The author may want to do a bit more research on Randolph Scott.
I thought the same thing, but then i found out that the gay rumors about him were just that rumors started in the last 15 years to make it seem he was gay, but they are all lies.
*Townspeople Singing in Unison "RANDOLPH SCOTT", ala Blazing Saddles*
unproven..much like the one that Chuck Conners made homo porn which was wholly BS