# Does watching "Ally McBeal" make me gay? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2000, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390 "2000-04-23T04:16:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Breckinshire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@Breckinshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breckinshire)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/1 "2000-04-23T04:16:00Z")
I don’t like to admit it in front of my male friends, but I actually watch and enjoy “Ally McBeal”. That doesn’t make me gay, does it? I still like women. I swear! Please, men, help me out. Am I alone? * * * - Blessed are the Fundamentalists, for they shall inhibit the earth. \* ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/2 "2000-04-23T04:22:00Z")
You’re a fan of a show with a cast predominently composed of attractive women. So look at the bright side, if this show is making you gay, you’re apparently becoming a lesbian. Other than having to restock your CD collection, you should experience no major life style changes. ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/3 "2000-04-23T04:30:00Z")
I’m sorry but, yes. You are, in fact, gay now. I hate to lose another teammate to the other side this way. But a regular dose of any USA programming may reverse the effect. But whatever you do, stay away from Lifetime! I know it’s hard, but you can do it. I believe in you! ---
**Author:** ![Cowboy\_Greg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Cowboy\_Greg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowboy_Greg)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/4 "2000-04-23T05:52:00Z")
I’m gay, and I can’t _stand_Ally McSqueal. Does that make me a closet straight? Oh, the horror! 😉 * * * “It’s a sunny little doomed planet, inhabited by a number of frisky little doomed animals.” ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/5 "2000-04-23T06:12:00Z")
No, but if you’re still watching it after this seasons descent into TV hell, it does make you of questionable taste. (And uh…I still watch it too, on occasion. But you’ve got to admit this season completely sucks.) * * * Teaching: The ultimate birth control method. [Laura’s Stuff and Things](http://members.aol.com/lrconaway) ---
**Author:** ![lvick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d07c76/32.png) [@lvick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lvick)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/6 "2000-04-23T07:22:00Z")
I only like Ling anyway, Ally is too whiny and self-righteous for my taste; and Calista Flockhart, while talented, is too skinny, ick. ---
**Author:** ![Michi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Michi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michi)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/7 "2000-04-23T12:54:00Z")
To answer your question: No, but liking Ally Mc Beal AND Saturday Night Live…well, now THAT makes you gay… 😉 * * * You know you are a vet nurse when: it’s 4 AM and you are out of creamer for your coffee, so you use kitten milk replacer instead. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/8 "2000-04-23T13:22:00Z")
Only if you’re SkySlash. ::OUCH. No Poking!:: Ok, I’m only kidding. Sheesh. * * * A little persistance goes a long way. Announcing: “I go on guilt trips a couple of time a year. Mom books them for me.” A custom made Wally .sig! ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/9 "2000-04-23T13:22:00Z")
At last! A test for all those who are bi-curious. Watch Aly McBeal–I’d say at least two episodes. If you like it, you’re gay. If not, join the straight ranks and quit questioning. ## But what about people like me, who have never watched Aly McBeal, and probably won’t due to a severe allergy to most television sitcom series junque. Does that make me asexual? or omnisexual? Help! Help! I need my label right now. I can no longer live with ambiguity. Inconceivable? I don’t think that word means what you think it does. ---
**Author:** ![Sentinel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sentinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sentinel)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2000, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/10 "2000-04-24T02:33:00Z")
I doubt if it would make you gay but it might make you stupid. * * * **CAREFUL! We don’t want to learn from this!** (Calvin and Hobbs) ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2000, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/11 "2000-04-24T14:22:00Z")
I watch it, I like it, but I’m not a fanatic - if I miss it I miss it. The only shows I make time for are “Voyager,” “Family Guy” and “Earth: Final Conflict.” Yeah, yeah, I’m a geek, so sue me. Esprix * * * Evidently, I rock. [Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html) ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2000, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/12 "2000-04-24T15:13:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Breckinshire: > **I actually watch and enjoy “Ally McBeal”. That doesn’t make me gay, does it** No, but it doesn’t help. ---
**Author:** ![ignatiusjreilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@ignatiusjreilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatiusjreilly)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2000, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/13 "2000-04-24T15:27:00Z")
Yes. Unless, as in the case of a friend of mine, your girlfriend forces you to watch it and only lets you watch Monday Night Football and/or wrestling during _AMB_ commercials. In that case, you are simply whipped. Hope this clears things up. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2000, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/14 "2000-04-24T18:23:00Z")
Not unless you’re fucking your boyfriend as you watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2000, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/15 "2000-04-24T22:09:00Z")
My husband watches it, so I certainly hope not. 😉 * * * ## Homepage: [www.idreamofjeannie.com](http://www.idreamofjeannie.com) Occupation:Wish granting Location: I’m still stuck in this damn bottle in Cocoa Beach, Fla. Interests: Getting Major Nelson in trouble, getting Major Nelson out of trouble –_Custom profile courtesy of **UncleBeer** _ I never hate myself in the morning. I sleep till noon. –_Custom sig line courtesy of **Wally** _ ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2000, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/16 "2000-04-25T00:08:00Z")
Gay? No. Anorexic? Yes!! ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2000, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/17 "2000-04-25T00:13:00Z")
Dunno. Are you happy? Oh, not THAT kind of gay! I’d say no. Loving Barbara Streisand makes you gay. Male or female, the love of that woman makes you gay; and I don’t mean happy! * * * Best! Byz Voted most sex obsessed. (Yeah, blow me smart ass!) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2000, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/18 "2000-04-25T04:20:00Z")
So you’re saying Barbra Streisand is gay. ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2000, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/19 "2000-04-25T04:27:00Z")
No, no, read carefully. Only her lovers are gay. * * * Inconceivable? I don’t think that word means what you think it does. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2000, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/20 "2000-04-25T07:02:00Z")
So your’re saying Barbra Streisand doesn’t love herself. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390.md?page=2)