Was Ennis actually gay?

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That's not my opinion, that's a fact, whether someone likes it or not. Disagreeing with it is an opinion.

True? I didn’t know that’s how the author envisaged the character. Do you have a link to something where she talks about it, I’d find that interesting to read for sure! Not sure it would change my own interpretation of the film but I’d like to hear her thoughts on how she saw the characters she created.

Since you don’t seem to be forthcoming with anything to back up the claim that Annie Proulx stated Ennis wasn’t gay I did my own research and it appears she is far less committed to any assessment of his sexuality than you claim:

“Excuse me, but it is not a story about “two cowboys.” It is a story about two inarticulate, confused Wyoming ranch kids in 1963 who have left home and who find themselves in a personal sexual situation they did not expect, understand nor can manage. The only work they find is herding sheep for a summer—some cowboys! Yet both are beguiled by the cowboy myth, as are most people who live in the state, and Ennis tries to be one but never gets beyond ranch-hand work; Jack settles on rodeo as an expression of the Western ideal. It more or less works for him until he becomes a tractor salesman. Their relationship endures for 20 years, never resolved, never faced up to, always haunted by fear and confusion. How different readers take the story is a reflection of their own personal values, attitudes, hang-ups. It is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her life experience, prejudices, worldview and thoughts. Far from being “liberal,” Hollywood was afraid of the script as were many actors and agents. Of course, I knew the story would be seen as controversial. I doubted it would even be published and was pleased when The New Yorker very quickly accepted it. In the years since the story was published in 1997, I have received many letters from gay and straight men, not a few Wyoming-born. Some said, “You told my story,” some said “That is why I left Wyoming,” and a number, from fathers, said “Now, I understand the hell my son went through.” I still get these heartbreaking letters.”