This troper genuinely wonders if it's logically possible to be Bisexual and insecure about your own Bisexuality at the same time - I ask this because in reality what does a Bisexual HAVE to be insecure about in the first place if he's admittedly attracted to both sexes?

Meh. I said in jest that I was gay for a friend. Today. On April First, which is a total wall banger. The one I was talking to believed me. I am not going to joke for the rest of the day. I am going to lampshade my heterosexuality.

This totally fits me. I lampshade this a lot. Maybe I'd be in a TransparentCloset if I lived somewhere other than the Bible Belt.

When I was in middle school, nearly all the girls in my class either had a boyfriend at the time or had one before. Since I wasn't interested in having a boyfriend, rumors spread that I was a lesbian. When I thoroughly stomped that one into the ground, rumors spread that I liked animals instead. And not like Jane Goodall and Steve Irwin. I had to all but kiss a male classmate in front of everybody in order to prove to everyone that I was straight.

A well known side-effect of being straight but AmbiguouslyGay

This troper did it for about 18 months before finally coming out.

The majority of people this troper meets assume she's a lesbian, so it's "Have I Mentioned I Am Bisexual Today?" During middle school and high school, however, she had a serious case of HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday, mostly due to years of repressing various girlcrushes.

The heterosexual students at this troper's school do this the first time they show up to a Gay-Straight Alliance meeting and/or event. "I'm straight, but I totally support same sex marriage!" "I'm straight, but..." Then they realize they are not even close to being the only straight person there, and that nobody in the club is going to assume they are gay just because they are supportive. Then it usually stops. Also, this troper used to do this alllllll the time. Before she came out as a lesbian, to nobody's surprise.

This female troper did it once by accident: #QUOTE#'''Troper:''' Oh, ''TheLWord'' [=DVDs=]! Not that I watch this series. I don't know why I said that so loud, I don't even know anything about ''TheLWord''. Or, well, yes, I've only ever seen that one episode. Well, only some of the scenes with- I mean I don't usually watch it! I don't. But... Hum." #QUOTE#'''Friend:''' That wasn't suspicious at all!

The truth is worse: the troper suddenly realized she'd only seen one episode because ''{{Highlander}}'' Methos had a small part in it as a lawyer and that's what she was trying to hide.

This lesbian troper lives with her male best friend and regularly has to invert this trope lest Grandmothers get overly hopeful about impending Grandchildren and to keep the rumours that she's straight at bay. Not that there's anything wrong with being straight. She just isn't. Okay.

This troper invoked it last time he went ghosthunting. One of my friends doesn't like awkward silence, so he fills it in with talk about how much he loves women, how much he enjoys cheating on his girlfriend, and just being a general perv. #QUOTE# Me: "Dude, if you weren't trying so hard, I'd think you were straight."

Inverted by myself. I am a heterosexual. My parents think I'm gay, though, because I keep my love/sex life a closely guarded secret for reasons I can't fully explain. I guess it doesn't help that I'm CampStraight, have a friend who's best described as a heterosexual life partner, gay roommate from college, gay best friend from college(does not overlap with roommate or HLP).

This troper, has invoked this trope several times when around family and friends. He has been {{Mistaken For Gay}} on several occasions by them, due to his lack of female companionship. How does that in any way imply homosexuality? It doesn't help that I've been hit on by men on several occasions.

I have a male friend who once pointed out that kissing guys doesn't bother him, it's just that it doesn't do anything for him. I can't help wondering why he has kissed enough guys to know that.

the scientific method?

Lots of alcohol, combined with dares and/or spin-the-bdottle?

He doesn't drink.

Truth or Dare. That's how it happened for this male troper, who wanted to impress his girlfriend at the time.

Invoked by this troper whenever he is accused of being gay just because he doesn't spend 24 hours a day chasing pussy like everyone else. Also he is able to look at a penis without being completely and utterly repulsed.

While this troper is not a guy (though she does look like one), nobody should be bothered by that unless they've never been introduced to sex before. It's like being repulsed by your own hands.

Well, obviously one's own penis does not count.

This Troper has to occasionally ever since he mentioned off-hand that he had a dream where he was gay. I didn't like it to be honest. Nothing "happened" in the respect that characterizes the difference between gay and straight, but in the dream, I was certain I was homosexual. I mentioned this as well, but occasionally it is brought up in a humorous fashion.

This Troper isn't straight either, but he's not gay.

This troper has a friend who did this all the time. Though he finaly came out and openly admitted he was gay.

This troper has this happen quite a bit since she has an abundance of lesbian/bi friends. Apparently liking someone for who they are = gay. I really am straight.

This Troper tends to overcompensate in this direction, mostly because it is easier than explaining bi-romantic asexuality to people. Might as well keep it simple.

This Troper did this for laughs after a gay joke was made involving him and his heterosexual (or bisexual) life partner on a guild chat before they went to bed. It went something like this: #QUOTE#'''Friend:''' I'm going to bed. #QUOTE#'''Guild member:''' I bet those two are going to have sleep together tonight. #QUOTE#'''Me:''' Only on Thursdays!

Two girls from this tropers graduating class ensure that everybody knows that they have long term boyfriends despite the fact this troper knows different (Gaydar, sources, et cetera). It sounds crazy, but it's true. All elements of this trope.

I had something like this, three girls but one particular one always goes out of her way to spam her boyfriends facebook with luvvie duvvie messages which a somebody-not-trying-to-prove-a-point would not do. It always comes off like she's trying to prove a point to herself/everybody else that she is a straight as a ruler. Hahaha..No!

Well, she could be as straight as one of those bendable rulers.

Averted by this troper, who never answers questions about his sexuality, opting instead for a "what do you think?" and agreeing with whatever the other person suggests. of Funny}} It's a lot funnier that way.

Indeed it is.

One of my friends goes out of his way to mention this. Between the SuspiciouslySpecificDenial aspect of this trope, and the knowledge that he was more or less pressured into his current heterosexual relationship... well, he hasn't come out, but I for one suspect he's just in denial.

Inverted by this troper, who makes it a point to always make sure everyone knows she loves the ladies.

Subverted by This Troper, because she herself doesn't know very well what she is (except being a YaoiFangirl and ambiguously lesbian), but played straight(ahem) with her best friend.Nobody knows if he is CampStraight or CampGay or even BiTheWay, but one conversation comes to mind: #QUOTE#'''Friend''': One day, a gay asked me out.I refused. #QUOTE#'''Me''': Seriously?What did you say? #QUOTE#'''Friend''':That I am underage. #QUOTE# '''Me''':... #QUOTE#'''Friend''':Not like that!It's because if I said I was straight, he would think I was playing hard to get!! #QUOTE#'''Me''':*laughing like crazy* I understand,I really do.

At a football game, while sitting in the stands (in the marching band section), this bi Troper had this exchange with a female friend. This happened after I was repeating something an announcer said in an unnaturally high voice: #QUOTE#'''Friend''': You're so gay. #QUOTE#'''Me''': It's not my fault! #QUOTE#'''Friend''': *laughs* #QUOTE#'''Me''': ... Wait that's not what I meant!

This troper has to remind his YaoiFangirl girlfriend that he's straight. It's hard to keep her convinced when he writes slash of her favorite pairings, though...

You and me both. The worst thing about YaoiFangirl girlfriends? You/her/your best friend = {{OT3}}!

This troper did this for a while because she was under speculation of being a lesbian. Probably worst with the following: #QUOTE#'''Friend''': I just don't understand how anyone could like girls, really. #QUOTE#'''Me''': Oh yeah. Totally. I'm definitely straight... Then she decided it would be more fun to confuse others. Very few people know that she is neither straight nor a lesbian. She's just a bisexual who has had trouble coming to terms with the fact that she likes girls as much as guys.

This troper constantly says (specially because he studies in a major where {{Transparent Closet}}s are common) "I don't hook up with anyone, but I'm straight".

This troper is very comfortable with his own sexuality, and is sure he is a straight male. This does not stop everyone, from long time friends to new ones, questioning his orientation. It doesn't help that he's a rather short, slim, Asian, and apparently effeminate. It doesn't help that he's metrosexual, and insists on being a Sharp Dressed Man every day. It's to the point where he gets shipped by friends with other male friends, and has to remind them that he's actually straight.

This troper's class mate has a picture of a half naked man on his "What I am" poster, yet makes anti homosexual statements.. It is actually quite inferiating.

This troper had a coworker do this for half a summer before he finally came out. She told him that she had guessed that already; he'd been trying WAY too hard to "prove" he was straight.

There is actually an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder variant where you have to do this (or the inversion, depending on your orientation) ''to yourself''. Also, like Death and Violence-related OCD, it's full-on HighOctaneNightmareFuel. Taking this troper's condition as an example; you get absolutely nothing from guys - no arousal, no attraction, no butterflies, nothing - and yet your brain constantly bombards you with doubts and worries that you might be gay which have no logical basis to exists; especially because you've been ''in love'' with girls for years before (and this is before you came dangerously close to crossing the DespairEventHorizon upon finding out you were an UnluckyChildhoodFriend). You are bombarded with this wherever you go; whatever you do; whoever you look at (at even if they are fat, old, balding, etc...), and every time you see a member of the opposite sex who you find attractive and/or arouses you the thoughts just come right back to {{Troll}} you. ''And nobody is safe from this condition''. It can happen whoever you are and whatever your sexual preference is. How do you overcome it? You try exposing yourself to the fears themselves. ''And that still makes you feel doubtful and uncomfortable''.

Tell me about that... This troper, recently started having that due to the fact that he is 23 and still a virgin, so the natural doubts and fears of the first time are driving him paranoid because he doesn´t know if it´s just first time fears (protection, unwanted pregnancy risks, rejection, etc) or if it´s because he actually doesn´t like women. Needless to say, he doesn´t get aroused by males, nor has he ever contemplated the possibility of having a relationship with a man, and he has had a girlfriend, although, sadly, they live far apart from each other, so they dropped it since they couldn´t see each other that much. That, however, doesn´t stop his damn mind to keep trolling him with doubts. The fact that he´s still a virgin and has a couple of heterosexual life partners doesn´t help. Man, this is driving him (well, me) crazy...

...Oh my god, is THAT my problem?! Swap the genders around-I'm a lesbian (who continually gets crushes on male characters, forced on by this)-and you have my story.

This troper is an alto in her choir. Anybody who is also an alto in a public high school choir should know what I'm talking about already. Since some of those other altos spend their time crawling all over each other in various ways I never knew were possible, I feel compelled to mention this every 2.5 seconds or so. I'm not a very touchy-feely person at all, let alone in a sexual way. (And besides, I'm only fourteen, so while I know I'm probably heterosexual, I haven't even reached that point for men yet!) Sometimes, I fear that I've mentioned it so often, it might have already backfired; they probably either think I'm either in the closet or homophobic. There is only one other alto who doesn't do this while still managing to be friendly, but thankfully, the boundaries between the different sections are loose enough that I can still talk to the men and sopranos, who definitely don't do this (except for this one openly gay guy, but that's different).

Also, this troper's friend from Girl Scouts is tall, broad-shouldered, loudmouthed, and just acts like a guy in general. While I claim to have a very faulty gaydar (which makes me a hypocrite, considering the above entry) and don't brand anybody as anything until proven so, I can make speculations, and once thought that she was a lesbian (coincidentally, she is also an alto in her school's choir). However, recently, in the car on the way to see a movie with some other friends, she gave us all an anecdote about how one girl at her school asked her if she was gay, to which she replied (with enthusiasm) "no," and I'm not going to doubt her on that.

This (male) troper pities you: I was an alto in my school choir until I was 15 and a half (I'm now 17 and three quarters and have a bass voice). No prize for guessing how many girlfriends I had during those years...

For some reason, this troper is very clingy with her friends, so she was accused of being the PsychoLesbian type on a few occasions. So one day, she decided to throw her arm around her only guy friend and sing, "White boys are so pretty/ White boys are so sweet/ White boys drive me crazy/ Drive me indiscreet" Sadly, it didn't work.

I once had a classmate who would always bring up how hot he thought almost any other girl in our class was, especially when given the usual slagging of "You're gay" that many teenage males throw around. It wouldn't have seemed so suspicious had he not claimed to be attracted to just about every single girl that wasn't fat. He might have copped onto this in the later years because after a while he would at least call the odd one a minger. Still most of us thought he may not be as interested in women as he made himself out to be.

I had a classmate during grade and middle school who practically acted openly gay around me. (which had people mistaking us for gay a couple. For the record, ''I'm actually'' straight.) He constantly stared at me in class (In fact I think he paid more attention to ''me'' than he did to the teacher), watched every movement I made in class (For example, counting how many times I blew my nose in class during a day when I had a cold.), got '''extremely''' jealous whenever I so much as ''talked to'' someone other than him (to the point where he tried to keep my other friends away from me), '''pelvic thrusted behind me while I was bending over to pick up my books''' (and ADMITTED to doing it), was caught grabbing another guy's crotch during recess, and basically hated all female video game characters. (He even used to main Samus in SuperSmashBros, until I told him the truth. From then on, he branded Samus as weak and switched to Fox.) All that, and he still tried to convince people that he was straight.

I'm a 22-year-old female Troper who, on a campus where nobody was a virgin after 18, has never even so much as kissed a guy. I have been mistaken as either a lesbian or asexual on several occasions, because ''I couldn't possibly be straight and a virgin at my age''. Since I'm not interested in a relationship right now, there's really nothing I can do about it. Except, of course, for eyeing a guy when in the company of friends or classmates and saying, "Ooo, he's got a cute butt." (Which, for the record, I don't even really like saying as a joke, because it objectifies men.) *shrug*

Hoo boy, am I a victim of this. All throughout middle and high school, everyone seemed to think I was gay because I claimed I just wasn't interested in the opposite sex(I never said I was into the same sex either though). The fact that I seemed to get along better with girls than with boys and was not really into sports did not help the matter. I went to a high school in the middle of the Deep South, where in order to even qualify as a heterosexual, apparently you had to be a straight up redneck with a dirt-covered pickup, tobacco in one cheek, and "Sweet Home Alabama" blaring on your radio. It was not until I entered college that I actually gained a girlfriend. Needless to say, whenever someone from my old high school saw me with my girlfriend, they would be thoroughly surprised at the realization that I was, in fact, straight.

This troper recently experienced a very strange subversion/inversion of this - I was at a close friend's party, and one of her guests was a guy (let's call him A) whose friend (call him B) was also there. Throughout the evening A'd keep mentioning that B was his gay best friend. A even said at a point that he wished he had a lesbian friend to complete his spread of friends. (Paraphrasing.) I almost felt like telling him "You don't need to keep mentioning that your best friend is gay! And your best friend! I get it!" Incidentally, the approximate confirmed non-heterosexuality rate (including myself) at that party was 37.5%, which is pretty high. A was there with his girlfriend.

This troper was class mom in high school art class, mostly because the teacher didn't give a damn. She'd tell people to sit down and work, go around and help who she could, give encouragement... of course some people didn't like that. #QUOTE# Me: [Marisa], sit down and leave [Billy] alone. #QUOTE# Marisa: Fuck you, Troper! #QUOTE# Me: (not even looking up from my art project) Not on a school night, darling. #QUOTE# Cue crickets. #QUOTE# Neighbor: Did you mean... #QUOTE# Me: I'm not a lesbian. It's a witty response, that's all. #QUOTE# Practically everybody: Oh.

Sorry to interrupt, but that's made of win.

This troper's best friend has a boyfriend and would be somewhat obviously straight, but everytime she does something relatively awkward (or something relatively awkward happens to her) to a female friend, it's usually followed by "But I like boys." or "I like boys, [name], not girls" or, in this troper's case, "But I don't like you that way." God, it's almost enough to make said troper get her hopes up.

Inverted by this lesbian troper, at least, amongst people I'm out to. I have absolutely no interest in men, and to insinuate otherwise is a capital offense. Perhaps not the most appealing personality trait out there, but I can't help it; I used to wrestle with my sexuality so hard I've got metaphorical bruises that don't like to be metaphorically touched, thank you very much.

A pair of EXTREMELY flamboyant gay men in my high school drama club often reminded people of their "girlfriend", especially around their families. After graduation, they both came out as everyone who even glanced at them went "I knew it."

I seem to have to do this with everyone I meet. Even my own family isn't convinced and thinks that I am a lesbian. They're half right but I'm not ready to come out so I put up a facade, even though only one of the posters in my room is a guy (Eminem).

And now he is convinced that I am a closet bisexual.

Variation- this troper knows a woman who loves talking about how her son is heterosexual! My god, is he heterosexual! Isn't it great how heterosexual her son is? Her son is probably bisexual, but never mind...