Carlton Lassiter Loves Men

happy pride month :)
anyway these are all the scenes i could think of where lassiter displays or references overt attraction to men and masculinity, or general appreciation and love for fellow men that he really never does for women. i purposely did NOT include all the scenes where he's simply negatively queercoded (and there's a lot, trust me) because those aren't about his attraction and also they make me upset.
i might make a sort of essay video in the future about the queercoding of lassie that do include those clips, though.
anyway lassie is gay and you can catch me on tumblr as bassiter

[@TheOriginalDalamanza]

Lassie is the embodiment of "do I love him or do I just wish I was him"

[@nicholasacampa5978]

reminder that woody the coroner is canonically bisexual and stated "it's just as easy for me to love a man as it is to love a woman"

[@sparkylikestrash3788]

he just screams disaster gay and I am so here for it

[@alonelyleek]

2:30 OK WAIT THERES NO STRAIGHT EXPLANATION FOR THIS

[@melinakorovessi713]

“It seems blacker than black” “see it..:it devoured it” “that’s a good looking handle bar” “when a man asks you to bite down on his toe you do it” “may I?” “That’s a man” “like the touch of a man” “a very good looking man” “he’s a real man” I tried to get them all

[@5ChampionsofHyrule]

I love this video! Fun fact: Lassie was confirmed canonically pansexual in 2010, and watching some of these scenes now, it's obvious 😂 he was so down bad for lars ewing

[@Justhppy2behere]

i don’t remember where, but one of the creators said that lassie is canonically pansexual, and like… it’s obvious lol

[@Bookworm36100]

Lassiter is canonically pansexual

[@kodomoshawn6729]

I somehow missed some of these!!! I need to binge this show again!!!!

[@forcryinoutloud]

Lassie and Shawn would have been a much more interesting couple. Shawn/Juliet was such a snorefest.

[@rynelizabeth8639]

shules was too predictable in my opinion

[@sydgrim]

Thank you!

[@howthetubbiestelly]

they would’ve been such a funny unorthodox couple, true icons

[@sabiralangevin]

This is an incredibly important video

[@bea1092]

insane how almost every character in this show is bisexual omg

[@Bliffenstimmers]

I think the actor confirmed Lassie was Pan or something?

[@SebastianMartin]

the psych writers room tweeted in 2010 that he was pan, but imo that tweet was absolutely not made in good faith, considering it was made very close to the airtimes of 1) an episode that establishes lassiter to have some admiration for ronald reagan AKA the president responsible for the deaths of an entire generation of gay and bi men, and 2) an ep where shawn and gus see lassiter's internet search history and are deeply disgusted, which was almost certainly meant to be interpreted as a qu**r thing. and just in general with how much lassiter is gay-coded in a /negative/ way, i feel pretty certain that the attitude of that tweet was not "hey guess what here's some pan representation!" but simply "lmao lassiter is so weird he isn't even one of the NORMAL sexualities." in any case it was never explicity followed up on within the show, so it's not canon in a way that really matters and therefore not representation. i steadfastly hc him as gay because i'm a gay man and related a lot to him and very easily can pinpoint the way he interacts with women to be lacking actual attraction, and for previous relationships to be the result of comphet.

[@Bliffenstimmers]

Sebastian Dean That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the explanation!

[@maryclark6661]

Sebastian Dean that makes sense I recently rewatched some episodes and was sad at how rude a lot of the jokes were. Race jokes, and Shawn also even before he started dating Juliet would make some inappropriate remarks, specifically there was a comment about whether or not she was calling from the shower and that’s just off the top of my head. Not to mention there were slot of negative jokes about lgbt+ . Carlton just seems to have a lot of insecurities and therefore projects this by having “man crushes” and overcompensating for his insecurities by trying to be what he thinks a “real” man is like.

[@peonylarkspur645]

2:34 i forgot about this fkdjdkjl

[@alonelyleek]

Bi icon

[@elicorter7571]

You should watch the hollow on Netflix

[@RobertsonIsland]

The first 3 arent gay at all, one is asking about a suit color, in the second hes literally talking about a woman, and in the third hes talkin about a sick mustache

[@SebastianMartin]

he's 1) fawning over a man (did you miss the face he made when juliet's talking about the fbi guy in the shower?? lmao), 2) clearly attracted to masculinity and 3) focusing on the appearance of another man. being super into other men's facial hair is one of those "acceptable" masculine ways that men get to love other men without tipping off internalized homophobia. it's about the intricate rituals.

[@RobertsonIsland]

Sebastian Dean i just think you’re looking for it where it isn’t tbh

[@SebastianMartin]

@@RobertsonIsland i'm just being thorough, and you couldn't even argue against the rest of the clips being evidence that he does indeed love me so????