# Does watching "Ally McBeal" make me gay?

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**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")\
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**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, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/21 "2000-04-25T07:20:00Z")

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You’re all GAY!

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Best!  
Byz

Voted most sex obsessed. (Yeah, blow me smart ass!)

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**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 25, 2000, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/22 "2000-04-25T13:46:00Z")

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> Originally posted by **Byzantine** :
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> You’re all GAY!

Have you been reading my wish book again?

Esprix

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Evidently, I rock.  
[Ask the Gay Guy!](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001376.html)

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**Author:** ![MtnMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@MtnMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MtnMan)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/23 "2000-04-25T15:17:00Z")

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No. Watching “Ally McBeal” does not **make** you gay. However, it is strong evidence that you are already gay, but afraid to admit it.

Sorry to be the one to break it to you.  
And thank you johnnyharvard for pointing out that I am not gay – just whipped. Sigh.

MtnMan

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**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 26, 2000, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-watching-ally-mcbeal-make-me-gay/16390/24 "2000-04-26T08:46:00Z")

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> No, no, read carefully. Only her lovers are gay.

And a whoosh to Wish.

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