LOL!
I love Shakespeare!
I honestly don't get the hype about why it's so bad.
The language isn't that difficult if you take a moment to think about any figuritive devices, the characters are generally far less complex than any modern one, the plot is generally point-by-point, blow-by-blow action!
I did Othello this year, and before that, Henry V, Macbeth,Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar. They are all excellent plays. I must admit, Othello is rather droll when you study it und Critical Study of Text, but going at it with a negative mind-set is going to get you nowhere.
Anyway, even if Shakespeare was gay, then, because we live in a politically correct world (BULLSHIT JOHN HOWARD), good on him!