The Men Who Turned Dave Holm Gay

Contents:

• DID ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE HOLM AND WATSON AS A GAY UPLE?
• 'SHERLOCK' -CREATOR: FOR THE LAST TIME, HOLM IS NOT GAY!
• MIKE HOLM AGE 55 HAS NO WIFE, ISN'T GAY EHER; HERE'S HOW
• IS SHERLOCK HOLM GAY?
• THE MEN WHO TURNED DAVE HOLM GAY
• KELLY HOLM OUT AS GAY: ‘I NEED TO DO THIS NOW, FOR ME’
• HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT

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

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.

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

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. Part 1 will be all about homosexualy the Victorian era, while part 2 will be an analysis of the homoerotic subtext the stori.

MIKE HOLM AGE 55 HAS NO WIFE, ISN'T GAY EHER; HERE'S HOW

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.

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. 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.

IS SHERLOCK HOLM GAY?

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.

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 MEN WHO TURNED DAVE HOLM GAY

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).

KELLY HOLM OUT AS GAY: ‘I NEED TO DO THIS NOW, FOR ME’

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). 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.

The gay subculture of early Hollywood has gaed more attentn recently thanks to the Netflix seri Hollywood.

Knowg as much as we do about some LGBT stars is a feat nsirg how much rewrg and verg up the Hollywood stud heads did to everyone they managed, whether gay or straight.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT

In his own words, he felt “pafully isolated, strand between the sual homophobia of most ‘normal’ people and the flagrantly gay Hollywood subculture – where [he] was even ls fortable and ls accepted.