Did Benedict Cumberbatch Out BBC's 'Sherlock' As Gay?

Contents:

• 'SHERLOCK' -CREATOR: FOR THE LAST TIME, HOLM IS NOT GAY!
• IS SHERLOCK HOLM GAY?
• WERE SHERLOCK HOLM AND DR WATSON GAY? LET'S GO BACK TO THE ORIGAL TEXT
• DID ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE HOLM AND WATSON AS A GAY UPLE?
• SHERLOCK HOLM 3 WILL REPORTEDLY CONFIRM HOLM AND WATSON ARE GAY
• BBC DRAMA HTS SHERLOCK HOLM IS GAY
• GAY SHERLOCK HOLM PASTICH
• STEVEN MOFFAT WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT ‘SHERLOCK’ IS DEFELY NOT GAY
• THE ‘SHERLOCK’ CREATORS REALLY WANT FANS TO KNOW SHERLOCK AND JOHN AREN’T GAY
• IS JAM MORIARTY GAY, BBC'S SHERLOCK?
• MART FREEMAN ADDRS ‘TENSE’ SHERLOCK GAY FAN THEORI

'SHERLOCK' -CREATOR: FOR THE LAST TIME, HOLM IS NOT GAY!

A few months ago, the mors started aga: Did Benedict Cumberbatch jt out Sherlock as gay?!

IS SHERLOCK HOLM GAY?

But some thought that Cumberbatch was htg that Sherlock is gay, a misnceptn that's the foc of plenty of onle fanfictn, and that the show ocsnally self plays wh.

But everyone wants to believe he's gay. He's not gay.

A sequel to Christmas h Sherlock Holm may be blocked by thor Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tate after Robert Downey Jr., the star of the film, suggted the inic tective might be gay (watch Downey Jr talk about Holm' gay subtext on Letterman). "I am not hostile to homosexuals, " she said, "but I am to anyone who is not te to the spir of the books. " Are we really likely to see a gay Sherlock Holm?

WERE SHERLOCK HOLM AND DR WATSON GAY? LET'S GO BACK TO THE ORIGAL TEXT

Downey's ment was a "lgh at the expense of prient attus to gay sex, " and not a "ser" suggtn.

To do so would be agast the vtigative spir of the books—"not jt homophobic, but Holmophobic.

DID ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE HOLM AND WATSON AS A GAY UPLE?

"But Holm shouldn't be gay: There's nothg wrong wh Downey's playg the "gusg game, " says Elisabeth Rappe at Cematil.

"Holm isn't gay—but he is sexualized: The first film don't really suggt Holm is gay, says Vlet Blue the San Francis Chronicle. " But there's no actual "gay ntent"—and there isn't likely to be any the sequel, eher. Was Sherlock Holm gay?

SHERLOCK HOLM 3 WILL REPORTEDLY CONFIRM HOLM AND WATSON ARE GAY

Telegraph – Robert Downey Jr hts Sherlock Holm was gay.

Pk News – BBC drama hts Sherlock Holm is gay.

BBC DRAMA HTS SHERLOCK HOLM IS GAY

Somethg that should also be taken to nsiratn was that the time Watson is supposedly documentg his adventur wh Sherlock Holm, homosexualy was nsired a ser crime, although that did not stop certa people om engagg homosexual love affairs. It is the age old qutn…Is he gay or European?

And Ju Law will reportedly nfirm that Holm and Watson are gay. But everyone wants to believe he’s gay.

GAY SHERLOCK HOLM PASTICH

He’s not gay.

Is Sherlock gay?

STEVEN MOFFAT WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT ‘SHERLOCK’ IS DEFELY NOT GAY

As for what you n expect om the plot, would appear that the producers plan to outright nfirm that Holm and Watson are gay the threequel. Of urse, the pair’s unique bromance has always been one of the highlights of every adaptatn of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s works, but seems that the stud wish to take this one step further and nfirm that they are, fact, homosexual.

Guy Rchie’s recent film versn, starrg Robert Downey Jr, was noted for s homoerotic tensn and the actor suggted that Holm uld be a “butch homosexual”. The pair also have a meal London’s gay district Soho, where the rtrant owner says: “Sherlock, you n have anythg on the menu for you and your date.

If Sherlock is gay, and who knows if he is, then I don’t thk he fanci John. If you are terted Sherlock Holm and his (homo)sexualy, check out my other post The relatnship between Sherlock Holm and John Watson, I wrote about their relatnship  The Private Life of Sherlock Holm and BBC’s Sherlock. For the 2 parts, I will e evince om books about homosexualy at that time, books about Sherlock Holm general, and onle sourc about the subtext found the origal Sherlock Holm stori.

THE ‘SHERLOCK’ CREATORS REALLY WANT FANS TO KNOW SHERLOCK AND JOHN AREN’T GAY

Part 1 will be all about homosexualy the Victorian era, while part 2 will be an analysis of the homoerotic subtext the stori. So, for those people who say “Sherlock Holm was not gay the books! This was the 19th century, was impossible for someone to be an openly gay man or wre an openly gay character.

When Osr Wil was arrted for beg gay, the obv homoerotic unrton his book where ed agast him and he was nvicted of sodomy. They were well-acquated and, as far as we know, Doyle’s views on homosexualy were que liberal for that era.

IS JAM MORIARTY GAY, BBC'S SHERLOCK?

So, is not that far of a stretch to thk that Doyle might have ed gay subtext his stori as well, even if was much more subtle than Wil’s. 1895 was an important year bee the Osr Wil trials ma many homosexual people flee London for a few months until thgs have lmed down. Strangers – Homosexual Love the Neteenth Century, Graham Robb.

I bought this book om the bookshop Gay’s The Word  London (you should fely vis ) and I’m so happy that I did, I love this book. It’s about homosexual love and relatnships the 19th century and ’s terribly tertg.

There’s extensive rmatn about Victorian-era homosexualy and their d language, behavurs and tradns, so if you are terted learng more about this topic I totally remend this book. “Everyone already knows, stctively, that Holm is homosexual.

MART FREEMAN ADDRS ‘TENSE’ SHERLOCK GAY FAN THEORI

In his book Robb also mentns bathho, a place that homosexual men at that time ed to vis que equently. In the bathhoe, the normal suatn was reversed: would have taken more genuy to avoid a homosexual enunter. The words “earnt” and “languid”, applied to Holm, also had homosexual nnotatns.

Holm has a “distctly homosexual liftyle”: he equently viss the Northumberland Avenue Turkish baths wh his iend, he reads thgs that had homosexual nnotatns at the time (such as Horace, Catull, Háfiz and Thore), he equents Che opium ns and nsorts wh “rough-lookg men”, and he n change his appearance (cludg beg drsed as a woman). London and the Culture of Homosexualy, 1885-1914, Matt Cook. Acrdg to Cook’s book, there were var ways that men uld be stereotyped as homosexual at that time: beg effemate, beg a bachelor, a theatregoer, a dandy, wearg scent, livg a “bohemian” liftyle (x).

Another way to intify homosexual men was beg clean-shaven.