The Outsiders Author: My Characters Are Not Gay

\u201c@MrCadeWinston No. Where is the text backing this?\u201d

— VVAnn (@VVAnn) 1476723242

\u201c@MrCadeWinston ask someone in the '60's how "cute" it was to be gay.\n. I have many friends I love & do not want to sleep with.\u201d

— VVAnn (@VVAnn) 1476723242

\u201cI have no problem with anyone being gay. Long time supporter of LGBT rights.have a problem with little girls thinking my characters are gay. https://t.co/dGAsNJoDHG\u201d

— S. E. Hinton (@S. E. Hinton) 1476757609

\u201cNo, they are not gay. I wrote them, I ought to know. https://t.co/edPNjm9b8g\u201d

— S. E. Hinton (@S. E. Hinton) 1476757656

\u201cYoung gay kids can identify with the book without me saying the characters are gay.\nI never ever set out to make anyone feel safe. https://t.co/mLO8jYturY\u201d

— S. E. Hinton (@S. E. Hinton) 1476758499

\u201cI have many gay friends. If you ask me if my characters are gay I will tell you they are not. It is not homophobic. https://t.co/OTzEXkPnvv\u201d

— S. E. Hinton (@S. E. Hinton) 1476758901

\u201cshould I have said I did? https://t.co/aIAdpfFtgo\u201d

— S. E. Hinton (@S. E. Hinton) 1476760107

\u201cDoesn't authorial intent (in some literally criticism) not matter but instead what ends up in the text which is interpreted by the reader? https://t.co/hRMrGwbweL\u201d

— Kat (@Kat) 1476759921

\u201cof course! But when people ask I will answer. https://t.co/k0ehAcHiPg\u201d

— S. E. Hinton (@S. E. Hinton) 1476760339

\u201cI said I did not write the characters that way. I apologize for nothing. https://t.co/pjfagS2P7i\u201d

— S. E. Hinton (@S. E. Hinton) 1476760913

\u201cI have no problem with interpretation. If someone asks me if I wrote my characters that way I will say no. https://t.co/WkhQuRolDv\u201d

— S. E. Hinton (@S. E. Hinton) 1476760999

\u201cI wrote the Outsiders when I was in high school in 1965. I did not know any LGBT people. I did know plenty of guys. https://t.co/8NDcmF53jc\u201d

— S. E. Hinton (@S. E. Hinton) 1476761353

\u201cYou technically didn't write them as straight either https://t.co/BKdUodzpTm\u201d

— world\u2019s greatest archer (@world\u2019s greatest archer) 1476761225

\u201cDallas was a womanizer. Johnny got excited when 2 Soc girls asked him to sit with them. So, yeah, technically I did. https://t.co/8NDcmF53jc\u201d

— S. E. Hinton (@S. E. Hinton) 1476761418

\u201cInterpret it all you want. But when asked if I wrote the characters that way I will say no. https://t.co/LzCR183IGx\u201d

— S. E. Hinton (@S. E. Hinton) 1476761844

\u201cwell, good night people. Remember, don't ask me a question if you don't want a truthful answer.\u201d

— S. E. Hinton (@S. E. Hinton) 1476762699