He didn't strike me as gay so much as very tightly controlled,
Hypothetically, couldn't those be related?
Oh certainly. It pushes back the year when we might hear about him being gay, though.
I think it's juvenile for people (not on this forum, but in the media) to read "gay" into his outfit, he's trying to learn a certain style of seasonal dress favored by affluent Southern Republicans and I personally wouldn't have a clue how to go about dressing properly for one of those shindigs. Gays don't dress like that unless they're already part of an affluent WASPy culture, and then the shirt would be a size smaller.