Anti-gay message in movie!

It's also ANTI-WATER TOO!! We should BOYCOTT THIS NOW because it presents a world which clearly does not line up EXACTLY with how I feel the world should be!

AND AND it's ANTI-2018!!!! This is filmed as if the 60s were better, and 2018 doesn't EXIST!
BURN IT!! BURN IT NOW!

It likely would have back then because of societal norms, but that isn't the point.

The film isn't really anti-gay, it is anti-obsessive.

Sorry, but i'm not entirely sure what you're talking about... The scene with what's his name being turned down in the pie restaurant was meant to show his character arch, the way I interpreted it was he was understanding what it was like to be looked down upon for the feelings he has for someone, in the same way where he looked down on the main character for loving the monster. He was put in a position, and changed his opinion because he became much more empathetic. You can interpret some meaning like what you have from this, but that doesn't mean it was intended. And for that reason I don't think the film should be put up as an example of being homophobic.

If you didn't notice, after Giles came on to the diner guy and was rejected, the diner guy then turned away a black couple who came into his diner. So not only was that guy homophobic, but racist, too. It was simply the times they lived in.

Basically, most of the characters were unpleasant, especially the villain, and the general, too.

The film takes place during the early 60s. So homophobia would've make sense given the time and setting.

You are making an ocean from a pond, you are creating your own story arc and character development with a 21st century setting instead of a mid 20th century setting, being gay in that time was a little less than a rapist and child molester (instantly once you were out), there was no understanding nor support, you should know that if you are talking about gay representation in movies.

To me he being gay in the movie had nothing to do with being rejected at work or even less with the racist dinner guy, which apparently hated way more the blacks than the white gay people, he was a common racist homophobic, hate everything and everyone that is different mid 20th century male.

He was shown dealing with being gay in a terrible time, being strong with a deep desire to find love but just chose the wrong person, just like anyone else from any sexual preference or identity from that time or the present time.

He was shown with normal insecurities about his body, not just because he was gay but because he was a human, just like any other heterosexual male that dye their hair when they are turning grey or buy a hair piece or shave their head, it is called insecurities and every human being has them, no need to associate a single one to his sexual preference or identity on this movie.

He could have been heterosexual and you would change almost nothing on the story and the same problems would apply, change the racist dinner guy with a racist dinner girl that rejects him because of something else, make him maybe a little shyer, there, you have a complete change to heterosexual and the exact same problems would apply, the hair loss problems, the work problems, without having to associate them to his sexuality.

Gay men may not have any flaws. All praise the perfection of gay men.