Inherent in being a gay best friend is the assumption that the straight white girl comes first and the gay community comes second... if at all. Examine classic GBF characters like Elijah from the HBO series Girls, Kurt from Glee, or, perhaps better, Sassy Gay Friend from the popular YouTube series of the same title. Actor and comedian Brian Gallivan plays this larger-than-life, scarf-wearing character who interacts with characters from classic literature such as the works of William Shakespeare, showing how "[their] fate could have been avoided if [they] had had a gay friend sassy” (“Sassy Gay Friend”). Cue the upbeat music of a stereotypical gay nightclub, complete with Gallivan's character gyrating his hips and making sassy faces at the camera. In each of the many 3-minute comedy videos, Gallivan interrupts a character's bad decision with a series of jokes that inevitably set the character on a better path However, the Sassy Gay Friend is always just a supporting character (in his own series, no less!) designed to benefit the protagonist Whether or not whether saving Desdemona from murder at the hands of Othello, or helping Miss Havisham put her traumatic past behind her, the Sassy Gay Friend is only valuable in what he does for others. I understand, of course, that this