I think it's mostly older people who think of "Bruce" as a stereotypically gay name, and I think it came about during the mid- to late-60s. First, during the 50s and 60s there was a lot of heat directed towards DC Comics for tricking kids into reading stories about Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, who were widely considered to be a homosexual couple. About that time, Johnny Carson had a recurring bit on his show called the Mighty Carson Art Players, they did skits and such and featured a recurring gay character named Bruce.By the late 60s, Monty Python did a skit with a bunch of characters, all named Bruce, who spoke about a set of faculty rules, where every other one was "No poofters!"Bruce is also, as mentioned above, a very easy name to add a lisp to, to increase the comedic effect, so I think it was just a joke that took off for a while.   See 8 other replies

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shut up old man.   See 8 other replies

Just a data point: when I was a 5th-grader in the Midwest (around 1976), the name "Bruce" was already associated with gays in kids' jokes. So, it goes back at least 35 years.   See 8 other replies

In America, Bruce is SOMEtimes used to address a guy who is behaving in a typical gay fashion. I'm assuming it's one of 'those names' that describes a person; think of the 'Patty' or 'Cathy' woman in a work environment... If that makes sense. In Britain they call Australians 'Bruce(s)'. Australians called Brits "Nigel(s)".   See 8 other replies

It also happened in this episode which was the point...   See 2 other replies