It occurred to me that some of my favorite living writers happen to be gay: Chuck Palahniuk, Douglas Coupland, Bret Easton Ellis, yet their writing is rarely ostensibly "gay", ie they tend not to write about gay issues or the gay experience. On the contrary, they seem to write about hetero relations and do it exceedingly well (examples: Fight Club, Rules of Attraction, The Gum Thief, Player One). All these guys came of age just prior to the overtaking of mass culture/publishing by the forces of political correctness, so I think that may have something to do with it. Still, the fact that these guys are gay must say something.
None of them are obviously/stereotypically gay. I'm pretty sure they leaned that way later in life as opposed to being the little gay kids in school. Wondering if their insight w/r/t the human condition might have been a factor in their choice of lifestyle, or perhaps (more likely I think) the other way around? ie that not being captivated by women allowed them to see relationships and thus reality more clearly.
What do you think?
None of them are obviously/stereotypically gay. I'm pretty sure they leaned that way later in life as opposed to being the little gay kids in school. Wondering if their insight w/r/t the human condition might have been a factor in their choice of lifestyle, or perhaps (more likely I think) the other way around? ie that not being captivated by women allowed them to see relationships and thus reality more clearly.
What do you think?