I Don’t Think Richie from Stephen King’s IT Is Gay

Is It Okay, Though, If He Is?

Image from wahyu purnawan on Flickr

I was sitting in a movie theater, relaxing to the tale of a murderous, otherwordly clown who eats kids like Cheetos— you know the one — when my son Jace leaned over and whispered,

“It’s pretty cool how they made Richie a coded gay man.”