I always wonred if that was part of the reason for his self-hatred. It certaly was implied the scene wh Patrick Hockstetter. As a gay man myself...
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HENRY BOWERS GAY?
However when Patrick offers to give him oral sex, Henry, ashamed at his aroal, punch him and lls him several homophobic slurs and tri to blackmail Patrick. As a gay man myself (but not self-hatg, heh), occurred to me that might be the se. I always assumed he was gay and hated that about himself.
Y, I too always thought that Henry Bowers was gay. Unfortunately, he's jt one a strg of negative gay male characters SK has wrten.
I nnot tell if someone I meet is gay or straight... Maybe SK based Henry Bowers on someone he knew whout knowg (or rg) if the guy was gay or straight. I know my argument will look week bee I don't have any ncrete exampl to give you right now, but much of SK's early wrg is populated wh peripheral male characters who are eher qutnably gay or outright gay and the way he wr them is not very nice.