@lindablairfan said:

I don't want to create gossip or anything with rumours or anything controversial but I came across something the other day about my lifelong idol, William Peter Blatty, in an article online accusing him of being homophobic, which really bothered me. I think it may have been related to some kind of lawsuit he had against Georgetown, which I must confess I know nothing about whatsoever. So I thought I would come here to see if I was able to find any answers. See, I'm a huge fan of him and his work... I've obsessively collected over the years everything I could possibly get my hands on that were Exorcist, Ninth Configuration, and Legion related. I own almost everything, book, film, memorabilia, current or discontinued, that he's ever touched. However, as big a William Peter Blatty fan I am, I am also a gay man... something I cannot change (believe me I've tried) and I hate to say it but it really bothers me to think that my lifelong idol would hate me for being who I am.

He was a staunch Catholic so it's not out of the realm of possibility but I couldn't find anything that says he was a homophobe?

Interview of Blatty about the suit:

http://alumniforacatholicusd.org/contents/en-us/d109_Georgetown_Alum_William_Peter_Blatty_Says_Canon_Law_Suit_%E2%80%9COur_Only_Hope%E2%80%9D.html

Article from 2014 about the Holy See's response (this is the only article that even mentions LGBTQ):

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/holy-see-responds-to-william-peter-blattys-canon-law-petition-for-georgetow

Article from 2012 about the suit:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/exorcist-author-william-peter-blatty-to-sue-georgetown-university-in-catholic-court/2012/05/18/gIQA90GIZU_story.html?utm_term=.05047c91b878

Thank you so much :) looking through those and the bit of research I've done myself I'm not so sure he was all that homophobic either. Sometimes, with some people, it more or less just depends on certain specific issues too, like gay marriage.

What about his writing? I remember there being a couple of brief mentions on homosexuality in The Exorcist and Legion, but nothing major enough for me to know for sure. Does anyone have any other opinions?