As Belgian ic-book in Tt celebrat his 80th birthday, an age-old qutn has rurfaced: is the boy reporter gay? One Brish mentator says the signs are unmistakeable." name="scriptn
Contents:
- TT WAS GAY, TIM JOURNALIST CLAIMS
- IS TT GAY?
- IS TT GAY? DEBATE ON AS HERGE'S HERO TURNS 80
- IS TT GAY?
- WAR ON WHIMSY: NO, TT ISN’T GAY
- NO. TT ISN’T GAY.
- OF URSE TT’S GAY. ASK SNOWY
- IS TT GAY? CARTOON BIRTHDAY BOY DOGGED BY MOURS
TT WAS GAY, TIM JOURNALIST CLAIMS
As Tt celebrat his 80th birthday, a Tim journalist asks 'Is he gay?' * tin tin gay *
As Belgian ic book in Tt celebrat his 80th birthday, an age-old qutn has rurfaced: Is the boy reporter gay? "Billns of blue blisterg barnacl, isn't starg the face?, " wrote The Tim journalist Matthew Parris unr the headle "Of urse Tt's gay.
IS TT GAY?
As ic-book in Tt celebrat his 80th birthday, an age-old qutn has rurfaced: is the reporter gay? The answer is obv, says one mentator. * tin tin gay *
Translated to 60 languag, the rtoon books still sell upwards of 2 ln pi per Parris, a former Brish MP who is openly gay, said Tt's sexualy was obv to anyone who reads the rtoon books fay background giv a first clue. As psychologists will nfirm, this is mon among young gay men, " Mr Parris fact that while beg nomally a journalist, he almost never fil any stori, is also fishy - fuellg speculatn that he is a spy.
IS TT GAY? DEBATE ON AS HERGE'S HERO TURNS 80
Aren't all children's rtoons maskg sublimal gay msag tend to nvert heterosexual boys and girls to same-sex lovg adolcents? Batman * tin tin gay *
"As the remott acquatance wh [for stance] Brish pnage will nfirm, secret telligence has always attracted gay men. ""Py this dog, wretchedly straight and trapped a ghastly web of gay human mal, " Mr Parris wrote. "And you're tellg me Tt isn't gay?
Parris, himself gay, is a well-known newspaper lumnist who notorly 'outed' Bs Mister Lord Peter Manlson the middle of a televisn terview 1998. Now, Parris sists, the reporter whose adventur have sold more than 200 ln pi and been translated to 50 languag, is gay and that fans are a state of "nial". Tt, who was born January 10, 1929, on the pag of a children's supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vgtième Siècle, has an unknown background and orig, says Parris, addg: "This is mon among young gay men, some of whom fd hard to believe that they really are their parents' child".
IS TT GAY?
Controversy arose earlier this year when the Brish newspaper, The Sun, published an article: "Did Tt Have a Gay Secret?" which a journalist suggted that perhaps Europe's favore ic character was fact a ltle light his gumsho. "Tt is a llow, androgyno blon-quiffed yo... * tin tin gay *
In fact, Parris spects Tt may well have been a spy - "secret telligence has always attracted gay men. In 2001, Belgian police seized 600 pi of an unthorised book tled "Tt Thailand" - which showed Tt and his iends livg up Thai gay bars. However, Belgium-based Studs Herge reacted stoutly, wh spokman Marcel Wilmet clarg: "Tt is not at all gay - he was very macho fact.
WAR ON WHIMSY: NO, TT ISN’T GAY
It has e to my attentn that some members of the cult have certa views on Tts masculy. It has always annoyed me how rtoon characters n be pned as beg effemate or gay wh no evince to support . Don’t get me wrong! Im not Homophobic or have any issu wh homosexualy, but bamboozl me on how or why rtoon characters have secret sex liv. Why? Is jt anothe * tin tin gay *
London - As Belgian ic-book in Tt celebrat his 80th birthday, an age-old qutn has rurfaced: is the boy reporter gay?
NO. TT ISN’T GAY.
Anne of Green Gabl wasn’t a lbian. Tt wasn’t gay. And pre-schoolers don’t need to be troduced to homosexual puppets. * tin tin gay *
" wrote The Tim journalist Matthew Parris unr the headle "Of urse Tt's gay. Parris, a former Brish lawmaker who is openly gay, said Tt's sexualy was obv to anyone who reads the rtoon books closely. As psychologists will nfirm, this is mon among young gay men, " says Parris.
OF URSE TT’S GAY. ASK SNOWY
"As the remott acquatance wh (for stance) Brish pnage will nfirm, secret telligence has always attracted gay men. "Py this dog, wretchedly straight and trapped a ghastly web of gay human mal, " says Parris. And you're tellg me Tt isn't gay?
Be warned: Parts of the article have that weird, high-spired Brish stereotypg of gay men that go on over there: "His Belgian creator, Hergé, whose only and enigmatic reference to Tt's origs was to scribe him as havg recently e out of the Boy Suts. Aren’t all children’s rtoons maskg sublimal gay msag tend to nvert heterosexual boys and girls to same-sex lovg adolcents? And now, The Adventur of Tt‘s tle character wasn’t jt rryg gay unrston — he supposedly was gay.
IS TT GAY? CARTOON BIRTHDAY BOY DOGGED BY MOURS
But was our spunky hero a homo? Former polin and wrer Matthew Parris – who is also gay – says the evince is “overwhelmg”. “And you’re tellg me Tt isn’t gay?