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I don't think it's as simple as that.  Mickey didn't beat him up only because they were having sex, but also that Lloyd referred to him as Ian's "boyfriend," which set off his internalized homophobia.  The very idea of being Ian's "boyfriend" set him off.  So, in a sense, it was a gay bashing.  Kudos to Shameless for