Sherlock Holmes Was Gay says R Downey Jr

I doubt if early Sherlock Holmes films would have been so popular if Robert Downey Junior is right in claiming that he was gay and he had suggested this in the 1930's. These days when being gay is accepted by most reasonable people the fact that a Rugby player in the UK recently came out and acknowledged that he is gay hardly seemed to raise an eyebrow.

There will be a few raised eyebrows from traditionalists though at the suggestion that one of the greatest literary detectives was gay. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if there will be some who will be quite shocked by this suggestion.

The possibility that Sherlock Holmes was gay certainly raises a few questions about his relationship with his sidekick Dr Watson. Come to think of it I don't recall any real romantic liaisons with women in any of the stories or films apart from a bit of flirtation. Maybe that was just a smokescreen though because Holmes wasn't prepared to out himself.

At this rate they'll be telling us that Julius Ceasar and Ghenghis Khan were gay.. now come to think of it....