Ltle Richard was anti-gay when he died, but his queer cultural fluence overshadows all - LGBTQ Natn

Contents:

• IS RICHIE FROM IT GAY IN THE BOOK?
• IS LNEL RICHIE GAY? THE TTH ABOUT THE SGER’S SEXUAL ORIENTATN
• RICHIE JACKSON AND HIS MSAGE TO HIS GAY SON AND THE OTHER LGBTQ PEOPLE!
• LTLE RICHARD WAS ANTI-GAY WHEN HE DIED, BUT HIS QUEER CULTURAL FLUENCE OVERSHADOWS ALL

IS RICHIE FROM IT GAY IN THE BOOK?

)Is Richie gay 'IT Chapter 2’?

Is Richie gay IT Chapter 2? Details on the secret the character has throughout the film, and how Pennywise tri to e agast Richie gay IT Chapter 2?

IS LNEL RICHIE GAY? THE TTH ABOUT THE SGER’S SEXUAL ORIENTATN

The movie slowly reveals hts of him beg gay, and he even mentns several unsuccsful relatnships wh women the movie. The ia of Richie beg gay is not pletely absent om the book versn of IT. IT Chapter Two's twist about Richie Tozier beg gay was surprisg bee not only did not happen the book, but also wasn't hted at the first film.

RICHIE JACKSON AND HIS MSAGE TO HIS GAY SON AND THE OTHER LGBTQ PEOPLE!

Throughout IT Chapter Two, Pennywise's method of tormentg Richie centered on a "secret" that he was keepg: that he's gay. That secret is revealed a flashback featurg the homophobic Henry Bowers and then more overtly towards IT Chapter Two's endg. Richie Wasn't Gay In The Book.

After all, the 1980s, while beg a far cry om the origal 1950s settg of the book, was still an pecially difficult time to be gay. IT Chapter Two, after all, opened wh a btal homophobic attack.

As such, ncludg the film wh one of the hero who ultimately helped feat the evils of the town beg revealed as beg gay certaly adds a level of thematic jtice and tharsis. Regardls, the treatment of Richie beg gay has ntued to be mixed, and fans will, of urse, have their own thoughts on how succsfully everythg flowed and played out. Richie om IT may not have been gay the books — but makg him so the movie add credible pth to the sequel.

LTLE RICHARD WAS ANTI-GAY WHEN HE DIED, BUT HIS QUEER CULTURAL FLUENCE OVERSHADOWS ALL

Even though Richie om IT isn't gay the books, which were wrten durg a time which beg LGTBQ+ was ls permissible, ultimately don't matter, and the horror film handled this aspect of the character wh aplomb.

Watch what the filmmakers had to tell about Richie the vio Chapter Two ma text what had only been subtext Stephen Kg's origal book: wise-crackg Losers' Club member Richie Tozier is a gay man, and has romantic feelgs for his fellow Loser Eddie character's sexualy had been hted at the book, and over the years many fans theorized that he had more feelgs than jt iendship for Eddie. The film's openg sequence picts a btal hate crime agast a gay uple, which sets the stage for how unwelg this Mae town is to the LGBTQ+ muny and the chillg effect such open homophobia and bigotry would have had on Richie, who cid to stay the closet even after movg away and fdg fame and fortune stand-up Har wanted the film to m fully to makg Richie gay or to not even brg up. "Har also poted out that the perds that the book was set were very different tim for gay characters than what morn dienc would expect this film to portray.