Yterday at Salon, Caleb Cra, thor of the highly praised novel Necsary Errors, talked a b about beg a gay novelist and the effects non-heterosexual subject matter has on the chanc for a novel’s publitn. In rponse to a qutn…
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- ‘THE OUTSIRS’ THOR S.E. HTON IS HOT WATER WH GAY-RIGHTS SUPPORTERS
- S.E. HTON: NO, 'THE OUTSIRS' WEREN'T GAY LOVERS
- ‘OUTSIRS’ AUTHOR ANSWERED QUTNS ABOUT CHARACTERS BEG GAY. SOCIAL MEDIA WASN’T HAPPY WH ANSWERS.
- 80S GAYS. TELL ME ABOUT THE OUTSIRS
‘THE OUTSIRS’ THOR S.E. HTON IS HOT WATER WH GAY-RIGHTS SUPPORTERS
Hton, who wrote “The Outsirs” when she was high school — was published 1967 — has ntued to wre novels for young adults and has more than 40, 000 Twter the rear replied he thought a relatnship between the two teenagers would be “cute, ” Hton tweeted, “ask someone the ‘60’s how ‘cute’ was to be gay. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macch (as Johnny) and Matt Dillon (as Dallas) Twter, Hton doubled down on her assertn that the characters weren’t gay, wrg, “I have no problem wh anyone beg gay.
S.E. HTON: NO, 'THE OUTSIRS' WEREN'T GAY LOVERS
No, they are not gay.
”One rear lled Hton’s rpons “trash, ” wrg, “Why would you reject young gay kids terpretg your characters a way that mak them feel safe?
‘OUTSIRS’ AUTHOR ANSWERED QUTNS ABOUT CHARACTERS BEG GAY. SOCIAL MEDIA WASN’T HAPPY WH ANSWERS.
”“Young gay kids n intify wh the book whout me sayg the characters are gay, ” Hton replied.
80S GAYS. TELL ME ABOUT THE OUTSIRS
”Hton spent much of Monday rpondg to rears who were upset wh her tweets, reeratg that the characters were straight and nyg that she harbored homophobic feelgs.
Yterday at Salon, Caleb Cra, thor of the highly praised novel Necsary Errors, talked a b about beg a gay novelist and the effects non-heterosexual subject matter has on the chanc for a novel’s publitn.
In rponse to a qutn about needg a “gay non” of lerature, Cra said, “The straight non is very gay… I don’t read somebody bee they’re a gay wrer.