https://lavendermenace.org.uk/homophobia-classic Queer Books Archive Tue, 27 May 2025 10:52:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/homophobia-classic#comment-888 Sun, 19 Nov 2023 02:26:56 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=454#comment-888 There is pretty strong evidence that Nick Carraway, narrator of Fitzgerald’s masterpiece The Great Gastby, is gay. I’ll share one piece of support: almost 100% for sure he has a sexual encounter with Mr. McKee at the end of chapter 2. Etc. Surprising for an ambitious writer with huge ambitions in homophobic 1920s America. There’s more to Fitzgerald than someone who merits a place on a cancel list.

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