinks herself of the wrong social class for [[Ojou]]-sama, and that she [[Failure Knight|feels unworthy]] of her. {{spoiler|Their pactio}} might help her feel better about her [[Bodyguard Crush]].

* In ''[[Finder Series]]'', [[Uke|Akihito]] angsts for a while after being raped by [[Seme|Asami]] and (maybe) [[Victim Falls For Rapist|enjoying it]].

* ''[[Wandering Son]]'' has a fair share of [[Transsexualism|trangst]]. The gay Makoto hasn't gotten any angst, though the two transgendered protagonists have gotten plenty. Nitori gets the most, as a feminine boy is not nearly as accepted as a tomboyish girl.

* ''[[Khaos Komix]]'', as a teen drama with a [[Cast Full of Gay]], pretty much runs on this trope: Steve has internalized Jamie's homophobia enough that he wrestles with the idea of being gay; Mark knows his parents have already disowned his brother for, among many other things, his homosexuality; Amber is frightened of the controversy, and her mother, although accepting of Steve and Mark, is less so with Amber, {{spoiler|because she's frightened for her safety...and speaking from experience}}; Nay casually accepts her own bisexuality, but she's seeing Amber; Murfs had a basically pansexual upbringing, but as a child, ran headlong into Jamie's [[Freudian Excuse]], which left him reflexively homophobic until he met Tom; Tom, a transman (by definition, a source of angst in its own right), is afraid of letting Murfs know, much less sleeping with him, for fear of being seen as a woman; and Charlie, a transwoman, has started an outright dangerous relationship with the homophobic Jamie. Still, it looks like the token straight Jamie's story [[Freudian Excuse|might be the angstiest of all]]. Of course, there have also been hints that Jamie [[Armoured Closet Gay|isn't as straight as he claims to be.]]

* Justin from ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has reason enough to gayngst with the bullying at school and his ex-best friend turning into an aggravating [[Stalker with a Crush]]. However he can also be a little ''too'' eager to have this, as shown by his accusing the others of [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-12-19 leaving him out of the rescue team] because he's gay during the Painted Black arc (shortly before realizing the team consisted of [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|a homosexual, a bisexual]], and a [[Single-Target Sexuality|Teddsexual]]) and his muttering that the universe was [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2008-11-04 plotting against him] when he was informed of ''Elliot's'' having to [[Gender Bender|turn into a girl]] due to [[Power Incontinence]].

* Vinci from ''[[Vinci and Arty]]'' exhibits this trope often, especially when the couple's more conservative neighbours show off their discontent for the homosexual duo.

 

 

== Web Original ==

* A major part of the prolecto series. In fact, this trope is why one character goes from "Good" to "Neutral. The story starts here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6721353/

** Eventually {{spoiler|Pretty much subverted, as other issues come to prominance, and the character is told, bluntly, to get over it.}}

 

== Western Animation ==

** Or maybe he didn't the arranged marriage his family put him through.

 

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