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Both of them are street toughs, and Dallas, the coolest, baddest-ass greaser of them all, is especially protective of Johnny, who comes from a home filled with abuse, alcoholism, and neglect. The flap started on Monday after.

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But surely we can at least all agree that the movie is super-gay, right? Writer S.E. Hinton drew fire from readers on Twitter after she denied that two of the characters in her classic young adult novel “The Outsiders” were gay.

Sign In. What is your email? The Outsiders made sure to be realistic with it's depiction and represent the poor and downtrodden in a truthful light, while Hollywood choose to either make fun of them, shine them under a hideous, violent light or pretend to be inclusive by making poor people perfect beings of good who never do anything wrong and don't have any flaws at all.

A collection of short stories and poems circling around the lives of the Curtis Gang in the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission. Most Viewed Stories. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice and to receive email correspondence from us.

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Predictably, everything else spiraled from there, with other users jumping in:. Connect with Google Connect with Facebook. Already a subscriber? Much like Game of Thrones, her half-century-old YA book is a magnet for amateur spinoffs; young fans have written over 9, stories about characters like Ponyboy, Sodapop and Johnny Cade on alone.

Tags: reading the rainbow the outsiders s. A similar frustration can be sensed in Hinton’s decisive smackdowns of any idea that Outsiders characters might be gay. Meaning, a younger generation empowered by Twitter and unencumbered by stupid things like heterosexism is reading the book with fresh eyes.

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By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive email correspondence from us. Well, the reader thought to ask the author, S. Hinton, on Twitter:. While the conversation could have should have?

The Outsiders are definitely not gay. Please read and comment:D *****if you like these stories, then please visit my story, "Feelings". Sign Out. Hinton and her book. Saved for later. Sign in. Submit Email. Enter your email: Please enter a valid email address.

So naturally, one young reader had a question about whether the characters Dallas and Johnny Cade were actually gay lovers.