What like as in all of the homosexuals in Fight Club? (I don't recall a single one). Bye and large writers incorporate their life, their 'Who I Am' into their books and their characters. When we consider that this one puts characters who are people who have been marginalized in one form or another by society, and who react with often self-destructive aggressiveness... And compare it to in broad general terms what a majority of homosexuals go through, then most likely yes - homosexuality or what its like to be a homosexual is a recurring theme of his. Homosexuals have been (less so in more recent years) marginalized, also many of them tend to drink, use drugs and do other 'self destructive' behaviors. suicide is by no means an uncommon thing, especially in teens who are gay. This does NOT mean that gays are unhappy being gay, it is a reflection of how our society drives a people down with their very hurtful words and attitudes and drives a people to find 'releases' from the harm. Being marginalized tends to bring out more self destructive and aggressive behaviors. This is why the blacks (who are always accused of being criminals because they are black (as example)) are more prone to criminal behavior - not so much because they are black, but because being black marginalizes them, hurts them in deep profound ways, they do not stand on equal footing with whites. Most people would not see this correlation between the characters of Chuck Palahniuk and homosexuals. It takes a better understanding of the real situations to seethe clear correlation between the life of the character, what the character is going through and how that reflects Chuck Palahniuk's experiences and what is b in large very common experiences for the GLBT community. As far as I know Chuck Palahniuk has not written anything with a gay character, he was in the closet most of his career, and today although out he is 'discreet' attempting to keep a distance between his homosexuality and his works. This is most difficult owning to how many people question his homosexuality, some even going to far as to say his characters are homosexuals. Hmmmmm.

He's gay? I seriously didn't know that! I've read a ton of his stuff and don't recall hardly any homosexual characters at all.

I think his homosexuality only adds to his openness of the experiences his characters have. And Invisible Monsters is the only book of his that I recall having more than one or two gay characters. It was still a great read though.

Never noticed that. I think maybe subconsciously he puts extra depth into it through understanding. Like many good writers, i think he lets the individual currents of the stories determine the qualities of a character. They are not forced in there to make some sort of statement.