Contents:
- ‘THE OUTSIRS’ THOR S.E. HTON IS HOT WATER WH GAY-RIGHTS SUPPORTERS
- S.E. HTON: NO, THE OUTSIRS DIDN’T HAVE ANY GAY LOVERS
- THE OUTSIRS AUTHOR: MY CHARACTERS ARE NOT GAY
- PONYBOY WAS NOT GAY (NOT THAT THERE IS ANYTHG WRONG WH THAT!)
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
‘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 DIDN’T HAVE ANY 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? ”“Young gay kids n intify wh the book whout me sayg the characters are gay, ” Hton replied.
”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. So naturally, one young rear had a qutn about whether the characters Dallas and Johnny Ca were actually gay lovers. Was this a gay relatnship that uldn’t be explicly renred as such back when the book was first published 1967?
THE OUTSIRS AUTHOR: MY CHARACTERS ARE NOT GAY
Hton says that she has gay iends (uh-oh), but ultimately jt cis to agree that while others n have a different readg of the book, she simply didn’t wre the characters that way. But surely we n at least all agree that the movie is super-gay, right? Hton: No, The Outsirs Aren’t Gay Lovers.
I read some of the var Twter threads which the thor discs whether or not her characters are gay.
She said she did not wre them as gay. However, that absolutely do not change the fact that I read Johnny as beg gay.
PONYBOY WAS NOT GAY (NOT THAT THERE IS ANYTHG WRONG WH THAT!)
That do not mean that he uldn’t be gay. That don’t mean that Johnny is gay. I ALSO see where some people would say, no, there is absolutely no homosexualy this book at all.
SE Hton n’t make me stop seeg Johnny as gay by sayg that she didn’t wre him as beg gay.
To me, he reads as a gay character.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
Based on what I have seen and experienced, he reads as a gay character.